Principal Consultant at Pandora Global Agency, Kehinde Ruth Onasoga, believes Artificial intelligence (AI) has come to stay, adding that any marketing communications professional that embraces the innovation will succeed. In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, she observed AI has long been a part of digital marketing communication, particularly, through machine learning algorithms used in…
Vice President Kamala Harris is narrowly beating rival Donald Trump in a national presidential poll released Tuesday, one of the first conducted since US President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign. Harris holds a two-point lead over Trump, 44 percent to 42 percent, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll. It was conducted in the two days…
John Mayall, the British blues pioneer whose 1960s music collective the Bluesbreakers helped usher in a fertile period of rock and brought guitarists like Eric Clapton to prominence, has died at 90 on Tuesday. His cause of death was not stated. Mayall, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who was dubbed “the godfather of British blues,” and…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7%. The ministry attributed the development to economic crises. The students are studying under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement Scholarship. The BEA scholarship is…
Chelsea are looking to sell goalkeeper, Djordje Petrovic, only one year on from his arrival at Stamford Bridge. The Blues signed the Serbia international from MLS last summer in a seal worth an initial £12.5million. Petrovic made his Premier League debut from the bench in December, replacing the injured Robert Sanchez. He remained first choice…
The Nigerian government has scheduled an emergency meeting on Wednesday in response to a planned nationwide protest slated for August 1, 2024. This is according to a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Affairs Office, Richard Pheelangwah, dated July 23, 2024, titled, ‘Planned Nationwide Protest.’ It read, “I am directed to invite…
Ahead of the planned nationwide protests coming up in August, the Lagos State Government has declared that such demonstrations are within the rights of citizens, saying there is nothing wrong in it. The Secretary to the state government, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, stated this on Tuesday while meeting with the Secretaries to the Local Governments, SLGs. She,…
A High Court sitting in Ekiti State has sentenced one Sunday Asere to 14 years Imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. The 24-year-old convict was arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye on 22nd March, 2022, on one count charge of rape. The charge read that the defendant sometime in January, 2020, at Moferere in Ado…
Nigerians should hold state governors responsible for the current economic challenges, according to the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, Okocha emphasized the need for accountability from state leaders. Okocha questioned the rationale behind the planned protests, urging Nigerians to focus on the…
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen to 229 as rescue efforts continue to locate survivors and victims. The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in the remote Gofa Zone, occurred on Monday. It was quickly followed by a second landslide that buried rescuers who had gathered to assist, state officials…
Fifty-eight out of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have expressed their support for a proposal from the African Group to endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for a second term as the organization’s Director-General. In a statement released by the WTO, the support was announced during the July 22 meeting of the WTO…
Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has highlighted the critical importance of supporting Aliko Dangote amidst his ongoing dispute with Nigeria’s regulatory authorities in the petroleum sector. Otedola, a close associate of Dangote, stressed the significance of backing visionaries like Dangote to foster and sustain the nation’s economic growth. In a post on X on Tuesday afternoon,…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has demanded a retraction of an allegation made against him by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the President, or face a N5 billion defamation and libel lawsuit. On July 20, 2024, Onanuga claimed on his X handle (formerly Twitter)…
The National Minimum Wage Amendment Act, which introduces a new N70,000 national minimum wage, has been passed into law by the Senate. The executive bill, which was received from the executive arm of government, seeking amendment to the Act to enable upward review of workers’ salaries, was laid for first reading. Reading the general principles…
Democrats have poured more than $100m (£77m) in donations into Vice-President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, her campaign says. The tally was boosted by what her team calls a record 24-hour period of fundraising – $81m raised. During that timeframe, more than 888,000 people donated…
Former Germany international, Didi Hamann, has predicted that Manchester United will finish above Arsenal in the Premier League next season. The Red Devils finished eighth, eight points outside the top-four places and 31 points behind champions Manchester City. However, Erik ten Hag’s men will play in the Europa League, because they beat City in the…
Popular Nigerian actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande has denied reports linking her to a romantic relationship with Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and threatened to sue peddlers of such news. Controversial blogger Gistlover, recently mentioned Dakore among a list of female celebrities that are alleged to be ‘sidechicks’ of the Senate President, including Nancy Isime, Hilda Baci,…
New Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has left six players out of his US pre-season tour, amid uncertainty over their futures, according to the Daily Mail. Discounting the five players that had their international breaks extended and the injured Djordje Petrovic, at least 43 other players have been left out of the squad for varying reasons….
Nigerian disk jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has announced the death of her maternal grandmother. The billionaire heiress said she’s finding comfort in the knowledge that her grandma was now “in heaven”. She said she was grateful for how her grandma raised her mum who in turn raised her. On her X…
Modern non-stop long-haul flights make traveling to faraway destinations easier than ever. Passengers can now travel long distances without stopping or needing to change planes. Here’s a list of 10 of the longest flights in the world, as listed by AeroTime. Singapore (SIN) to New York (JFK) Singapore Airlines operates a flight from Singapore (SIN)…
Rwanda Premier League club, Muhazi FC have announced the signing of Nigeria forward, Babuwa Samson. Babuwa joined Muhazi from another Rwandan club, Sunrise FC. The striker scored 10 goals and seven assists for Sunrise last season. He caught the eye with his impressive displays for Sunrise. The striker signed a one-year contract with Muhazi FC…
The Senate has passed a bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act of 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from N30,000 to N70,000. The bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday also includes a provision to decrease the interval for reviewing the National Minimum Wage from every five (5) years to every three…
Two people have been killed and at least 13 injured, including children, following the collapse of a balcony in the Scampia suburb of Naples in Italy, the fire brigade said on Tuesday. The concrete and iron parts killed a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman who lived in the social housing estate, the fire brigade…
July 21, 2024 Nigerian doctor and hyper-realism artist Fola David has set a new Guinness World Record, (GWR), for the largest drawing by an individual. Nigerian doctor David, surpasses the existing record for the world’s largest painting by an individual. Fola David, the Nigerian doctor, has set a GWR for the largest drawing by an…
A rescued Chibok girl, 27 years old Ihyi Abdul, has said she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity. Abdul, abducted along other students in 2014 in the Chibok school attack, also said she has four children among the eight husbands she married between 2014 to the day of her escape from…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the Police Act Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Earlier in July, the police denied claims that IGP Kayode Egbetokun tried to lobby the National Assembly on a bill seeking to raise the retirement…
NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, says he does not own a blending plant in Malta, adding that he does not know of any employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited who owns such a facility in the island country in Europe. Kyari, in a Tuesday post on X (formerly Twitter), asked the…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday transmitted a national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly for consideration and passage. The President separately wrote the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting expedited consideration of a bill for an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from ₦30,000 …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has opened up about his child who transitioned from male to female and dropped his surname. Musk said his estranged transgender daughter was “killed” by the “woke mind virus” after he was tricked into agreeing to gender-affirming care procedures. In an interview with psychologist and conservative commentator Dr. Jordan Peterson, the…
US Vice President, Kamala Harris raised a record-breaking $81 million for her presidential bid in the first 24 hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection and then endorsed her. According to Harris’ campaign, more than 880,000 donors contributed to Harris’ campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and joint fundraising committees. “The historic outpouring…
Muhammadu Sanusi II has said that Alhaji Aliko Dangote should not be blamed for buying dollars at lower rates at the time he was building his refinery because that was the actual rate the apex bank was selling to everybody at that time. The 16th Emir of Kano commented on the issue through the SOP…
