Former Arsenal forward Carlos Vela is the latest high-profile figure to suffer losses due to the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles. On Thursday, Vela’s wife, Saioa Canibano, revealed that their $4 million (£3.3 million) Malibu home was among the properties destroyed in the affluent Palisades neighborhood. Our beautiful Malibu home burned down yesterday… We are still…
Prominent stakeholders have called for targeted, measurable reforms to enhance the ease of doing business in Nigeria. The call was made on Thursday, January 9 at the 13th Anniversary Lecture of socio-economic group, January 9 Collective (J9C), in Lagos, themed: ‘Business and Policy Strategy: Examining the Role of Reform in Enhancing the Ease of Doing…
PRESS RELEASE The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) announces the debut of a TV drama series, “Hidden Riches,” that seeks to uniquely tell the story of the complexities and potential of Nigeria’s mining sector. Featuring a stellar cast that includes Sydney Diala, Lara Owoeye-Wise, Iveren Antiev, Alex Jibrin amongst others, the series is poised…
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday welcomed the election of his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun after the country went more than two years without a head of state, saying unity will “defeat” Israel.“There is no doubt that reinforcement of stability and unity will defeat the greed of the Zionist enemy against Lebanese territory,” Pezeshkian said…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested four Chinese nationals and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu area of Abuja over suspected internet fraud. The commission announced the arrests on Thursday, 9 January 2025, via a tweet on its X handle on Friday. “The suspects, comprising 67 males (including…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced that individuals who forcibly encroach on land or property belonging to others in the state will now face the full wrath of the law under the Rule of Law Enforcement Authority and the Anti-Land Grabbing Agency established by the government. Makinde stated that land grabbers would be…
US president-elect, Donald Trump, has once again failed in his bid to delay his sentencing in his hush-money case.The US Supreme Court on Thursday declined to delay the upcoming sentencing of the president-elect. Donald Trump would be sworn in as US President on January 20th and had asked the US’s highest legal body to call…
The hearing into the suit challenging the conduct of the February 22 local government elections in Osun State has been adjourned to January 17, 2025. An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Thursday adjourned the suit for the hearing of pending applications or a settlement report. The suit was filed by the Osun…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, faulted the clean-up of a major oil spill in the Black Sea and created a new task force to take over the operation, almost four weeks after the spill commenced. Scores of marine mammals have been found dead since the disaster, which began on December 15 when two ageing…
A Kaduna State High Court has granted bail to activist Mahdi Shehu, who was arrested for allegedly disseminating a misleading viral video. The court set bail conditions at ₦3 million, with two prominent clerics to serve as sureties. Justice Murtala J. Zubair, who presided over the case, stated that the decision to grant bail was…
