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After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual Grammy in Los Angeles. The award show was set to hold on January 31 at Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) with the livestreaming premiere ceremony held at the adjacent Microsoft. Hosted by comedian Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” A new date is yet be announced.

The Benue State Government has set 30th December 2021 for the selection of a new Och’Idoma and chairman Idoma Tradition Council to replace Elias Ikoyi Obekpa who passed since October. State Governor Samuel Ortom announced this at a meeting with stakeholders from the Benue South Senatorial district in the Government House Makurdi. The Governor stated that the new date was arrived at in line with the Benue State Chieftaincy law which stipulates that a new paramount leader should be selected three months after demise of the previous one. He then directed the people of Benue South to convene a meeting of all stakeholders on December 15th, 2021 which should be attended by all, irrespective of party affiliations to discuss and determine a suitable replacement for the late Och’Idoma. Governor Ortom assured the stakeholders that he will not interfere in the process, adding that to make the process. Governor Ortom however noted that where a consensus arrangement fails, the King Make...

Unilorin has expelled student who beat his project supervisor, reports confirmed that the verdict was handed down by the Student Disciplinary Committee where Salaudeen was arraigned on Monday. The student was alleged to had attacked his lecturer in her office because she refused to help him over his failure to do the mandatory Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES). The Unilorin management gave the student 48 days to appeal against the verdict to the Vice-Chancellor in case he feels dissatisfied with the decision. “Salaudeen has since been handed over to the police for further necessary action,” Akogun said. “A letter written to Salaudeen by the University Registrar reads,  ‘ You will recall that you appeared before the Student Disciplinary Committee (SDC) to defend yourself in respect of an allegation of misconduct leveled against you. “After due consideration of all evidences before it, the Committee was convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the alleg...

Nigerian actor and politician Desmond Elliot has said that he knew there was a calamity at Lekki tollgate on October 20th, 2020 during the Endsars protest. Desmond Elliot who spoke while reacting to the report of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses and Other Matters on the Wake Up Nigeria programme on TVC, said that he read the report but already knew that the incident was chaotic. Desmond Elliot also claimed that he knew that the truth regarding the incident would surface stating that it was a pattern for the government in power. He said, “I read it and it was very heart-breaking. Heart wrenching. I knew there was a calamity, chaos. Except you are not Nigerian or you are not human. You would feel for everybody. “I have always said something. When MKO died and the government of the day denied and denied, it took this government to come and say you know what, we have wronged you; this is the truth. And they actually gave De...

The United Kingdom has congratulated Professor Charles Soludo on his emergence as winner of the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State. This felicitation was contained in a British High Commission statement titled, UK Statement On Anambra Governorship Election. In it's official reaction to the poll, the UK also hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), noting that the election results released early on Wednesday are consistent with the results obtained through the civil society Parallel Vote Tabulation process carried out by YIAGA Africa Speaking after the election, the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, said, 'Credible and inclusive elections are fundamental to Nigeria's democratic growth. The UK further encouraged INEC and all stakeholders to continue improving the electoral system and to ensure meaningful participation of young people, women and citizens generally in the democratic process.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has renewed calls for the full autonomy of local government administration in Nigeria, to enable them attend to many of the rural challenges facing the country. Lawan said this when he formally declared open, this year's Local Government Economics Summit in Abuja, with the “Local Government System: Resilience for Sustainable Development”. According to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who was represented by Senator Ibrahim Danbaba, Nigeria may not be able to deal sufficiently with many of its challenges at the grassroots, unless it deliberately guarantees full autonomy for local government councils. Some of the local challenges have manifested in the form of banditry and kidnapping in the country.