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President Bola Tinubu , yesterday in Abuja, told the Airtel delegation led by its Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal, that his administration is prepared to learn and not ashamed of copying what is working in other climes. The President also said the telecoms sector’s regulatory framework and operations would be reviewed to reflect global best practices, with a greater focus on protecting infrastructure. President Tinubu spoke at a meeting with an Airtel delegation led by its Chairman, Mittal at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said: “I am grateful for your openness, readiness, and confidence, which moved us very close to the Prime Minister of India. When he was here, we discussed things at length. “The entire ecosystem will be further examined, and if there is anything we can copy from India, we are ready to do so. We are prepared to learn. We are not ashamed of copying what is working in other climes. “It is for the good of al...

  Popular Nigerian content creator and brand influencer,  Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori aka  KieKie   has premiered her new game show cum talent hunt platform, ‘KieKie Unscripted Experience.’ The show, which was formerly known as ‘KieKie Unscripted,’ and limited to KieKie’s celebrity guests, was rebranded in 2024 for a new experience. The leggy mother cum wife returned for a fresh season that is set to reward talents across the shores of Nigeria. The premiere was held on Thursday, February 27, in Lekki with several celebrities in attendance. Some of the celebrities spotted at the event include Crowd Kontoller, Alternate Sound, Brain Jotter, Mr Macaroni, Hilda Baci, Nasboi, Mc Lively, Lasisi Elenu, Bisola, Jarvis, Cute Abiola, IsBaeu, Saga, Folagade Banks, Oluwadollarz, Woos, VJ Adams, Broda Shaggi, Akah Anani, Sydney Talker, Ariyike Dimples, Peller, Veekee James, Tacha, Tennie, and Harmonhie amongst several others. At the rebranding in 2024, KieKie said the talent show is her...

Africa’s richest man and billionaire, Aliko Dangote , has revealed that unstable electricity supply and inconsistencies in government policies have remained major problem for industrialisation in Nigeria. Dangote made this known recently when the Zambian Minister of Energy, Makozo Chikote, visited the Dangote refinery in Lekki, Lagos State. According to him, his company’s most profitable cement factory is the one in Ethiopia because of its stable power supply. He explained that without power supply, businesses cannot grow. “If there’s no power, there won’t be growth. For example, anything I’m going to do abroad will cost me maybe 30 percent cheaper than here, because abroad is plug-and-play. “You just go, no infrastructure construction. You just build a factory, and you connect to the network; that’s all. “That’s why, if you look at it today, I tell you that our most profitable cement factory is in Ethiopia because there’s no investment in power. They gave us power at the same rate for...

  United States of America,  President Donald Trump  has clearly stated that it is up to Europe to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, and there will be no guarantees of Washington’s involvement. He made the comments during his first cabinet meeting and ahead of meeting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the White House. Ahead of the talks, Starmer has stressed his call for a US security guarantee in Ukraine to deter Vladimir Putin from invading again. However, Trump’s reaction means Starmer stands alone in his call. In a related development, Trump’s first cabinet meeting confirmed that  President Volodymyr Zelensky  will visit the Oval Office on Friday to sign a “very big” agreement on sharing Ukraine’s mineral resources. Meanwhile, Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary and has said he wants further agreements that include US security guarantees to deter renewed Russian aggression. Earlier, Trump hinted that the US secured a billion-dolla...

Afrobeats legend,   D’Banj , has enlisted sensational artistes,   Nasboi  and   Berry Tiga , as brand ambassadors for his revolutionary music tech enterprise, Cream Platform. They join the Koko Master to drive inclusivity among budding talents. The new brand ambassadors, who epitomize the aspirations of CREAM Platform to empower independent talents across Africa, were unveiled at a press conference in Lagos on last Wednesday. CREAM, an acronym for Creative Reality Entertainment Art and Music, leverages technology to provide resources that independent talents need to achieve excellence and take their gifts to the next level. Its unique offerings include MTN Best Of The Streets competition, talent management, distribution and publishing, as well as funding and grants. The platform ensures inclusivity for all talents in urban and remote areas through its website, and a MTN USSD code, allowing talents to share their gifts with the world at the click of a button. Talents...

