September 2025 – Page 74

APC Chieftain Urges Fundraising To Tackle Insecurity

19.09.2025

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a community leader in Kwara State, Engineer Opeyemi Olabanji, has advocated a collective fundraising approach by prominent citizens of the Kwara South Senatorial District to curtail the activities of bandits in the area. Olabanji, in a press conference in Ilorin, the state capital, lamented that the...

Nigeria, Uganda Need To Do More For Film, Creative Industry – Actress Ndausi

19.09.2025

Ugandan and Nollywood award-winning actress, producer and TV presenter Princess Faridah Ndausi said governments’ involvement can level up creative and filmic collaboration between Nigeria and Uganda.Ndausi, who spoke at the just-concluded Kaduna International Film Festival (KADIFF), noted that thus far, filmic collaborations and exchanges between Nigeria and Uganda have been driven solely by filmmakers and...

Gospel Artistes Olaoba, Alaseyori, Others For Independence Concert

19.09.2025

Gospel artistes, Bidemi Olaoba, Yinka Alaseyori, Sola Allyson and Lilian Nneji, will headline LULI Concert’s Independence Day worship session scheduled to hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Onikan, Lagos, on October 3. A premier gospel concert organised by the El Berachah Worship Ministry for the Celestial Church of God, LULI seeks to establish a...

Rivers: Fubara Returns After Emergency Rule

19.09.2025

EMMANUEL MASHA writes on Wednesday’s suspension of the emergency rule in Rivers State, which brings an end to the reign of Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas (rtd) and reinstatement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara As Governor Siminalayi Fubara returns to power after six months, following Federal Government’s suspension of the emergency rule in Rivers State, September 18,...

‘Beautiful Camp’ Alumni Deploy AI To Counter Narratives About Nigeria

19.09.2025

Alumni of the Beautiful Camp, maiden edition, Osasogie Guobadia and Nazifi Abdullahi are deploying AI in traditional filmmaking to address topical societal issues. The resulting feature film built around the girl-child, scheduled to begin shooting on October 12, 2025, is part of their objective of using AI and storytelling to counter negative narratives about Nigeria...

2027: Those Calling On Jonathan To Recontest Want To Cause Political Crisis

19.09.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned that those advising former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election are slowly plotting to plunge the country into crisis. Wike, a two-term Governor of Rivers State, gave this warning while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Thursday. According...

Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia Push For Harmonisation Of Copyright Laws

19.09.2025

Experts have highlighted the harmonisation of copyright laws, innovation, and infrastructure development, among other things, as key to strengthening Africa’s creative economies. The experts – executive director of Copy Ghana, Joseph B. Gyamfi; founder and CEO, Bliss Executives, The Gambia, David Jeng and the director of Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC), Lagos and intellectual property consultant,...

Cardi B Releases Long-Awaited Album ‘Am I the Drama?’ After Seven-Year Hiatus

19.09.2025

Grammy-award-winning rapper, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, popularly known by her stage name, Cardi B, has officially released her long-awaited sophomore album, ‘Am I the Drama?’, ending a seven-year wait since her debut project Invasion of Privacy, which earned her a Grammy. The 23-track album, released on Friday under Atlantic Records, debuted at No. 1 on the...

Literary Competition Offers N1.7m Cash Prizes To Teenagers, Youths

19.09.2025

The Boy Who Found Gold Literary Competition is set to award N1.7 million cash prize to Nigerian teenagers and youths aged 15 to 35 with the best essay submissions. Named after Caleb Onyeabor’s novel ‘The Boy Who Found Gold’, the competition centres around the novel’s themes of ambition, hope and the pursuit of one’s dreams....

Dangote’s Fuel Distribution Could Crash Pump Price To N700/Litre –Analyst

19.09.2025

The efficient implementation of the distribution of petroleum products by Dangote Refinery’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tankers could crash fuel price to about N700 per litre, an industry analyst, Kehinde Ishola, has said. The refinery had announced that it would deploy 4,000 CNG tankers to enhance the distribution of petroleum products. Ishola told our correspondent...