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By Halimah Olamide Funmilayo Ransome Kuti’ was nominated for the 2024 Best Costume Design and Best Writing Movie in the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards A movie, depicting the life of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, is set to hit Nigerian cinemas on May 17. The heroin at the centre of the biopic is the mother of late afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and late Prof…

Agency Report The activities of these illegal manufacturers of falsified, adulterated agrochemicals has serious negative effect on farm produce The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has sealed two unregistered factories in Lafia and Obi Local Government Areas of Nasarawa state. Mr Matthew Adeoye, NAFDAC Coordinator in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. According to him, the sealed facilities are an agrochemical factory in Lafia and a table water producing factory in Obi. He said that regulatory officers of the Agency had…

By Halimah Olamide The joint effort of both forces dealt severe blow to the coalition of terrorist that gathered in numerical strength to execute both ambush Men of the Nigerian Army have killed many terrorists in Zamfara state after they laid ambush for the solders in the Kuran Mota Village as well as along Road Alikere – Yarmalimai Village in Zamfara. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the troops fought fiercely to extricate themselves from the situation, leading to loss of four soldiers while three…

By Halimah Olamide “We have issued warnings to these operators severally but they fell on deaf ears. The Lagos State Taskforce, in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, has launched a crackdown on indiscriminate and illegal display and sale of livestock by roadside, inner streets and any other unapproved locations which goes against the environment laws of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the force spokesperson, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, on Monday. The enforcement exercise was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye kicked off at Agege Ram Market where dozens of livestock…

Agency Reports UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the killing of a staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) The staff died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza. The 53-year-old senior projects officer was killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in the central town of Deir Al Balah, after leaving Rafah. UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told journalists in New York on Monday that the Guterres called for a full investigation into the attacks “With the conflict in Gaza continuing to…

By Halimah Olamide you have a big task. We will be setting up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance. So, brace up, I am not going back on it Governor of River state, Sim Fubara has vowed to probe tenure of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Fubara, who sounded confident while disclosing the intention of his administration on Monday, also set up a panel to conduct the investigations into the affairs of the tenure of Wike. Wike, who is the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has been locked in a battle with his successor,…

Agency Report We will not retreat until the unjust burden on Nigerians is alleviated. The continuous imposition of policies that exacerbate economic hardships is unacceptable The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) took to the streets on Monday, picketing the Kaduna Electric Distribution Company (KAEDCO) and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in Sokoto State in response to the recent hike in electricity tariffs. This was in accordance with directives from the union’s national headquarters, NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) organised the picketing, demanding that the Federal Government (FG) roll back the increased electricity tariffs. At various locations including Kaduna…

With a new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus causing a spike in cases, it is demonstrating just how much the disease has changed since the pandemic began – and what happened to “Covid toe”. “For almost four years, I’ve managed to dodge Covid-19,” TV broadcaster Mehdi Hasan tweeted a fortnight ago. “But it finally got me. At the end of 2023.” Hasan added that his symptoms were thankfully mild, but he is just one of many people reporting their first ever positive test for the virus responsible for the pandemic, Sars-CoV-2, four years on from when it first began spreading…

In late 2009, the question everyone was asking was put to the man himself. What made Usain Bolt – an era-defining champion of immense speed and consummate ease at just 23 – so fast? Bolt cited his God-given talent, while crediting a diet that ranged from ultra-processed chicken nuggets to the Jamaican staple of yams. But he also pointed to the cruelties of man. “I think over the years what makes Jamaica different is because of slavery really,” he said of his sprinting roots. “The genes are really strong.” It is a hypothesis that existed before Bolt’s comments and has…

A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail. David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence. An ex-military lawyer, McBride said he felt a moral duty to speak up. A landmark inquiry later found evidence that Australian forces had unlawfully killed 39 Afghans during the war. McBride’s case has sparked uproar in Australia, putting a spotlight on what some say are flimsy whistleblower protections and slow progress towards prosecuting…