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Jumoke Aderounmu planned relocating to UK due to job scarcity — Brother

Adeola, the younger brother to a recently deceased actress, Jumoke Aderounmu, popularly known for her role of Esther in popular sitcom, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, has said that deceased was actually planning on relocating to the United Kingdom before her demise. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, Adeola noted that Jumoke wanted to relocate to UK, because she was not getting movie roles. On why he did not reach out privately to popular […]

April 15, 2024 21

BUSINESS

Tariff hike: FG begs workers as electricity union insists on strike

The Federal Government has appealed to members of the National Union of Electricity Employees not to down tools over the recent electricity tariff hike. This is as the union insisted that they would withdraw their services should the government fail to rescind its decision on the removal of subsidy on the tariff payable by Band A customers. The National President of the union, Adebiyi Adeyeye, in an interview with our […]

April 15, 2024 8

NEWS

Yoruba Nation: Security beefed up in South West Govt Houses

GOVERNMENTS and security agencies in the South-West states have beefed up security around government structures and institutions, with machinery put in place to forestall the breakdown of law and order by any group forcing an agenda on the states. Also, security agencies have warned that they would curtail any form of insecurity, adding that anyone parading himself as a Yoruba Nation agitator should either toe the path of peace or […]

April 15, 2024 7

ENTERTAINMNET

Bobrisky treated as normal inmate – NCS officials

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, who was handed a six-month prison sentence over naira abuse, currently shares the same cell with male inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, while sentencing the convict, on Friday, April 12, 2024, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira. Bobrisky who was taken into […]

April 15, 2024 12

BUSINESS

Recapitalisation race: Top banks target $3bn fund in foreign capital markets

Four of the tier-1 banks in the country, FBN Holdings, Access Holdings, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc have indicated plans to raise about over $3.03bn (N3.46tn) in fresh capital. This came barely one month after the Central Bank of Nigeria directed Deposit Money Banks to recapitalise.

April 15, 2024 9

ENTERTAINMNET

NiMet predicts unstable weather conditions in the north, south

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dry, sunny conditions in the north and thunderstorms in the south on Monday. According to a report by NiMET, as Monday morning dawns, the weather forecast indicates a continuation of dry and sunny conditions in the northern parts of Nigeria. However, patches of clouds are expected to blanket the central cities extending down to the southern region. The report stated, “We equally have the […]

April 15, 2024 9

POLITICS

Trump’s hush money trial begins in New York

Donald Trump goes to court Monday as the first US ex-president ever to be criminally prosecuted, a seismic moment for the United States as the presumptive Republican nominee campaigns to re-take the White House.The scandal-plagued 77-year-old is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with adult film actress Stormy Daniels to shield his 2016 election campaign from adverse publicity. The so-called hush […]

April 15, 2024 10

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SPORTS

Super Falcons break 16-year ill luck, to qualify for 2024 Olympics in Paris

By Toffa Momoh The Super Falcons of Nigeria have broken a 16-year-old jinx as they qualified for this year’s Olympics Women football after holding the Banyana Banyana of South Africa to a goalless draw in Pretoria. Eagles FM reports that the Super Falcons played a draw with the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in the second leg fixture of the Olympics qualifiers on Tuesday. The game played at the Loftus […]

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NEWS

External reserves drop by $950m in 17 days — CBN report

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have taken a significant hit, dropping by approximately $1.02bn within 18 days as the Central Bank of Nigeria steps up efforts aimed at defending the naira. On March 18, 2024, the FX reserves stood at $34.45bn, but by April 3, it had dropped to $33.50bn, based on the latest data from the CBN. Before the current decline, the reserve had been steadily growing, witnessing a remarkable […]

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