Newspaper Headlines: Only two months left, Buhari yet to fulfil promises on poverty reduction, unemployment
The national dailies reports the death of 20 people in Katsina and Taraba as a result of an attack by bandits. Source: Top Stories
Joshua defeats Jermaine Franklin to claim first win in over two years
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer, returned to winning ways on Saturday night with an unanimous victory over Jermaine Franklin, the US boxer. Joshua was adjudged the winner at the O2 Arena in London after a grueling contest for 12 rounds. The three judges scored Joshua 118-111, 117-111, 117-111 to win the bout. […]
A nation in need of peacebuilders
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, prominent Igbo politician and businessman, was in the news last week for his comments on the Yoruba-Igbo face-off in Lagos. Speaking at the first anniversary of Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s governorship of Anambra state, he appeared to be pursuing a reproachment between the two largest ethnic groups in southern Nigeria. But he […]
NCDC records five fresh COVID-19 cases in Rivers, Lagos
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded five new COVID-19 infections from February 25 to March 31. The agency said four of the cases were recorded in Rivers, while one was recorded in Lagos. According to the latest situation report by NCDC, which was released on Saturday, […]
ALERT: Lagos to shut section of Third Mainland Bridge for repairs on Sunday
The Lagos state government says a section of the Third Mainland Bridge will be shut for repairs on Sunday. In a statement released on Saturday, Frederic Oladeinde, Lagos commissioner of transportation, said a section of the bridge will be shut from 9 am to 4 pm on Sunday for repairs of some “failed […]
Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT over data privacy concerns
The Italian government has banned ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence tool, over data privacy concerns. Italy is the first country to restrict the use of ChatGPT since its popularity exploded globally in recent months. On Friday, the Italian data protection agency announced that it would immediately block the chatbot from collecting Italian users’ […]
Presidents of Cuba, Nicaragua congratulate Tinubu on election victory
Cuba President, Miguel Diaz-Canel and Nicaragua President, Daniel Ortega, have congratulated Bola Tinubu, president-elect, for winning the general election in February. In a statement on Saturday, Tunde Rahman, media aide to Tinubu, said Diaz-Canel and Ortega’s congratulatory messages were conveyed in separate letters. Rahman quoted the Cuban president as describing […]
Police arrest chief who threatened to ‘bring IPOB to Lagos’
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze of Ajao estate in Lagos, over an inciting statement he made in a viral video. In the clip that surfaced on the internet on Friday, Nwajagu, who was dressed in his royal traditional regalia, could be heard saying Igbo indigenes […]
APC to hold solidarity march in US to counter protest by ‘Obi supporters’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in the United States says it has scheduled a solidarity march in Washington D.C. in support of Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election. The group, in a statement signed by Tai Balofin, its chairman, said the march will take place on April 3 at […]
NBC fines Channels TV N5m over Datti’s ‘no president-elect’ remark
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Telvision N5 million over a recent interview with Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Last week, while speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Baba-Ahmed asked Olukayode Ariwoola, the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), not to swear in Bola Tinubu as […]