Author: Alade Adisa

The Minister of Communications Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani has described the grant of N2.8 billion from Google to support the Federal Government’s science lab drive as timely for the renewed hope agenda. Tijani spoke at the press briefing where Google announced the grant to on Thursday in Abuja. He said the programme would offer the opportunity to train, empower and also place these young people in meaningful jobs. He said, “This support in particular is timely and extremely important because we all know that at a time and as a nation, we are extremely fortunate to have…

In order to allow for wider consultations and consensus building, the National Economic Council (NEC) has asked President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the Tax Reforms Bills from the National Assembly. Speaking on Thursday, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said this formed part of resolutions reached at the 144th meeting of the NEC at the State House, Abuja. The governor told journalists that the council members agreed that it was necessary to allow for consensus building and understanding of the bills among Nigerians. He said, “NEC noted the need for sufficient alignment on the proposed reforms and recommended the withdrawal…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against heating up the polity ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The Spokesman for the APC Governorship Campaign Council in the state, Banji Okunomo, made the call while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Okitipupa. He was reacting to the PDP allegations against the APC in the state.The APC spokesman said nothing had shown that the PDP was ready for the election, adding that this had informed the series of allegations against the APC by the party. He dismissed claims of…

Tottenham Hotspur have advanced to the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup at the expense of eight-time winners Manchester City. Spurs saw off the Pep Guardiola side 2-1 at the London stadium on Wednesday night, with goals from Timo Werner and Pape Sarr sealing it for the hosts. Recall that Tottenham boss, Ange Postecoglou claimed recently he always wins silverware in his second season, and he now remains on course to fulfil his promise after an entertaining encounter. Elsewhere, Manchester United thrashed Leicester City 5-2 to advance, in a game that saw Ruud van Nistelrooy begin his interim reign as manager…

About 10 people have reportedly lost their lives, while seven others sustained injuries when a building collapsed on Thursday morning in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. New Daily Prime gathered that the disaster occurred around 2 am in the Jegede Oluloyo area of Ona Ara Local Government Area. The Oyo State Fire Services Agency,in a statement on Thursday, stated that 10 bodies were recovered from the rubble. The statement noted that seven persons were rescued alive, adding that rescue efforts were ongoing as of the time of filing this report The statement added, “The Oyo State Fire Services Agency received…

…for blocking YouTube accounts Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles – two followed by 36 zeros – after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube. Put another way, an undecillion is a trillion times a trillion times a trillion. The fine is far greater than the world’s total GDP, estimated at $110 trillion by the International Monetary Fund. Google, which owns YouTube, has a current stock market value of $2.16 trillion, so probably won’t be stumping up the cash any time soon. According to state news agency, Tass, the fine is also…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Wednesday, said concerns over the Federal High Court decision that restricted the release of state allocations is “the least” of his problems. The governor spoke during a special thanksgiving service organized by the state government to celebrate his administration’s resilience amid escalating political crises, which began with the arson attack on the State House of Assembly complex exactly one year ago. He assured that despite the court order, his administration would continue payments to contractors and ensure workers’ salaries are disbursed from tomorrow. The governor also confirmed that allocations for the 23 council…

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has charged Alhaji Aliko Dangote to review the price of his Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol as it could be the reason marketers are avoiding it. Two days ago, the billionaire industrialist after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja told reporters that he has over 500 million litres in tanks at his mammoth refinery but marketers are not patronizing his facility. Responding to the allegation, IPMAN President Abubakar Garima while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday urged the billionaire businessman to check his pricing. Garima said,…

Electricity has been restored in four states under the Jos Electricity Distribution franchise – Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Benue. The power was restored at approximately 7:20 pm. on Wednesday. New Daily Prime reports that residents of Jos, Plateau capital, erupted into jubilation when light was restored. For the past 10 days, several northern states have been plunged into darkness following the tripping of the 330kV transmission line between Benue and Enugu states. Consequently, residents of the affected states lamented the severe impact of the blackout on their daily lives and business.

The senate has confirmed the appointment of all seven ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, submitted to the upper chamber last week for accelerated consideration. This follows the screening of the nominees by the upper chamber on Wednesday. The screening exercised was held at the red chamber after it was postponed on Tuesday.The Senate suspended its rule to admit the ministerial nominees.The lawmakers began with Nentawe Yilwatda, the nominee appointed to replace Betta Edu as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.They subsequently screened other appointees including Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu nominated as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi…