President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, the nominees include 17 non-career ambassadors and 15 career ambassadors, who will be posted to countries and international organisations critical…
A high court in the Eastern Cape division of South Africa has acquitted Timothy Omotoso, a Nigerian televangelist, accused of raping young women in his church. Omotoso and his two co-defendants were arraigned on a 32-count charge bordering on rape and human trafficking. The co-defendants are Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho. Several young women had…
Fom Daniel Chollom, a member of the House of Representatives under the Labour Party, announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, citing the Labour Party’s leadership crisis and his desire to support the President in national development. In a letter read during plenary by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, Chollom explained that the…
Former Senior Special Assistant to the late President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has revealed that his principal turned down offers of luxury gifts, including a personal aircraft from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a diamond-studded wristwatch from a Nigerian designer. Speaking on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande on Channels Television…
The National Youth Service Corps has denied extending the service year of a Lagos corper, Rita Uguamaye, also known as Raye, for criticising the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Raye became an Internet sensation following her public criticism of the present administration, which she described as worsening economic conditions. Uguamaye had, in a viral video…
The governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo has said that all the ‘Okeite’ pots recovered from native doctors in the state would be subjected to forensic analysis. Soludo said that native doctors arrested with the pots would not be freed should the pots contain traces of human blood. Speaking in Awka, the Anambra State…
Despite widespread economic hardship and soaring inflation across the country, the Federal Government has allocated N5bn towards the renovation of the vice president’s official residence in Lagos State. In the N2.17tn supplementary budget passed in November 2023, the Federal Government had budgeted N3bn for the renovation of the vice president’s official residence in Lagos State…
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 41-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Kareem, to life imprisonment for attempting to murder his former boss by setting him ablaze. Kareem was arraigned on November 18, 2024, on a one-count charge of attempted murder, contrary to Section 241 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State,…
In every season of student politics, there are names that rise not because of privilege or advantage, but because of hard work, consistency, and the grace of God. One such name is Afolabi Temitope, widely known as BIG AFO, a student union presidential aspirant whose journey is built on resilience, faith, and an unshakable passion…
A 28-year-old photographer in Yobe state, Saidu Abdulrahaman, has been officially recognized as a Guinness World Records title holder for the headshot photographs taken in one hour. In an attempt to break the World Guinness Record for the most head shot photographs taken in one hour, Abdulrahaman snapped 897 pictures of students in September 2024….
