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If you’re looking for the best shows and movies to watch during the first week of May, head to streaming as soon as possible. Platforms like HBO Max, Netflix and more are home to the streaming premieres of exciting new movies and all-new shows to keep you entertained. Watch With Us has put together a guide for the best things you can watch between May 4 and May 8 on streaming. Our first pick is the Netflix series Lord of the Flies, based on the novel of the same name about a group of young boys who go feral after being…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections. The Organising Secretary of the faction’s Interim National Working Committee (NWC), Theophilus Shan, announced this in a statement on Monday shortly after the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. The interim committee is chaired by Kabiru Turaki, chairman of the NWC invalidated by the Supreme Court. Mr Shan said the NEC approved N10 million for the presidential expression of interest form and N90 million for the nomination form, bringing the total cost…
The Cross River State command of Nigeria Police have denied gunfire exchange with University students in Calabar, Cross River State capital, on Monday morning. mostly students from the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, were reported to have taken to the streets to protest poor attention from the state government to their colleagues who survived fatal motor accident over the weekend where four of their colleagues died. The student were returning from Uyo in Akwa Ibom State and the incident happened on the Odukpani axis of the Calabar-Itu federal highway when a truck had a head on collision with their…
Sporting Lagos and Doma United recorded victories on the opening day of the Nigeria National League Super Six playoff. In the first game of the day, Sporting Lagos recorded a 1–0 win over Ranchers Bees. Alex Leme netted the decisive goal for Jeffrey Buter’s side with a clinical header five minutes before the break. They held on to their lead for the remainder of the game despite a strong fight from Ranchers Bees. Doma United also beat Inter Lagos 1–0 in the day’s other fixture. Fantami Yusuf fired home the winner in the 16th minute. Doma United will face Sporting…
A windstorm accompanied by heavy rainfall has destroyed several houses in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, leaving many residents displaced and worsening hardship in a community still recovering from last year’s floods. It was gathered that the incident occurred between 11:00 p.m. and midnight on Sunday, when strong winds swept through the area, blowing off roofs and damaging homes. Residents who spoke with our correspondent called for urgent intervention from the government and well-meaning individuals to ease their situation. Many of those affected have taken shelter with relatives, in public buildings, or are making temporary repairs to their…
Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has praised Lucky Emmanuel and Ayobami Junior’s performances in Shooting Stars’ 3–2 win over Nasarawa United. Chelle was in the stands at Lekan Salami Stadium on Sunday for the matchday 36 Nigeria Premier Football League fixture. The coach singled out forward Junior as one of the standout performers but said he still has areas to improve. “Lucky scored twice, but I wanted to watch Ayobami Junior,” Chelle told Shooting Stars media. “He did well with the ball. He is very good. “When without the ball, he needs to work harder to help the team.…
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area have welcomed the emergence of retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ahmed, as the party’s consensus candidate for the Gombe Central Senatorial seat ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on behalf of a grassroots mobilisation group, “A Call to Action,” its Founder and Convener, Ambassador Benjamin Mamman, described Ahmed’s emergence as a significant milestone for the people of Yamaltu Deba and the wider Gombe Central zone. “Our desire for a Senator has just received a great boost through the APC. One of our own,…
There should be no problem detecting the error in the above statement. It is overloaded, simply put. It is overburdened by ‘the reason why is because’, a common tautological expression you should avoid. In stating why something happened, each of ‘reason’, ‘because’, and ‘why’ will do. When they are combined, tautology often results. Here are acceptable options for the sentence: The reason is that he is very tired. It is because he is very tired. The speaker or writer can also be dramatic in giving the reason by introducing a colon or question mark, thus —in the case of the…
The Ekiti State Governor and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Monday began his re-election campaign across the 16 local government areas of the state, with the assurance that the state would benefit immensely from continuity of alignment, policies and legacies which his second term represented. Oyebanji, who alongside his campaign team was at Ikole Ekiti and Oye Ekiti, said that he had delivered on his electoral promises in the last three and half years and would sustain delivery of life transforming and development-oriented projects and policies during the second term, adding, “Our state will benefit immensely…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed electricity consumers in states with newly established state electricity regulators to channel complaints on metering, billing, and related service issues to their respective state agencies, following the implementation of the Electricity Act 2023. The directive comes amid ongoing decentralisation of the electricity market, which has transferred regulatory oversight of intrastate electricity operations to state-level authorities in 15 states across the country. In a statement guiding consumers on the new arrangement, NERC said residents in the affected states should no longer escalate such disputes to the federal regulator. The transition applies to 15 states…
