Taylor Swift will release ‘Cruel Summer’ as her next single. The 33-year-old singer had initially planned to release the track – which featured on her 2019 album ‘Lover’ – in summer 2020 but her plans changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after being left “truly perplexed” by the song’s sudden surge in popularity on the streaming charts, the ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker has confirmed it is finally getting an official release. Speaking on stage during her ‘Eras’ show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday (17.06.23) night, Taylor said: “So basically, ‘Cruel Summer’ was on the ‘Lover’ album. That album came…
Author: Lilian Azuh
AS JOURNALISM MARCHES ON IN THE SERVICE OF NIGERIA The last Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) was an epochal milestone in the evolution of the journalism profession in Nigeria. An event that witnessed the election of new officers of the Guild to guide the affairs of the organization for the next two years, it is most gratifying that the outcome was successful and rancor-free despite the intensity of the contest for the various positions competed for. On behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), I congratulate the newly…
The opposition party in Imo state, the Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Hope Uzodimma to account for over N206 billion local government funds his administration allegedly misappropriated. The party’s publicity secretary, Collins Opurozor made the call at a press conference at the party secretariat. Opurozor alleged that the governor has destroyed the local government system which is a mechanism put in place by law to expand and sustain the democratic space and to spread democratic values. “Senator Uzodimma must without any further delay, tell the people the whereabouts of the N206 billion he has received belonging to the local…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report, entitled, Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted, which appeared in the Sunday Tribune of June 18, 2023 and purports that the Commission had declared a former Zamafara State governor, Bello Matawalle wanted and requested the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest him, “anywhere he is seen”. Without prejudice to the case involving the former governor, the report is incorrect as the Commission has yet to declare Matawalle wanted or solicit the assistance of any Agency, including the DSS, to effect his…
Some personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) who are Higher National Diploma (HND) holders have decried the disparity between them and their university degree holders colleagues. The complainants under the aegis of Concerned HND Holders in NSCDC, therefore, urged the Federal Government to right the wrong. They lamented that the discrimination had led to ill-treatment and a lack of career progression in the corps. The affected personnel hinted that the disparity in the scheme of service had dampened their morale in the service. Recently, the Federal Government removed the dichotomy between degree and HND holders in…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured a conviction of one Abubakar Munkailu, a property agent, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on a one count charge bordering on forgery. The charge reads, “That you, Munkaila Abubakar sometime in January, 2018 at Kaduna within the judicial division of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna with intent to defraud forged a document title ” TAKARDAN YARJENIYA SAYAR DA PLOT KO GIDA DAKE DANBUSHIYA KADUNA ” in respect of a plot situate at Millennium City, DANBUSHIYA Kaduna, purportedly issued…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Mohammed Sani Mohammed, an alleged fraudster who has been posing as a personnel of the Commission and defrauding victims on the pretext that he could help them procure soft-landing regarding their cases with the Commission. The bubble burst for the scammer when the Commission’s Enugu Command stumbled on intelligence regarding his criminal activities. The Intel was transmitted to the Kano Command which, after weeks of surveillance, arrested the suspect today, June 14, 2023. Investigation so far revealed that the suspect had obtained the sum of N4, 667,000 (Four Million, Six…
Actress, Akinyanju Omobolarinde, aka Ashabi, , the fiancée of popular singer, Habeeb Okiki aka Portable, has said contrary to what people think, she is not with the ‘Zazoo Zeh’ crooner for his money. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “He (Portable) has done many things for me but what stands out the most is the care and support he gives me. I am not here for the material things. I have produced movies and made my millions before meeting him. I have been a self-sponsored student even before I met him”. Ashabi, revealed that they plan to get…
Barely three weeks after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy took the oath to kick off their second term, the wheel of governance in Lagos State is turning on a fresh momentum with the swearing-in of the first set of key members of the State cabinet, on Friday. The Governor inaugurated the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr. Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, a former Federal Commissioner representing Lagos State in the National Population Commission (NPC). The ceremony, held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Alausa, also witnessed the swearing in of re-appointed Chief of Staff to…