Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

Boeing 737 MAX 8 Series ————————————————– By Editor To avoid passenger apathy when its brand of Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes arrives Nigeria, Air Peace Airline has said although Air Peace placed order for 10 brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, the airline is yet to take delivery. The order, they explained is still at the design and configuration stage. The airline made the clarification in an online statement signed by the airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah. He was apparently reacting to several calls and enquiries, which poured…

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L – R: Khadi Mustapha Lalloke (representing the Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal); Honourable Justice of His Lordship Aisha R.D Mohammed; His Worship, Mr Jamilu Suleiman, Chief Registrar of the High Court of Kano State; Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, PEBEC Secretary & Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade & Investment; Justice N.S Umar, Acting Chief Judge of Kano; Toyin Bashir, Reform Lead, Enabling Business Environment Secretariat at the launch of the Small Claims Court in Kano on Thursday 24th January

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Dr Ken Onyeali Ikpe, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Insight Redefini, has been announced as 2019 Pitcher Awards Channel Jury President by Chini Africa. Chini organises the awards show and Cannes Lions Official Festival Representative in Nigeria. This is a follow up to an earlier announcement of Mihnea Gheorghiu, Global Creative Director, Publicis Italy as the 2019 Heritage and Innovation Jury President. The Pitcher Awards Channel Jury will judge entries for Use of Media, Use of Data, Use of Insights and Strategy, PR and Reputation Management as well as Integrated…

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Latest news reaching us has it the Tanzania has banned celebrities, models and video vixens from posting nude pictures on social media. The government announced this through the ‘Music Regulatory Board, BASATA. The reports have it that the government compiled a list of socialites and video vixens who share their semi-nude photos on their social media pages and placed all of them under observation. Those affected by the ban include Musicians like Gigy Money, Pretty Kind, Model Sanchoka, Video Vixen Amber Lulu among others. According to the Executive Secretary of…

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As is tradition, public holiday has been declared for Monday October 1, 2018 by the federal government of Nigeria to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th Independence anniversary. In a statement by Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), through the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Mohammed Umar. Dambazau congratulated Nigerians on the anniversary and urged them to sustain the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration at ‘maintaining and strengthening the unity and peace of the country.’ He restated government’s commitment to promoting national unity, economic growth, social and political…

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Musician, Mofe Boyo, reputed for exporting ‘Shaku Shaku’, a trendy music across the world recently embarked on a tour of Delta State, a development her publicists described as an attempt to positively project Delta State. The state elicits a certain negative impression, which makes people think that Delta State is all about Niger-Delta militia groups among other vices. Therefore, the tour was designed by the artiste and her crew to promote the state using music as a launch pad to eradicate all such apprehensions. But ahead of the trip, Mofe…

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Federal Government College Warri Old Students Association (FEGOCOWOSA), Lagos branch has unveiled plans to hold the third edition of its Sports Carnival. The event comes up on Saturday September 29, 2018 at the Cricket Oval, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan in Lagos State. In a statement made available to the media, Publicity Secretary of the association, Mr. Ihechukwu Ibeji said the sports carnival, which has established itself since inception in 2016 as a driving force that brings together old students of the school and other federal unity schools in an…

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Amidst the consuming senseless killings that are going on in Nigeria, it is hearth warming to read the recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which claims that crimes statistics for 2017 showed that out of 134, 663 crimes recorded in the country in that year, Kebbi State had the lowest reported crimes with 2,915 cases, representing just two per cent. In its report tagged Crime Statistics: Reported Offences By Type And State For 2017, posted on its website, the bureau also said Kogi and Bauchi States…

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Times of India reports that an Indian man has filed for divorce from his wife after discovering that she had a beard and spoke like a man. The husband said he had not seen his wife’s face before their wedding day because she wore a veil. He also did not speak to her because the ceremony was arranged through his in-laws, the reports added. The woman, who has not been named, also wore a veil during their wedding so he did not see her face until after they were married.…

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According to a report by AFP, a 22-year-old woman was mauled to death by a lion on Tuesday at a private game lodge close to South Africa’s capital Pretoria. The victim was attacked by the lioness near Hammanskraal, roughly 45 kilometres (30 miles) north of Pretoria around 0900 GMT, the local Rekord newspaper reported citing the emergency services. “When Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene, bystanders had initiated (resuscitation). Tragically, the victim had sustained severe injuries and she died at the scene,” Nick Dollman, the spokesman for the Netcare…

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