The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday, said he never knew he would live to be 90. Soyinka revealed this while answering questions from about 383 students who participated in the 2024 edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Programme held at Prof. Soyinka’s ARI residence, Ijegba, Abeokuta. This was as the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, announced scholarships and gifts of laptops to nine students who emerged best in an essay competition organised to mark Soyinka’s 90th birthday. Born on July 13, 1934, the Nobel Laureate clocked 90 on Saturday. While answering questions from children on…
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. Reps committee raises the alarm, says ‘govt losing $9bn annually to perpetrators’ . Whenever we arrest them, they boast of their powerful connections, next thing they’re released to go scot-free, CDS laments . We’ve arrested 387 illegal miners, sponsors – Army Samuel Adesola, Abuja The military has lamented that some powerful Nigerians collude with foreigners perpetrating illegal mining activities in the country and also shield them from prosecution. Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, disclosed this during an Investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, on Monday, in Abuja. This is just as…
Federal Government says it has distributed a total of 740 trucks of rice to the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to journalists at the State House, Abuja, on Monday, after the 8th FEC meeting of 2024. He also explained that the food supply is part of President Bola Tinubu’s intervention to Nigerians, aimed at alleviating persisting food crisis. The Minister appealed to state Governors to ensure an effective distribution of the food supply to reach the people who are mostly in need of it.…
Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun state, says Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), an ex-head of state, told him that he was hostage to those who helped him overthrow Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor. Babangida overthrew Buhari as a military leader in 1985. The likes of the late Sani Abacha, Aliyu Gusau, and Gado Nasko, among others, reportedly played key roles in the coup that ousted Buhari. In an interview with THISDAY, Osoba said that, as a journalist, he and some of his colleagues had confronted IBB to tell him many things that his regime was getting wrong at the time. The…
France leading scorer Giroud retires from international footballFrance’s all-time leading goalscorer Olivier Giroud confirmed his international retirement on Monday, calling time on a career that saw him score 57 goals in 137 appearances. “The long-dreaded moment has arrived: the moment of saying goodbye to the French national team,” Giroud wrote on Instagram. “We’ve become an inseparable band of mates under the watchful eye of one man: the coach, Didier Deschamps, whom I thank for his trust. Despite our ups and downs, he has enabled me to become Les Bleus’ all-time top scorer.” “The France team I served for 13 years…
. Says by the end of the year, Nigeria will be a net exporter of petroleum products . As CBN, Ministers say Nigeria is emerging stronger . Nigerians should persevere, the indicators are showing that the economy is doing well, Senator Sani Musa Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari has declared that the Port Harcourt refinery will begin to deliver refined petroleum products in August while that of Kaduna and Warri will commence by December, just as he insisted that they were not lying to the nation. Kyari spoke yesterday in Abuja…
Agency Report Donald Trump has announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate for the US presidential election. Vance, once a harsh critic of Trump, has become one of his most loyal supporters in Congress. Trump, 78, announced his pick on the first day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, an extravaganza turbocharged by the attempted assassination of the former president. Seen as the standard-bearer for a new kind of populism that has come to the fore under Trump, 39-year-old Vance embraces the ex-president’s isolationist, anti-immigration America First movement. One of the least experienced VP picks in modern…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu may likely take a final decision on the new minimum wage on Thursday this week. Idris said the President will be meeting with the organised Labour on Thursday before deciding on the amount that would be forwarded to the National Assembly. The Minister said the Federal Executive Council deliberated on the National Minimum Wage and would invite the organised Labour for a meeting this week. He added that the President was not averse to increasing the national minimum wage, but was being cautious in order not to plunge…
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, on Monday, announced the cancellation of the conduct of aptitude test for 2024 Direct Entry candidates. JAMB said in its stead, other placement criteria will be considered for Direct Entry admissions. The Board announced this on Monday in a post on its official X handle. JAMB said, “Attention 2024 DE Candidates! This is to inform you that the Board has shelved the conduct of aptitude test for the year, other placement criteria shall be considered for your admission while adequate preparation goes into the exercise ahead of next year.”
Residents of Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday, defied heavy presence of security operatives and besieged the Edo State High Court in solidarity with the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, following the suit filed against him by two suspended Enigies (Dukes). Residents of the city, including members of the royal family, palace chiefs, priests and priestesses as well as royal fans, besieged the court premises singing solidarity songs in support of the Oba of Benin. The suspended Enigie of Evbuobanosa alongside his counterpart at Egbaen Siluko Dukedoms in Benin (Prof. Gregory Akenzua and Mr Edomwonyi Ogiegbaen), are challenging…