  Music star   Adedamola Oyinlola Adefolahan   aka Fireboy has opened up on why the track, ‘Iseoluwa’ led the songs on his fourth album, ‘Adedamola.’ In a chat, the YBNL/Empire Distribution signee noted that the song was made out of the clarity he has witnessed at a certain point in his life. “I just had more clarity during that period, so I made that song out of that clarity, and it just made sense to open the album with that song. A lot of my fans that are very familiar with my music over the years know that I’m always very intentional about my intros. My intros on my albums are always inspiring in some ways, so I felt it was only right to introduce a very personal album like that,” he said.The award-winning singer went further to disclose that he recorded the song at a low point in his life when he was relearning and learning from various experiences. He said: “I recorded that song at a sort of low point in my life. It was a period of learning, and relearning, and lear...

Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as   Portable , is gearing up to release a new EP titled “Ogo Wanted”. This announcement comes on the heels of his recent legal troubles with the Ogun State government. Portable was declared wanted by the police for conspiracy, assault and attempted murder, among other charges. He subsequently turned himself in and was arraigned in court where he pleaded not guilty to the five-count charges . The singer was granted a N2 million bail but was restrained from discussing the case on social media. The upcoming EP “Ogo Wanted” appears to be Portable’s response to the recent events. In a teaser posted on Instagram, the singer boasted that his music earnings surpass those of “Yahoo boys“. He said: “OGO wanted. Music money pass Yahoo. Zeh Nation many inspirations”. 

The Police headquarters Zone 7 will commence medical screening for successful candidates who participated in the Computer Based Test (CBT). The screening is particularly for indigenes of the  Federal Capital Territory  and Niger State who applied for the 2022/2023 recruitment exercise for the Nigeria Police Constable on Wednesday to Wednesday, March 12th, 2025. According to a statement on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 7, Muhammed Abdulkadir: “Candidates are advised to log in to https://apply.policerecruitment.gov.ng to verify their qualification status for this stage and print out the slip. “The qualified candidates will see their Medical screening centres, date, and time on the slip, which must be produced at the screening centre together with other relevant documents. “Candidates should note that their National Identity Number Slip (NIN) , Form submission slip, as well as their Invitation Slip for the medical screening is very important. “Candidates are...

At Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Miami Heat 120-113 in a comeback to win their fourth consecutive game and third in a row since the all-star break. Milwaukee struggled to overcome the hump against Miami for three quarters. Then, in the first two and a half minutes of the fourth quarter, the newly acquired Porter completely changed the course of the game. Despite falling by as much as 14 points over the majority of the game, the Bucks never allowed the Heat to overtake them. Milwaukee went on to win the game with a strong fourth quarter, outscoring Miami 35–20 in the last 12 minutes. In 37 minutes, Damian Lillard led the Bucks with 26 points and 8 assists. After recovering from an injured left calf,  Nigerian Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo  scored 21 points, grabbed 16 rebounds, and dished out seven assists in 31 minutes. With 17 points at the end of the half, Brook Lopez maintained his impressive offensive performance. Tyler Herro led Miami in scoring with 40 poi...

  Mohamed Salah (32) said Liverpool's veterans need another Premier League title after inspiring a 2-0 win at Manchester City to surge 11 points clear at the top of the table. Salah was central to a  statement win  for the Reds as he opened the scoring and then teed up Dominik Szoboszlai to double Liverpool's lead before half-time. Arne Slot's men are in a commanding position to secure a record-equalling 20th English top flight title, although second-placed Arsenal have a game in hand. City, who have won the last four Premier League titles, are now 20 points behind the leaders down in fourth. "It is incredible. It is a very hard place to come and play here," said Salah after Liverpool's first league win at the Etihad for a decade. "They are a tough team and they have an incredible manager I am glad in the end we won the game. It is special. Especially when you are in the title race, it is incredible. "Hopefully we keep calm because ...

