Lagos state has emerged overall winner of the competitive events for the 35th National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST). This was announced during the closing ceremony of the festival, held at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. The festival which attracted delegates from 29 states engaged individuals in various cultural competitions including traditional cuisine, drama, music, indigenous fabric and fashion. Rivers and Bayelsa got the second position while Ekiti took the third position. Kano State emerged fourth while Ogun got the overall fifth position. Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), organiser of the festival, commended states’…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted sunny and hazy atmosphere on Monday over the northern region throughout the forecast period. According to it, sunny and hazy skies are expected over the central region throughout the forecast period. “Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine are expected over the inland cities of the South in the morning and afternoon/evening hours. “Cloudy conditions are expected over the coastal cities of the South with chances of isolate thunderstorms over parts of…
The Ondo Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Ifedayo Adedipe has admonished the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu to relinquish his position in the interest of the party. Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and four other governors have been calling for Ayu’s resignation as the national chairman to pave the way for inclusiveness in the party’s administration. Adedipe, who made the call on Sunday in Akure, said the crisis rocking the party was not a personal matter between Wike and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The PDP senatorial candidate said that it had…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restated its commitment to protect interests of millions of unbanked and underserved Nigerians, who mostly reside in the rural areas. The Director, Corporate Communications at the apex bank, Mr Osita Nwanisobi said in a statement on Sunday, expressed satisfaction at the positive response of the banking public to the plan against the backdrop of the planned redesign of certain denominations of the Naira. According to the statement, the CBN remains committed to its seamless implementation, so as to preserve the integrity of the Naira by reducing the volume of cash outside the banking…
The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani has charged governments, anti-graft and law enforcement agencies in African countries to ensure they return stolen assets to original victims when they are recovered. He gave the charge at the Global South Forum for Asset Recovery which held in Nairobi, Kenya. Rafsanjani who is also the head of Transparency International Nigeria, decried the practice of marginalizing the original victims of stolen assets (whom the assets were stolen from in the first place) when recovered by governments across the continent. He said the case between the…
By Saleh Inuwa, Kano The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero has ordered immediate sack of Yoruba Obas in seven local government areas of the state. The affected Yoruba heads had met with the emir in his palace and accused the Oba Yoruba of Kano state, Engr Murtala Alimi Otisese of various misdemeanors. They petitioned the Emir of Kano against Oba Otisese, accusing him of high-handedness, causing disaffection and disharmony among the Yoruba people of the state. However in a twist of fate, the Emir of Kano said he had never appointed them as Obas of the seven local government…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed), who was declared wanted over alleged offences of exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs. ASHENEWS reports that the Agency had declared the suspect wanted following his failure to honour NDLEA invitations and an order granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday 1st November, 2021. Kazeem was uncovered as the sponsor of some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotics agency in their recent attempt to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE and other…
Global streaming service, Netflix, on Friday said it had invested N9 billion in the Nigeria film industry from year 2016 to 2022. Ms Shola Sanni, Director of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa, Netflix, made this known at the second Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference held in Lagos. The two-day event had in attendance stakeholders in the local and international streaming services, independent producers, Free-To-Air, Pay TV Operators, Telcos, content creators and other operators in the film industry. Sanni stated that this was done through converting local film titles, capacity building and infrastructure development in the industry. She noted that Netflix…
The much anticipated 5th edition of the prestigious Yoruba Movie Gist Awards ceremony, will hold tomorrow Sunday November 13th 2022. The organizers of the annual event, Olakiitan Adetutu Communications, owned by a renowned Journalist, Gbolahan Adetayo has however announced Bamboo Event Center, No 3 Noble Close,Off Ogunnusi Road, Opposite NNPC Filling Station, Omole Phase1, Lagos, as the venue for the most innovative entertainment award ceremony in Nigeria. The red carpet is expected to kick off by 2pm to be hosted by Tinsel actress, Aramide Olawuyi. This year edition according to the CEO, Gbolahan Adetayo, will be different from the previous…
By Mofoluwawo Oluwapelumi Mojolaoluwa Criminal litigation can be a daunting task in Nigeria, especially for a prosecutor. Not necessarily because of the duty of proving the accused person guilty or disproving the accused person’s innocence which is rather straightforward from this side of the fence; but because of the avoidable and unnecessary impediments applicable to the prosecution, and the prosecution alone. Between 2021 and 2022, I worked for nineteen months as a prosecutor in the department of public prosecutions of a south west State in Nigeria. I worked in a team of four. While I was not the lead on…