African Music Giant, Burna Boy, On November 15, 2019, appeared on the original soundtrack of upcoming American movie, ‘Queen and Slim.’ The movie is an upcoming romantic thriller that will be released in the United States on November 27, 2019. It stars Danieal Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloe Sevigny and more. According to iTunes, the movie, […]
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President Buhari Approves E- Custom for NCS
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, approved the development of Electronic Based Customs known as E-Customs for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) This was disclosed by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) at the graduation of Senior Course three of Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja. Ali said the deployment of technology […]
Fake news more dangerous than Boko Haram – Abubakar
A human rights activist, Comrade Ibrahim Abubakar, has raised an alarm over the rise in fake news in the country, describing it as a “higher threat than terrorism”. Mr Abubakar made this known on Thursday at a one-day workshop/presentation of assessment report on the impact of fake news on the war against terrorism organised by […]
Breaking: Appeal Court clears APC for Bayelsa governorship election
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has cleared the All Progressives Congress (APC) to participate in Saturday’s Governorship Election in Bayelsa State. In a ruling document obtained by the APC’s Principal Counsel, D. D. Dodo SAN, in Abuja on Thursday, the appellate court panel led by Justice Steven Adah also cleared the APC Deputy […]
Sowore: Before we crucify the secret Police
By Idoko Ainoko The recent attacks on the Department of State Service (DSS) with regards to the handling of the demonstrators demanding the release of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, is at best uncharitable. I say this for the fact that the demonstrators acted out of ignorance, and as usual, some segment of […]
Boko Haram: CESJET identifies fake news, foreign actors as major distractions to the Army
Fresh revelations have emerged on the real reason the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists are yet to to be cleared from north eastern part of the country by the Nigerian Army According to a special report by by the Centre For Social Justice, Equity And Transparency (CESJET) fake news, foreign actors are major distractions to […]
PDP, Dickson responsible for Nembe mayhem
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has been vindicated with the violent outcome of the political rally held by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Nembe Local Government Area, on Wednesday where souls were lost and several others injured, saying the Bayelsa state government and its party should be blamed and held responsible. The […]
AMVCA Set for 2020 7th Editions Award
The AMVCA awards have announced for submission of films ahead of the 7th edition of the Africa movie awards which is scheduled for March 2020. According to Pulse, the organisers announced that entries are now being accepted from Wednesday, November 13, 2019, till Friday, December 13, 2019. The 6th edition of the AMVCAs held on […]
Senate to Pass 2020 Appropriation Bill by November
The Senate on Tuesday, revealed their plan to pass the 2020 Appropriation Bill on November 28. The senate President, Ahmad Lawan disclosed the plans to pass the appropraition bill by November on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had presented N10.33trillion budget estimates to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 8. Lawan said the […]
Air transport contributes 6.2m jobs, $55.8bn to Africa GDP – ICAO
African aviation industry is one of the fastest growing today and currently supports 6.2 million jobs and contributes $55.8 billion to Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). President of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, Dr. Bernard Aliu stated this at the 50th anniversary celebration of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) in Dakar Senegal. “In […]