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Hilda Baci, a world record-breaking chef, has received a one-year supply of complimentary tickets from Dana Air for all of her domestic travels.   In terms of an individual’s longest cooking marathon, Hilda broke the previous record. In addition, the airline gave Baci’s mother three months of complimentary travel. The 27-year-old began cooking on Thursday, May 11, 2023, and finished after 100 hours to surpass Lata Tondon of India, who had previously held the record...

The names of successful candidates for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exercises have been made public by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja and signed by the Secretary to the Board, Mr. Ja’faru Ahmed, it was disclosed that the Computer-Based Test that will be administered to successful applicants will take place on Thursday across the federation....

In this interview with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS, Bayo Onanuga, the director of media and publicity for the disbanded All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, discusses how the former governor of Lagos State intends to deal with the removal of fuel subsidies as well as other issues, including Nigeria’s debt burden. Outrage was expressed, especially from Buhari’s detractors and the opposition parties, over how casually the Senate approved his N22.7 trillion in extra-budgetary spending. Despite the fact...

Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, has outlined the factors that led him to congratulate Bola Tinubu on becoming president. According to report, senior Lagos State residents organized the peace meeting where George, a longtime political foe of Tinubu’s, spoke in an effort to mediate a settlement.   As he takes office on May 29, the elders pleaded for his cooperation and support with the outgoing governor of Lagos...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR, has asked the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, to arrest Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti, who was shown in a viral video beating a police officer in uniform. According to sources, the IGP has also ordered a thorough and swift inquiry into the event to uncover the underlying reason of the assault in a statement made by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According...

At the Arewa House in Kaduna on Friday, hundreds of people from the North threatened to stop supporting the administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless the North was given control of the National Assembly and other ministerial appointments. The Democratic Research Institute (DRI) hosted a one-day round table on nation building and democracy with the theme, “The imperative of participation, equity, and equitable development of Northern Nigeria.” The Northerners emphasized that their...