President Bola Tinubu, in a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited board, has sacked the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, and the board chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure. President Tinubu also removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023. This was made public…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the report implying that he intends to abandon his presidential ambition for another presidential aspirant. Atiku was reported to have declared his willingness to step down for a younger, vibrant and more acceptable candidate on the platform of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress during an interview with…
President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another five years. He gained 72% of the vote, the election commission announced, against 25% for his closest challenger Bobi Wine, who has condemned what he described as “fake results”. Wine has called on Ugandans to hold…
Iranian police arrested two young women after the publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country’s strict dress code, local media reported Friday. “Not long ago, two people, in the cemetery of martyrs in Tehran, disregarding the sacred site, recorded a video clip with inappropriate clothing…
The Janaza (funeral prayers) for Sina Ghami and Abdul Latif “Latz” Ayodele, close friends and team members of British-Nigerian boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, will be held on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at the London Central Mosque, 146 Park Road, London NW8 7RG. According to a statement released on Saturday by Boxing King Media, the funeral…
Popular American conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have been seen with a newborn baby, sparking speculation about their family life. The sisters, who gained fame in the 1990s and later starred in a TLC reality series, were spotted on Thursday carrying the infant in a car seat before placing the child into the back…
The whereabouts of Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Olugbenga Oloyede, is causing ripples in his domain, as residents and indigenes of the community are calling for the intervention of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in unraveling the mystery behind his disappearance. Oba Oloyede, a United States of America-based accountant and information system expert, was…
A58-year-old man, Michael Oritudafila, on Friday, appeared before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged false information. Mr Oritudafila, whose address was not provided, is being tried on a charge of giving false information, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Samuel Owolabi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on…
A 21-year-old notorious bandit leader, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, met his end at the hands of his gang members after being arrested by the operatives of FCT Police Command. Dogo Saleh identified as a hitman for criminal gangs operating in Rijana Forest, Kaduna State, had been responsible for multiple kidnappings and killings…
Davido, the Afrobeats singer, and Chioma Rowland, his partner, have officially celebrated their love with a lavish white wedding in Miami, Florida. The highly publicised ceremony took place at the upscale Mana Wynwood Convention Center, drawing an elite gathering of Nigerian celebrities, business tycoons, and political figures. Davido made a dramatic arrival in a custom…
