Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has made history by breaking the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”. Hilda smashed the previous record of 88 hours 00 minutes set by the current Guinness World Record holder, Lata Tondon, on Monday morning (today). The competition began on Thursday at exactly 4pm when Hilda turned on her cooker. Despite having already broken the record, Hilda has continued to cook on for a total of 96 hours, aiming to set a new world record as the first human to spend such an amount of time cooking.…
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With barely 17 days to the scheduled swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, any other judicial officer and/or any other authority or person from swearing in any candidate in the February 25 presidential election as President or Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, until it is judicially determined with finality or in…
Pastor Famakinwa Ajayi of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayede Ogbese, in Akure North council area of the state has been jailed by an Ondo State High Court for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The 61-year-old pastor who is affiliated with the Christian Association of Nigeria in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North council was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was charged to court on a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child, contrary to Section 31(1)of the Child’s Rights Law of Ondo State and sexual abuse and exploitation contrary to Section 32 (1). Pastor Famakinwa…
Oluyemi Fasipe was born on the 4th of May 1985 in the present-day Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. He originally hails from the ancient town of Ile-Oluji, a city in the present-day Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Yemie Fash, as he is popularly known, had his primary school education at Omolere Nursery and Primary School, Akure, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. Oluyemi moved to Salas Universal College in Akure, where he obtained his Senior Secondary School Certificate with flying colours. He subsequently proceeded to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, where he studied…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof Ali Isa Pantami, has said public officials do not anticipate that they would be recognised with awards when serving humanity and contributing to the development of the nation. Pantami said this after receiving the Triangle News Magazine Personality of the Year Award in London, United Kingdom, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Pantami, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to UK and Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa were honoured at the event as Personalities of the Year, while Hon Ndidi Elumelu,…
A civil society organisation, Northern Youths for Good Leadership and Governance (NYGLG) has told the President elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency in Zamfara State Hon Aminu Jaji is the most suitable to occupy the position of Speaker of the 10th Assembly. The president, NYGLG, Comrade Labaran Abubakar disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday in Abuja. The group said while many Contenders have publicly thrown their hats into the ring, from all regions of the Country, Jaji is the most competent and…
12th April 2023. His Excellency, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, Governor’s Office, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State. Your Excellency, OPEN LETTER TO THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF ONDO STATE ON THE MENACE OF COMMERCIAL OKADA RIDERS I feel strongly compelled to write this letter to you as a concerned indigene of Ondo State. This letter is worrisomely informed by the proclivity of commercial motorcycle riders in resorting to mob action whenever the least accident occurs between them and motorists. The lynching of a 22-year-old Tope Olorunfemi in the Ijoka area of Akure on Sunday, April 10, 2023, underscored the security threat that okada…
Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has appealed his conviction by Hon. Justice I. L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court. Dr. Okupe had been convicted for receiving cash above the permitted threshold on 19 December 2022. While the Federal High Court had held that the Prosecution had failed to prove the charges of money laundering against Dr. Okupe and acquitted him of the charges relating to same, the Court convicted him of the charges relating to the receipt of monies above the threshold permitted by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.…
Dear Elected Lawmakers, It has been a season of elections and you will agree with us that your elections were not won on a platter of gold. You have all fought a good fight. Your elections are a testament to your acceptability to the good people of your constituency and a stamp on your track record. Now that elections are over, it is time to settle down for the business ahead. As you do so, our passionate appeal to you is that the health of your constituents should be a top agenda for your tenure. Let us remind you about…
Former Chairman Nigerian Bar Association, Akure Branch, Rotimi Olorunfemi has threatened to sue Our Heritage Reporters and Sahara Reporters for One billion Naira each over defamatory comments publication. The news outlets had in a publication dated March 10, 2023 with the headline, “Just In: EFCC arrests House of Reps-Elect, for N3billion fraud, hours after collecting his certificate of return.”, accused the lawyer of confessing to the crime. In a statement issued through his lawyer, Chief Anthony A. Adeniyi SAN, Olorunfemi said the publication was done without any clear confirmation, terming the publication as “false and reckless”. Olorunfemi denied committing the…