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has revealed that his principal is “very frustrated” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Waltz spoke to reporters during the White House briefing on Thursday. He was responding to a question about whether Trump believes Zelensky or Russian President Vladimir Putin bears more responsibility for the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Trump’s goal here is to bring this war to an end, period, and there has been ongoing fighting on both sides — it is World War I-style, trench warfare,” Waltz told reporters at the White House briefing. “So some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump, were unacceptable.” He added: “Look, President Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky — the fact that he hasn’t come to the table, that he hasn’t been willing to take this opportunity that we have offered. I think he will eventually get to that point, and I hope so very quickly.” “Bu...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy Committee has retained the country’s interest rate at 27.50 percent in January, the same rate as in November last year amid inflation drops. It also retained the Cash Reserve Ratio, CRR at 50 basis points and the liquidity ratio, LR, at 30 percent and the asymmetric corridor at +500/-100 basis points around the MPR; other monetary policy decisions were retained. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso disclosed this in a press briefing on Thursday after 299th MPC in Abuja. The apex bank boss explained that the rate pause was necessary following the recent inflation decline, which dropped to 24.48 percent in January after the Consumer Price Index rebase. “The members of the MPC unanimously agreed to retain the interest rate at 27.50 percent” he stated. DAILY POST  reports that this is the first pause in interest rate hikes since Cardoso took office in September 2023. This comes as economists and financial experts have, in the last months, cal...

Nigerian headline inflation may drop to 24.48 percent, while the core inflation may drop to 22.59 percent and food inflation drop to 26.8 percent in the rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). An informed source who is close to the NBS disclosed to Daily trust that details of the rebased CPI will be made public today. The NBS recently rebased the CPI to replace outgoing reference periods (2009). Rebasing aligns the price and weight reference periods with the current economic environment, ensuring methodological accuracy, updating the composition of the goods and services basket, revising item weights, and incorporating necessary improvements. It would be recalled that Nigeria’s inflation rate rose for the fourth straight month, hitting a near 30-year high of 34.8% in December 2024, up from 34.6% in the prior month. Food inflation, which constitutes more than 50% of Nigeria’s old inflation basket, eased to 39.84% in Decemb...

  Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Edwin Clark, is dead. According to a statement released by his family, the chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum,  PANDEF  died on Monday night. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the passing of Chief (Dr.) Sen. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark OFR, CON on Monday 17th February , 2025.’’ “Born in Kiagbodo, in the Ijaw area of what is now Delta State, late Clark attended primary and secondary schools at Effurun, Okrika and Afugbene before completing further studies at the Government Teacher Training College, which later became Delta State University, Abraka. Thereafter, he worked briefly as a school teacher before traveling abroad to earn a law degree. “He worked with the administrations of military governor Samuel Ogbemudia and head of state, General Yakubu Gowon between 1966 and 1975. In 1966, he was a member of an advisory committee to the military governor of the...

The lifeless body of a police inspector, identified as Haruna Mohammed, was discovered in a hotel room at Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi, Akute, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the inspector, who was attached to the Ishashi Police Division in Lagos State, had arrived at the Super G Royal Hotel in Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi Akute, with a woman at about 1:00 a.m. on Saturday. The hotel manager, Deborah Adejobi, reportedly found their room unlocked at around 8:52 a.m. When she checked inside, she discovered the officer’s lifeless body, while the woman was nowhere to be found. According to a police memo detailing the situation, the hotel owner, Abiodun Olagunju, reported the incident to the police, adding that the woman had earlier visited the reception at about 6:00 a.m. to request bottled water. The officer’s body was removed and deposited at Life Channel Mortuary in Olambe. Confirming the incident, Ogun State Police Command spokesperson Omolola Odut...

  AS  Nigeria  steps up efforts to implement its N54.9 trillion 2025 budget, experts have expressed fears that President Donald Trump’s energy policy, targeted at increasing oil output would impact the $75 per barrel target on which the budget is based, inflation and Diaspora remittances, among others. With his ”Drill Baby Drill” energy policy, President Trump said America would invest in fossil energy resources, and boost oil and gas output in order to meet its domestic needs, a development analysts said could lead to over-supply and low prices in the international market. Reacting, the director/CEO, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, Dr. Muda Yusuf, said President Trump’s policy would hinder the realization of Nigeria’s $75 per barrel 2025 budget target, escalate high inflation while stalling Diaspora remittances. He said: “USA has been the largest oil producer globally for the past six years, noting that in 2023, it produced an average of 21.91 milli...

