The ECOWAS trip is Tinubu’s second foreign trip since he took over as Nigeria’s president on May 29. President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his first participation in the Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The 71-year-old made a triumphant return to…
The first lady said there are weekly fellowships going on at the chapel. The Office of the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has disclaimed the rumour making round on social media platforms that the Aso Villa Chapel has been closed. Busola Kukoyi, the special adviser on media to the first lady, disclosed this to the News…
The judge said there was need for survivors to be encouraged to come forward and testify before court. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday discharged and acquitted a bricklayer, Godspower Iporu, charged with abducting and defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye…
The tribunal adjourned the case until July 11 for APC to open its defence. Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Monday opened and closed defence in an election petition brought against them by Labour Party and its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. A defence witness and the All Progressives Congress…
The award-winning director discusses the new African animated anthology. In 2012, Peter Ramsey made his feature directorial debut with the Rise of the Guardians and became the first African American filmmaker to direct a big-budget animated feature in the process. Seven years later, he won an Oscar for co-directing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Since…
LP chairman Abure says he has information the APC is already preparing for a rerun election. Julius Abure has called on the supporters of the Labour Party (LP) to be prepared to back the party in the event the presidential election petition tribunal orders a rerun of the 2023 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral…
Adesina said a competitive private sector has the potential to accelerate diversification of Nigeria’s economy. The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday in Abuja commended the President Tinubu administration for unifying the naira exchange rate saying it would breath air of transparency into forex. The bank’s president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this on Monday in…
Mota-Engil Nigeria Limited is the contractor handling Kano-Maradi railway project. The Federal Government has asked the contractor handling Kano-Maradi railway project to consider using gas engines instead of diesel engines for the rail line rolling stock and more environmentally-friendly operations. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalene Ajani, made the request on Monday…
Abubakar met with heads of sections of the FCID and read the riot act to them. Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Yahaya Abubakar, newly-deployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday assumed duty and read riot acts. The spokesperson for the department, SP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed the assumption…
Oduah will be arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on perjury and document falsification. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday, arraign former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah, before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on a fresh charge. Oduah, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Distinct in the…
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