Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has lost his eldest brother, Mr Sunday Makinde. The deceased died at the age of 65. He died in the early hours of Friday. Head of Aigbofa Family of Oja’ba, Ibadan, Chief Olumuyiwa Makinde, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Friday. The statement obtained says , “With…
U.S. immigration agents raided business establishments in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a U.S. military veteran, the city’s mayor said. The raid in New Jersey’s most populous city, hailed in the past by mayor Ras Baraka for its “sanctuary” policies protecting migrants, follows President Donald Trump’s…
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Jeremiah Useni has died at the age of 82, the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang confirmed on Thursday night. A statement by the Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere stated, “The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, deeply regrets to announce to…
US President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. “Obviously we will appeal it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the ruling by Washington state District Judge John Coughenour, who said the president’s order was “blatantly unconstitutional.”
THE First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has described Nigerian youths as an epitome of resilience, innovation and indomitable spirit the world admires. This is because the President’s wife has commissioned the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Digital Museum of Dynamic History and Television Studio. Speaking while commissioning the facilities which are within the NYSC directorate…
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde made it clear she would not apologize for her plea to President Trump during her sermon at Washington’s National Cathedral. This followed a sermon she delivered at Washington’s National Cathedral, where she addressed Trump directly. “I decided to ask him as gently as I could to have mercy,” Budde, the Episcopal…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration is not about party but about changing the lives of Nigerians. Wike stated this while inaugurating the five-kilometre dualised Kuje township road, from Tipper Garage Junction to LEA Secretariat, in Kuje Area Council, Abuja. He explained that the execution…
The Chairman of Abeokuta North Local Government Dr Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo has embarked on a city-to-city engagement with cities in the United States of America. The engagement began with the Office of the Mayor of Boston on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at the office Mayor Michelle Wu where Dr Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo met with the economic and…
…Set to raise additional N200 billion in combination of Rights & Special Placement to complete CBN recapitalization requirement.Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has announced that it will be completing its capital raise through a combination of a Rights issue and Special placement exercise set to…
South African comedian Trevor Noah is set to return as the host of the 67th Grammy Awards, making it his fifth consecutive year in this prestigious role.The annual music awards show is scheduled to take place on February 2 in Los Angeles, despite the city grappling with devastating wildfires in recent weeks. This year’s ceremony…
