Denmark’s prime minister has called party leaders to a meeting on Thursday, a government source said, over US President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland. Trump, who takes office on January 20, set off new alarm bells on Tuesday when he refused to rule out military intervention over the Panama Canal and Greenland,…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has accused 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi of libel and inciting his followers to issue death threats against APC spokesman Felix Morka.Ganduje accused Obi of lying by claiming that Morka threatened him and his family in a recent interview. Obi had alleged…
Commissioner for Tourism and Culture in Cross River State, Mr Abubakar Ewa, is dead.His colleague, Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang confirmed the imcident to our correspondent on the telephone. Ekoang said, “He was actually with us at the state council meeting with His Excellency where he even moved a motion. But at about 4pm, he…
Five Kingmakers in Oyo have described the move by Governor Seyi Makinde to kickstart a new process for the selection of the vacant stool of the Alaafin as illegal and a disregard for the judiciary.The Kingmakers who expressed their displeasure with this move are High Chief Yusuf Akínade, Bashorun of Oyo; High Chief Wakeel Akindele,…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, signed the 2025 appropriation bill into law. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, made this known in a post on his X handle. He said the budget size is N3.366 trillion meant for the continuation of the great works of the Sanwo-Olu…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has urged the Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency to address the proliferation of unregulated herbal drinks in the country. The ICPC Resident Commissioner for Lagos State, Mr Kabir Elelu, made the call at a one-day training webinar on Thursday titled, “Building a Transparent and Accountable Public…
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Wednesday responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, saying that the United States should be called ‘Mexican America.’This came after Trump vowed to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Sheinbaum, during her regular morning press conference, displayed a 17th-century world map showing North America as ‘Mexican America.’…
A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed no fewer than 13 people on Wednesday. Ukrainian officials said the strike was one of the deadliest single air attacks in weeks during the three-year war. Recall that Moscow has ramped up its strikes on Ukraine since the onset of winter, casting some of the…
Christ Mitots School in Ikorodu has been a subject of controversy since a video of a teacher, Stella Nwadigo, assaulting a three-year-old pupil, Abayomi Michael, surfaced on social media. The clip, which sparked outrage online got many Nigerians calling for the arrest of the teacher, while others called on the Lagos State Government to shut…
The Ekid Peoples Union has asked the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno to lift the restriction the state government placed on Esit Urua Plantation to enable the natives to return to their land and make use of it for economic prosperity. The EPU’s demand is contained in a nine-point resolution adopted at the end of…