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has bragged that Nigeria will respond strongly if Canada fails to resolve the issue surrounding its refusal to grant visas to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa. The minister's statement was made in an official release signed by Iyogun Sunday, the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Defence. Matawalle stressed that Nigeria must assert itself on the global stage, following the recent diplomatic incident where visas were denied to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Musa, and other members of the Nigerian delegation.  The delegation was en route to Canada for a significant event honouring Nigerian war veterans when the visas were refused. The minister expressed deep disappointment at the treatment of the Nigerian delegation, stressing that such actions threaten the diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and Canada.  He remarked, "This is not a mere bureaucratic mistake; it is an affron...

  Lagos State Governor,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu   has commissioned the reconstructed Chief Yesufu Abiodun Oniru Road, Akiogun Road, an alternative routes to Admiralty Circle Plaza in Lekki and Abudu Smith Street.  The roads are located in the Iru Victoria Island Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Eti-Osa Local Government Area.  The event was attended by key government officials, including Deputy Governor, Obafemi  Hamzat; Secretary to the State Government, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin; Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly Mrs. Mojisola Meranda represented by lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency 1, Bonu Solomon; Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola; General Manager Metropolitan Construction Company Ltd, Rodinis Gian Lucature, among others. In his speech, Sanwo-Olu emphasised the significance of the projects in improving mobility and urban infrastructure. “Today, we officially commission two projects under the LASG Infrastr...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, arraigned Precious Uzondu on a two-count charge bordering on alleged refusal to accept naira as a legal tender before Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. One of the counts reads: “That you, Precious Chimaobi  Uzondu, on the 10th of December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction  of this Honourable Court, refused to accept Naira (Nigeria’s legal  tender) by accepting the sum of $5700 (Five Thousand Seven Hundred USD)  as a means of payment for a purchase of a Carter diamond bracelet with serial number (12345678) and you thereby committed an offence contrary  to Section 20 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007.” The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. Given his pleas, prosecution counsel, Hannatu Naisa, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in a correctional centre. Counsel to the defendant, Jennifer ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has expressed outrage over the hike in tariffs by telecommunications companies, despite an earlier agreement reached with the Federal Government and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and demanded immediate reversal of the increase to avoid unpleasant consequences. However, the operators are not taking any of NLC’s threats, warning that labour’s actions would amount to a treasonable felony. Recall that the Federal Government and NLC had about two weeks ago, emerged from a meeting convened by the former to see how the price hike could be reduced from the proposed 50 %. A 10-man committee, comprising five members from each of the two parties, was constituted and given two weeks to further deliberate on the issue before a decision was taken. The two-week deadline given to the committee ends this week but some of the telecommunications companies have already effected a hike of 50% hike in data. According to NLC, “if the telecommunications c...

  Real Madrid once again twisted the knife into Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to compound a troubled season for the English champions and leave them on the brink of an early Champions League exit. Twice  City  led at the Etihad as Erling Haaland finally came to the party against the Spanish giants with his first two goals in five games against Madrid. But the Norwegian's goals cannot paper over the glaring cracks for City this season. Madrid had been wasteful for 85 minutes and would have headed home cursing their finishing but for a late flourish. Brahim Diaz netted against this former club just seconds after coming off the bench before Jude Bellingham, on his return to England, tapped home the winner in stoppage time after another City defensive calamity. City have now conceded eight goals in the final 15 minutes of their last five Champions League games. Late goals have also been a problem for Guardiola in the Premier League, w...

The MLB off-season is currently underway and that leaves many players in the free agent pool looking to find a new home. This article will provide each free agent signing for every team in the MLB divided up by division. Latest big signing - the New York Mets signed first baseman Pete Alonso to a two-year, $54 million deal with an opt-out after year one. Alonso will make $30 million this season and $24 million in 2026 if he elects to not opt out of the deal.  Other big names off of the board include: (SP) Jack Flaherty: 2 years, $35 million (Detroit Tigers) (SP) Max Scherzer: 1 year, $15.5 million (Toronto Blue Jays) (IF) Ha-Seong Kim: 2 years, $29 million (Tampa Bay Rays) (OF) Jurickson Profar: 3 years, $42 million (Atlanta Braves) (OF) Anthony Santander: 5 years, $92.5 million (Toronto Blue Jays) (RP) Tanner Scott: 4 years, $72 million (Los Angeles Dodgers) (SP) Justin Verlander: 1 year, $15 million (Detroit Tigers) (SP) Corbin Burnes: 6 years, $210 million (Arizona Diamondbacks)...