Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has charged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to ignore his predecessors shortcomings and continue to work for the progress of Yoruba race. Speaking before the inauguration of 2.7kilometre old garage-Lameco road in Osogbo on Tuesday, the ex-president said the Governor, whom many have underrated is performing well and also dancing gracefully.According…
Rescuers on Tuesday recovered four bodies and four survivors a day after a diving boat capsized off Egypt’s eastern coast, Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi said, with eight people still missing. Among the survivors were two Belgians, one Swiss national and one Egyptian, the governor said, bringing the total number of survivors from the vessel…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr. Wale Ajetunmobi. The suspension was announced in a statement released on Tuesday, by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile. Ajetunmobi’s suspension, Akosile stated was based on the misrepresentation of facts on his personal “X” account…
A United States federal court has sentenced Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu to a combined 30 years in prison for defrauding American citizens of $3.5 million. In a statement published on the US Department of Justice website, the duo was said to have orchestrated a romance scam, luring victims with false claims of inheriting substantial…
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz told the UN’s Lebanon envoy on Tuesday that any breach of a ceasefire deal that the security cabinet is set to vote on would result in Israel acting “forcefully”. “If you do not act, we will do it, forcefully,” Katz told envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert when meeting her in Tel Aviv,…
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of Mr Samuel Ekerenam, the owner of Hephzibah Shopping Mall at Afaha Uqua Obok-Idim road in Eket Local Government Area of the state. ASP Timfon John, the State Police Public Relations Officer disclosed this in an interview with the Newsmen in Eket on Tuesday. John…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, Limited, NNPCL, to expedite action towards the scheduled reactivation of the second Port Harcourt refinery and the Warri and Kaduna refineries. This is as the President has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the NNPCL on the successful revitalisation of the Port Harcourt…
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took hold on Wednesday after more than a year of fighting that has killed thousands, with displaced people returning home in the south, against warnings from both sides. The truce, which began at 4:00 am (0200 GMT), should bring to a halt a war that has forced…
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, departed Abuja for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to attend the opening of the International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources 2024 conference. The event holds from November 27 to December 2, 2024, at the Abidjan Exhibition Centre. Shettima’s visit is “At the invitation of Côte d’Ivoire’s Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet…
Eleven shops were razed while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire incident that occurred on Tuesday at the Boundary Market in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire was caused by an explosion which originated from a…
