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India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has called for a broad global coalition to safeguard wildlife, particularly “big cats” from poaching throughout the globe. Modi made the announcement on Sunday during the opening of the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) in Karnataka, India. According to the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gangadharan Balasubramanian, the inauguration was observed by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment, Mr. Udi Odum, as well as other dignitaries from across the globe. The ambassador said that the Prime Minister had urged the 97 “range” nation alliance (IBCA), of which Nigeria is a founding member, to collaborate more…

Peak Milk manufacturer FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc has apologized to the Christian Association of Nigeria for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to market their product on Good Friday, stating that the social media advertising has been removed. While realizing the sensitivity of the social media post “considering the sobriety of the season,” the company stated that it was not intended to belittle the significance of the season or to overly exploit Jesus Christ’s unparalleled sacrifice. The Executive Director of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc (Corporate Affairs), Ore Famurewa, expressed remorse in a letter to the President of…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), filed a plea with the Election Tribunal, but it was dismissed yesterday, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The petition should be rejected because it is a waste of time, according to the APC and the electoral commission. President-elect Bola Tinubu of the APC, who won the poll on February 25, is being challenged by LP and Obi on grounds including claimed non-qualification and non-compliance. The APC and INEC requested that the case be dismissed because it was unjustified in their respective…

Basketmouth, the comedian from Nigeria, recently made news by declaring that he is not friends with comic AY. When asked about his relationship with AY, the comic star on “The Honest Bunch Podcast” with OAP Nedu, Basketmouth made the remark. To clarify the situation, he replied, “First of all, AY is not my buddy. We’ve never been close. I have never been to his home. He has never been personally invited to my home. I’d never phoned him before, but one day I asked, “O boy, where do you think we should hang out?” The comedian asserted that 90% of…

Another indication of President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to enhance higher education in the nation is the most recent allocation of N320.3 billion as an intervention fund for public tertiary institutions. The 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) payment to tertiary institutions is the greatest in thirty years, according to a statement from the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) signed by its chairman Niyi Akinsiju and secretary Cassidy Madueke. “If there is any administration that many Nigerians are not fair to, it is the President Muhammadu Buhari administration which has been accused of ignoring the education sector. “But the latest information from…

Communities in Benue State continue to suffer the most from herders’ violence, with villagers attacked at a camp for internally displaced people. Given the increase in armed herdsmen assaults on numerous towns in the state and the fact that more than 200 people have been killed since the attacks resumed immediately after the February 25 presidential election, this may not be the best of times for Benue inhabitants. According to prior experience, conflicts between Fulani pastoralists and farmers typically worsen during the dry season as a result of the pastoralists’ tendency to relocate southward to graze their cattle, which usually…

According to the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), ticket sales in the nation produced N441 million in March 2023. Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, National Chairman of CEAN, revealed this to press in Lagos on Monday. According to Ajayi, the total number of people admitted to theatres throughout the federation during the review period was 174,071. “In March, we had total sales of N441,752,914 across all cinemas, with 174,071 viewers admitted.” “Sales in March were encouraging compared to February, when we recorded total sales of N278 million due to Presidential and National Assembly election activities, as well as the national problem…

Between January and March, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State announced it had convicted 37 drug peddlers and users. Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, the Agency’s State Commander, told media reporters in Kano on Monday that the command detained 352 individuals during the time. He said that, in addition to the 37 convicted by the Federal High Court, the command has filed 39 new cases, with 127 others still pending. He said that 955.304kg of cannabis sativa, 1,225.05kg of codeine and tramadol, 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroine, and 52 grammes of methamphetamine were seized between…

The prompt arrival of police officers in Akure’s Ijoka Area, the capital of Ondo State, was unable to stop the lynching of a young guy suspected of participating in “yahoo plus” after he killed four people. The unidentified young man was travelling down the road in his Toyota when he abruptly veered off the road and struck his victims, who were riding on okadas, or business motorcycles. Witnesses claimed that sympathisers who raced to the driver’s help discovered various fetish objects inside the car and became more convinced that the driver was involved in ritual activity, also known as “yahoo…

Rev. William Okoye, General Overseer of All Christian Fellowship Mission, has stressed the need of reviewing the country’s leadership recruiting process. Okoye made the remark while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Easter Sunday. He said that the calibre of leaders that may emerge was decided by the recruiting process. “How leadership is recruited has a lot to do with the type of leadership you eventually have.” “If the process is flawed, you will have flawed leaders; if the process is correct, you will have the best possible leaders who will move the nation forward.” “Unfortunately, our situation has not…