The body of former United States President Jimmy Carter was transferred to the US Capitol on Tuesday in a grand and solemn military ceremony, where it will lie in state until a national funeral later this week. Carter, who passed away on December 29, 2024, at 100, served as the 39th president from 1977 to…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s ex-Chief of Staff, Muhammad Bashir Saidu, was on Tuesday, charged to the Federal High Court in Kaduna by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Saidu, a one-time Commissioner for Finance in Kaduna State during El-Rufai’s administration, was charged alongside one Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reappointed three recently dismissed commissioners as special advisers hours after relieving them of their previous positions. The reappointed officials, tasked with continuing their service in the administration, albeit in a new role, include Abubakar Abdulhameed Bununu as Special Adviser on Multilateral Coordination and Regional Integration, Usman Danturaki as Special…
Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has said President Bola Tinubu should have released Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Adeyanju said Tinubu’s decision to continue former President Muhammadu Buhari’s style is disappointing. Posting on X, he wrote: “Tinubu should have released Nnamdi Kanu since. “It is easier to criticize than to govern….
A wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations Tuesday, as hurricane-force winds tore through the region. Frightened residents abandoned their cars on one of the only roads in and out of the upscale Pacific Palisades area, fleeing on foot from the almost 3,000-acre (1,200-hectare) blaze engulfing an area packed with…
The Ogun State Police Command has raised concerns over an increase in reports of missing persons in the state. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Tuesday. She explained that the command had noticed an unprecedented rise in the number of missing persons across all age…
Abia State Police Command said it has disbanded its Anti-Cultism Unit over unprofessional conduct. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka. Chinaka also announced the demotion of a corporal to constable. The statement read, “The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Danladi Isa,…
President Bola Tinubu has met with former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan during the inauguration of Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, at Black Star Square in Accra. In his keynote address, Tinubu lauded Ghana’s democratic achievements and urged critics to cease questioning Africa’s capacity for democratic success. He commended Mahama for his leadership…
President Bola Tinubu said, yesterday, that African leaders were on the path of lifting their people out of poverty, noting the continent has proven itself in democratic governance. He also asked critics of Africa to recognise the strides Nigeria, Ghana and other countries in Africa had made in promoting democracy, even as he implored them…
THE Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed at least 619 facilities, including Mosques, Churches, hotels, among others for various environmental infractions in 2024 General Manager of LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed this during a media interactive session in Ikeja, Lagos. Ajayi revealed that noise pollution accounted for 528 of the closures as the…
