The cut in diesel price by the Dangote Refinery will reduce inflation, President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said yesterday. In February, the headline inflation rate increased to 31.70 per cent relative to the January 2024 rate, which was 29.90 per cent, according to the National Bureau of S...
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has declared Thursday, April 11, as “No Shoot Day” for all Nollywood filmmakers, following the death of actor Junior Pope and three other crew members who died in a boat mishap on Anam River in Anambra on Wednesday. Emeka Rollas, National President of AGN, in a statemen...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has relieved Prof. Victor Ecoma of his appointment as the Head of Department of the university’s Fine and Applied Arts Department for alleged negligence and incompetence. This is contained in a statement signed by the university’s R...
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has stated that he is not in any competition with his colleague, Kizz Daniel. He, however, said the ‘Buga’ crooner is the one who is competing with him. Speaking in a video message shared via his social media page recently, Por...
Authorities of the Isa mustapha polytechnic, the Nasarawa state owned polytechnic has announced a ban on the sale of handout to students of the institutions. This is even as it insisted that education in the institution was not for sell and should never be commodified, warning further that access...
Facebook and Instagram giant Meta on Friday said it will begin labeling AI-generated media beginning in May, as it tries to reassure users and governments over the risks of deepfakes. The social media juggernaut added that it will no longer remove manipulated images and audio that don’t otherwise break...
