Lagos Assembly Pleads With Youth Over Planned Protest
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday held a plenary session calling on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to take major steps to avert the planned nationwide protest in the State. The lawmakers, in a ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ brought…
It was a mistake – Olympics legend Usain Bolt speaks on brief football career during Mikel Obi link up
Usain Bolt talks to Nigerian legend Mikel Obi about his time in Australia when he aimed to transition from athletics to football. Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has opened up about his brief foray into professional football, describing his stint…
Ezekwesili Calls For Audit Of Dangote-NNPCL Business Transactions
Dangote, last week, revealed that NNPCL had capped its equity in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery at 7.2 per cent instead of the speculated 20 per cent. A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called for an independent audit of…
Reps order arrest of Ecobank MD, probes Oxford Group
The House of Representatives committee on Public Petitions has ordered that the Inspector General of Police should produce the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Plc, Jeremy Awori, during its sitting of September 17, 2024 to answer to charges of…
Congress calls for Secret Service boss to resign for ‘failed’ Trump rally security
US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency…
JUST IN: Why Nigerians should support Dangote — Otedola
Billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, has explained why Nigerians, particularly the government should support the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, by creating an enabling environment to ensure businesses thrive. He argued that Dangote’s contributions which extend beyond industrial facilities…
WTO: African Group Votes Okonjo-Iweala for second term
Fifty-eight World Trade Organization (WTO) members have supported a proposal from the African Group, urging Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to pursue a second four-year term. This information was shared in a statement released by the WTO on its website on Monday, July…
South African with Nigerian father faces backlash in race to becoming Miss SA
Itoro ETUKUDO A 23-year-old South African beauty queen, Chidimma Vannesa Onwe Adetshina, has faced backlash after making it to the top 16 at the ongoing Miss South Africa (Miss SA) pageant. Born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South…
JUST IN: Nigerian Bar Association elects new President
A Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN), has been elected as the President of the association in the bar election concluded on Saturday night. Osigwe polled 20,435 votes to defeat his closest contender, the Chairman…
BREAKING: Ex-Ukrainian MP Iryna Farion is Dead
Iryna Farion, a former member of Ukraine’s parliament and prominent advocate for the Ukrainian language, has died after being shot in Lviv. The incident occurred on a street in the western city, and police have launched an extensive search…