Country music sensation Colt Ford was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack following his performance in Arizona this week. According to Colt’s team, he is currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. The incident occurred after his show at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Gilbert…
Canada’s unemployment rate surged to 6.1 percent in March as more individuals actively sought employment in an economy hampered by elevated interest rates. According to a statement released on Friday, April 5, by Statistics Canada, job losses were observed in the hospitality and food sectors, as well as in wholesale and retail trade, and the…
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have announced their separation after nearly 14 years of marriage and over two decades together. The couple shared the news on their Instagram Stories on Friday evening, April 5. Accompanied by a photo of themselves in tennis attire, they wrote: “After a lengthy tennis match spanning over twenty years,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has escalated its crackdown on drug hawkers operating in the Apapa area and its surroundings in Lagos State. Led by NAFDAC’s Investigation & Enforcement Directorate, the operation is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to combat the unlawful distribution and sale of unauthorized pharmaceuticals.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a six-count charge against Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, on April 4, and is set to arraign him before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, April 5. The first four counts of the charge relate to the abuse of…
Rewrite Two judicial commissions of inquiry have been inaugurated by Kano state government to probe alleged cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence and missing persons between 2015 and 2023 when Abdullahi Ganduje was Governor of the state. Governor Abba Yusuf who inaugurated the committees on Thursday, April 4, charged them to work…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a warning regarding an impending heat stress phenomenon likely to affect the country. In a pictorial representation released by the agency, the map of Nigeria is marked with five distinct colors, each indicating the severity of the heat stress. NiMet cautioned regions including Kano, Gombe, Sokoto, Yobe, and…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has again taken another shot at his former benefactor, Nyesom Wike’s camp, days after he stated that his implementation of the presidential peace pact they reached should not be taken as weakness. Fubara who spoke at the ground breaking of automobile spare parts market in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, April 4,…
President Bola Tinubu has called on ECOWAS member states to come together, strengthen ties, and reject forces bent on causing division within the community. Speaking at the inauguration of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament, on Thursday in Abuja, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government,…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, signed into law the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2024. The Act is of historic proportions as it seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths. WHY THE PREVIOUS ACT WAS AMENDED The repealed…
