Workers at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that they are on strike, they also announced the suspension of enrollment activities of NIN over the failure of the government to take adequate steps to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 on its members. The NIMC’s unit of the association of senior civil servants of Nigeria made this announcement in a communique issued at the end of its congress on Wednesday, directed staff from…
The Nigerian government has concluded plans to start borrowing money from unclaimed dividends and bank account balances left unattended for at least six years. The monies will be available as special credit to the federal government through the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund. This was contained in the Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, the trust fund will be a sub-fund of the Crisis Intervention Fund. “Any unclaimed dividend of a…
Millions of fans around the world are debating whether The Weekend got extreme plastic surgery on his face or he is simply wearing an equally extreme make-up in his new video “Save Your Tears”. The 30-year-old Canadian – real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – caused an internet frenzy with his grotesquely exaggerated new look. It all started in August last year when the singer prompted concern from some fans when he took to the stage…
Veteran Yoruba actress Orisabunmi, who became popular through her well-interpreted roles as an Ifa priestess, has died at the age of 60. Born Folake Aremu, the Kwara native dies four months after the death of her ex-husband, Jimoh Aliu, who was popularly known as Aworo. President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as Mr. Latin, confirmed she died on Tuesday night in a message sent…
A man named after the notorious German politician and leader, Adolf Hitler has won a seat in Namibia’s election but says he had no plans to invade the world. Mr. Adolf Hitler Uunona was elected councilor in the Ompundja Constituency, which is located in the Oshana region in the northern part of Namibia, winning roughly 85% of the vote. He won the seat on the ticket of the ruling SWAPO party, which has ruled Namibia…