A UK-based Nigerian carer, Bilikesu Olagunju, has been caught on camera violently abusing an 88-year-old dementia patient, John Attard, just days before his death. According to Mail Online on Monday, the incident took place on Christmas Eve 2022 at the victim’s house in Bexley, Kent. Olagunju, who had only been working as a care worker…
The Oyo House of Assembly Chairman on Women Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has extolled the virtues of the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislature in Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Edward Adebo Ogundoyin on the occasion of his birthday. In the message she made available via her Media team, she described…
A Tunisian man has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting President Kais Saied and assaulting state security through social media posts. Oussama Bouthalja, head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, told Reuters that the man is a 56-year-old day labourer identified as Sabre Chouchane. Bouthalja, who is also Chouchane’s lawyer, said the…
The Joint Task Force of the military in the North East, Operations Hadin Kai, has announced a ban on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, in the region. This directive, issued by the Air Component Commander, Air Commodore UU. Idris aims to mitigate the risks posed by unauthorized drone operations…
The naira is one of the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2024. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a report by the World Bank, as of August 2024, the naira had depreciated by 43% year-to-date, placing it among the weakest currencies in the region, alongside the Ethiopian birr and South Sudanese pound….
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to discuss key issues affecting the state. According to a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the closed-door meeting focused on security, major infrastructure projects, and stronger cooperation between Kano State and…
The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser, NSA , Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Adeola Ajayi; Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, over alleged sponsorship of Boko Haram by…
From football pitches to boxing rings, ice rinks to racing circuits, athletes whose names lit up arenas and inspired fans everywhere passed away, leaving behind legacies that echo far beyond their achievements. Peter Rufai The year also saw the passing of African football icons. Peter Rufai, Nigeria’s celebrated goalkeeper and Super Eagles captain, died in…
Despite dissenting voices at the recent North-East Zonal meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Maiduguri, Borno State, a pro-Igbo political group, Igbo Arise for Tinubu/Shettima 2027, has thrown its weight behind the re-election bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. At a press conference held in Enugu on Thursday,…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday assured Nigerians that the ongoing recalibration of the country’s security architecture will soon begin to yield results that will gladden their hearts. He spoke at a meeting with a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, at his Lagos residence. President Tinubu…
