Nigerian folklore music legend, Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, has taken social media by storm as his timeless highlife song, “Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo”, has sparked a viral dance challenge among content creators and celebrities worldwide. The dance moves appear to have become a challenge, with many people creating versions of it …
Read More »Popular food blogger, Sisi Yemmie welcome twins
Popular Nigerian food blogger Yemisi Sophie Odusanya, popularly known as Sisi Yemmie, has welcomed a set of twins. In a YouTube video, she shared her unexpected journey of being pregnant with twins and revealed that she was not planning to have more children when she discovered her pregnancy. Reflecting on her surprise, …
Read More »Akwa Ibom pharmacists seek eradication of drug smuggling, counterfeiting
The Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Association of Community Pharmacists has called on the State Governor, Umo Eno, to re-activate and fund the state Counterfeit and Fake Drug Monitoring Committee as a public health emergency to tackle issues of counterfeiting and smuggling of drugs in the state. This was …
Read More »Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu congratulate Nigerian doctor on world largest painting record
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian doctor and artist, Fola David, on his recent accomplishment of setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest painting by an individual. The course of his six-day attempt at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, David broke the previous record of 629.98 square metres, …
Read More »English FA lists Pochettino, Tuchel, others to replace Southgate
The Football Association have identified a “number of candidates” to replace Gareth Southgate as they search for an England manager capable of “winning a major tournament”. Southgate resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. The end of Southgate’s eight-year reign has forced the FA …
Read More »Police bust terrorist informant network in Katsina
A 13-year-old boy, Umar Hassan and three other suspects, Lawai Umaru, age 70, Ibrahim Lawai, age 22 and Abdulganiyu Isah, age 22 were arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for providing information to the terrorists. Briefing newsmen at the Command headquarters on Thursday, Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar …
Read More »CrowdStrike Windows Outage—What Happened And What To Do Next
A CrowdStrike update is breaking computers running Windows, causing them to crash and display the blue screen of death. Across industries, companies around the world haven’t been able to reboot, according to reports. Firms affected by the outage include Sky News, which has been unable to broadcast. Concerned users have taken …
Read More »Abuja man arrested for attempted suicide released on bail after mental assessment
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau who was arrested on July 8 for attempted suicide has been released on bail to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on X.com on Friday, said Yushau’s release follows …
Read More »Russian court sentences US reporter to 16 years for spying
A United States reporter who works for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for “espionage,” a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as a sham. Russia has a policy of not exchanging prisoners …
Read More »Don tells FG, military to deploy technology to combat insecurity
Professor Isaac Odun-Ayo of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, on Thursday called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian military to adopt new technologies to combat terrorism in their bids to strengthen the nation’s security architecture. Odun-Ayo made the call while delivering the 2nd inaugural lecture of the university with the theme …
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