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NerdzFactory Foundation has announced a strategic partnership with Access Corporation aimed at boosting youth employability by making them industry ready for job opportunities. Speaking at the Youth Transition Program which has impacted over 1000 Nigerian youths, NerdzFactory Foundation called for a deliberate effort from both the private and public sectors in equipping Nigerian youths with…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to the statement by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, that he (Obi) was acting Nollywood and could not win the presidential election. Replying, the former Anambra State Governor said he would rather work hard to improve the entertainment industry. Obi gave the…

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay on Tuesday launched their official joint bid to host the Football World Cup in 2030, exactly 100 years after the event was first held, in Montevideo. “We are convinced that FIFA has an obligation to honor the memory of those who organized the first World Cup,” Alejandro Dominguez, president of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined fans and lovers of Nigerian music in celebrating new heights of recognition and appreciation as Afrobeat crooner, Tems, wins “‘Best Melodic Rap Performance” category at the Grammy Awards. Buhari, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja extolled Tems, Temilade Openiyi, for showcasing her…

Amidst the shortage of naira notes in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it would provide the commission with cash to pay for logistics in unbanked areas during the coming general elections. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, told INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday when…

The Big Brother Titans, which comprised of Nigerian and South African housemates, held its second live eviction show on Sunday evening and two housemates were evicted. Jaypee and Lukay, codenamed ‘Jaykay’, were evicted, making them the third and fourth evictees for the show’s debut season. While Jaypee is Nigerian, Lukay is a South African. After…

A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria does not have any business with how elections are conducted in the country. Oshiomhole said there was no section of the CBN Act that empowered the apex bank to oversee the conduct of free and fair elections,…

21 mins ago A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Professor Pat Utomi, has alleged that politicians in some political parties were paying Labour party officials millions of naira to defect to the party. 57 mins ago The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says a total of 6,708,451 voters collected the Permanent…

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the state Police Command to parade eight suspected hoodlums arrested at the venue of the last Thursday presidential rally of the All Progressive Congress held in Osogbo. The Osun PDP, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Caretaker Chairman, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, on…