A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden’s presidency on Wednesday in an interview with right-wing Fox News aimed at reaching Republican voters wary of Donald Trump. Harris clashed with interviewer Bret Baier on hot-button issues, including immigration and gender transition surgery, with the Democratic nominee repeatedly asking, “May I finish?” when…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Thursday, expressed his condolences to the victims of Wednesday’s tanker fire incident in Ibafo, which resulted in significant loss and devastation. The tragic event led to the destruction of properties, including vehicles and buildings Abiodun described the inferno as unfortunate, even as he commiserated with the affected. He…
Activist-cum-politician, Aisha Yesufu, has said nobody feels the absence of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Yesufu made the remark while mocking the presidency’s statement of no vacuum in governance following Tinubu and Shettima’s absence from Nigeria. While Tinubu is in Europe on a two-week leave, the Vice President left Nigeria for Sweden…
The Director of National Youth Service Corps, North Central Area Office 2, Mrs. Grace Ogbuogebe, has charged Corps Members serving in Benue State to live impactful lives and legacies worthy of emulation during their mandatory service year and beyond. She also charged the Corps Members to be security conscious as well as interact very well…
The 2024 edition of the Business fair of the Federation of Business Women Entrepreneurs (FEBWE), an ECOWAS-founded regional organization, successfully concluded in Victoria Island, Lagos. Held between 25th and 27th September 2024, the three-day event highlighted the importance of empowering women entrepreneurs in West Africa and closed with a gala dinner. The fair saw a…
In today’s world, financial literacy has become an essential life skill, particularly for the younger generation. Recognising this need, Wema Bank—Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT—proudly introduces the ALAT XPLORE App, Nigeria’s first licensed banking app specifically designed for teenagers aged 13 to 17. The ALAT Xplore App…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced his government’s readiness to pay a new minimum wage of N85,000 to workers in the state. Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Wednesday while featuring on Politics Today, an interactive program on Channels TV. “I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we’ve discussed with our…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has sympathised with the government and people of Jigawa State over a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura LGA, that has left over 90 people dead. The President’s wife through a statement on Wednesday, prayed Almighty Allah to grant Aljanah Fridaus to the departed and comfort all those affected…
Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin, popularly known as Falz, have demanded a public apology and retraction of defamatory statements made by the popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, in audio recordings circulating online. In one of the audios shared by controversial media critic Martin Otse, also known…
Billionaire Elon Musk has donated almost $75 million to the political action committee he founded to support Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign, according to filings made late on Tuesday, illustrating the Tesla founder’s growing commitment to the Republican cause. Musk, estimated to be the world’s richest man, has taken an increasingly visible role in Trump’s…
