Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Tinubu orders release of 100,000 metric tons of grains L-R: Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari; Minister of Defence, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; and Chief of Staff to the President Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila during an Emergency meeting of Presidential Committee on Food Intervention convene by the Chief of Staff to the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. As a temporary response to the nation’s growing food crisis and…

Headies Awards: “We are coming home” returns to Nigeria Organisers of the popular award show, Headies Awards have announced that the 17th edition of the show will hold in Nigeria, after two successful editions in the United States. The 16th Headies held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, which also served as the venue for the award ceremony two years ago. However, the organisers made a ‘come back’ announcement on Wednesday, declaring through a post on their Instagram page that they are bringing the show “back home.” The announcement reads: “Over the past few years, Afrobeats…

Shallipopi: How I coin my stage name from a movie Crown Uzama, a popular Nigerian musician, Crown Uzama, known by his stage name Shallipopi, has revealed the origins of his nickname, citing inspiration from the 1994 Chinese kung fu comedy flick, Shaolin Popey. During a recent conversation with British media personality Madame Joyce, the artiste shared that he initially experimented with his birth name, Crown, as well as other name like Drip Face, before ultimately settling on Shallipopi. He recounted how he stumbled upon the movie during his childhood, explaining that his mother intended to purchase a Tom And Jerry…

“SÀNGÓ ALÀÀYÈ,” To Be Premiered, Launching New Model – Ade-Aluko Yinka Ade-Aluko, the Chief Executive at doodle-Film Hub Ltd. says his company is partnering with states arts councils and major universities in Southwest and Kwara to premier a film “SÀNGÓ ALÀÀYÈ” to re-pattern African cinema. Ade-Aluko, who is also a creative and film entrepreneur, said this on Thursday in an interview. According to him, the film will launch the new model that will decentralise, domesticate and democratise cinema with combined efforts of states arts councils and major universities across the country starting with southwest region. “We are premiering our ‘tentpole’…

Ekiti Gov Releases N200 Million For Car And Housing Loan For Primary School Teachers Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the release of the sum N200 million for car and housing loan to primary school teachers in the state. This is in fulfilment of the Governor’s pledge to ensure that teachers in public primary schools in the state start enjoying some benefits being enjoyed by their counterparts teaching in secondary schools. The first tranche of N50 million has been remitted into the pool for the month of January, in line with the Governor’s directive. The car and housing…

ReedaahSky: Rising of a new star, hoping her diverse musical landscape will make difference With so much influx into the creative industry most especially music, fast rising Afrobeats star, Faridah Olowu with the stage name ReedaahSky has disclosed that despite the increase in the numbers of female in the industry and been the youngest amongst them, her diverse musical landscape will distinguish her brand from others. She said’ my ability to understand different sounds and know when to use them is one of my advantage as a teen star amongst my age bracket. Afrobeats is my style but one…

Technology: African Development Bank, Trade And Development Bank (TDB) Unite To Deploy Clean Technologies To Reduce Carbon Emissions To The Minimal The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has announced a follow-up equity investment of $15 million in the Trade and Development Bank Group’s (TDB Group) pioneering Class C Green+ shares to support clean technology and low carbon projects in its member states. African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina The new capital, to be sourced from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) (https://apo-opa.co/3w18UWD), will also support the establishment of a project preparation facility to boost investment in clean technologies. The CTF,…

Access Holdings: Lagos City Marathon, Impacting 20,000 persons with ‘HIV Awareness’ and how to manage their health Access Holdings PLC, the headline sponsors of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, has partnered with HACEY Health Initiative and the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA) to deepen HIV/AIDS awareness and testing in Lagos. The initiative, launched ahead of the highly anticipated 2024 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon scheduled for Saturday, February 10, aims to impact 20,000 individuals with the awareness of best practices to manage their health and wellbeing as well as reduce the spread of the virus. To this end,…

LASWA And NEMA Collaborate, Talk About Ways To Sustain Cooperation The leadership of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), on Thursday, hosted representatives from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the LASWA Head Office at the Five Cowries Terminal, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos State. The NEMA representatives were warmly received by LASWA General Manager, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel and other top officials of the Authority. The NEMA team was led by the Lagos State Coordinator of the Agency, Farinloye Ibrahim; as well as Ajose Sikiru who heads the Search-and-Rescue team of the Agency in the state. The NEMA team paid the courtesy…

Cote d’Ivoire beat DR Congo to reach AFCON final clash against Nigeria Cote d’Ivoire players celebrate The Elephant of Cote d’Ivoire defeated DR Congo 1-0 on Wednesday in the semi-final to set of a final clash against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Sebastien Haller scored in the 65th minute with a brilliant shot into the roof of the net after being released inside the box by a superb lofted pass from Max Gradel to give Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 lead. Earlier, Wilfried Singo sent a brilliant curling cross into the heart of the defence and into the path of Simon…