archiveJune 2023

  this is the best news ever, says Hilda Baci Almost four weeks after cooking for 100 hours to break the 87 hours, 45 minutes world’s longest cooking record set by India’s Lata Tondon, Nigerian chef Hilda Baci has officially been awarded the record for the World’s Longest Cooking Marathon...

Tajudeen Abbas, the House of Representatives Member representing Zaria constituency, has emerged victorious in the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th Assembly. Business247 News reports that he defeated Ahmed Idris Wase, the former Deputy Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, and...

The immediate past Nigerian vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has left the country to attend an international forum in Europe. He was invited by the Norwegian Government to speak with selected decision-makers and other experts around the world. In a tweet n Tuesday, Osinbajo shared photos from the dinner with the...

Guinness World Record has finally certified Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, who broke the record for the longest cooking marathon by individual. It would be recollected that Hilda Baci last month, cooked for 100 hours non-stop, breaking India’s Lata Tondon’s 87 hours 45 minutes record of uninterrupted...

Former Akwa Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio the anointed candidate of the ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) has emerged as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Jibrin Barau, senator representing Kano South, emerged as the Deputy Senate President. Akpabio, who is the preferred candidate of the APC, defeated...

The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON) has conferred the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the “Excellent Service Delivery and Accountability Award”. The award was said to be in recognition of Danbatta’s outstanding performance and contribution...

  we Are promoting Adire to support SMEs to play in AfCFTA, boost tourism and culture on the continent - Ecobank It was a beehive of activities and funfair at Ecobank Adire Lagos Experience which took place over the weekend at the Ecobank Pan African Center (EPAC), Lagos. The 3-days...

Resolving national economic challenges is a condition for strengthening democratic culture and enhancing productive participation of the citizenry, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared. Speaking at the 2023 Democracy Day Lecture organised by Coalition of Civil Society Coalition in the State, the state Governor, represented by the Secretary...

President Bola Tinubu on Monday (today) signed the Students Loan Bill into law. This may have brought succor may many indigent students in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. David Adejo Andrew disclosed this to State House correspondents, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Permanent Secretary said...

During an interactive session with senators campaigning for the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin to lead the 10th Senate, yesterday, Vice President Kashim Shettima emphasized the nation’s current political structure and made a case for the emergence of a Southern Christian and a Northern Muslim as...