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Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who was recently decorated with Harvard University’s iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, has broken her silence over her non-appearance at Tuesday’s conferment of national honours by President Muhammadu Buhari. Putting the records straight, a member of Chimamanda’s…

A 30-second video clip showing the final moments of a former reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey, at a hospital in Lagos State, has attracted condemnation from members of the public. In the clip recorded by one of the nurses attending…

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, says the federal government should privatise the oil and gas sector before it brings the country to its knees. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited was transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company…

Former Big Brother Naija season 3 housemate, Patrick Fakoya, popularly Known as Rico Swavey, has been confirmed dead. Colleagues who were housemates with him confirmed his death on various social media platforms on Thursday. The former BBN star was involved in an auto crash…

The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday signed the Lagos State Wealth Fund (LSWF) bill and the Lagos State Civil Bill which will be sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly to be passed into law. This is even as the…

Various  branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, voted to suspend the ongoing eight-month strike to press home demands for improved working conditions for members and infrastructure in public universities. The branches had summoned congresses based on the…

The Anambra State Government, on Wednesday, slammed a tax of N100,000 for the display of burial banners and posters across the state. According to the policy, those willing to paste burial and other event posters in any part of the state would pay…

The Federal Government will modify the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to accommodate the peculiarities of the University Transparency Accountability System, a payroll system developed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities for the payment of salaries and allowances of University…

The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the renaming of Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, after the business mogul, Aliko Dangote. This was sequel to a letter, transmitted to the State Assembly by the executive in May 2022,…