The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike on Tuesday renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC) after President Bola Tinubu. While speaking at the commissioning of the edifice by the Tinubu in Abuja, Wike said the ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre’ is a world-class structure requiring constant maintenance. He noted with…
Nigeria’s military personnel are now expressly prohibited from engaging in homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, cross-dressing, and other acts deemed contrary to the ethics of the armed forces. The personnel are equally barred from body piercing, tattooing, disorderly behaviour, and drunkenness on or off duty. This directive is contained in Section 26 of the revised Harmonised Armed…
The Premier League has ended its partnership with LGBTQ+ charity, Stonewall, bringing an official close to the long-running Rainbow Laces campaign. The initiative, which began in 2017, had seen footballers across the top flight wear rainbow-coloured laces and captains don rainbow armbands to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion and support the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed eleven new officials to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), an entity established to manage electricity transmission operations separately from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Dr. Adesegun Olugbade has been named as the Board Chairman, while Engineer Abdu Mohammed Bello will serve as the Managing Director. The executive directors…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has seen his net worth climb to $30.2 billion, according to the latest data tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The figure reflects an increase of $2.25 billion year-to-date (8%), supported by gains in his cement, oil, and fertilizer businesses. The Bloomberg data also shows that Dangote’s wealth rose by…
An Indian police source said on Saturday that 279 bodies had been recovered from the site where a passenger jet crashed into a residential district of the city of Ahmedabad. The revised toll from a senior officer in the city, who requested anonymity in order to speak to the media, raises an earlier figure of…
In the heart of Jos, Plateau’s capital, medical personnel are fighting desperately to save the life of Hon. Christopher Audu, the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) Chairman for Qua’an Pan Local Government Area, who was brutally attacked by delegates during a chaotic primary election. According to reports from Daily Trust, the election, held on Thursday, took…
Nigeria’s golden boy, the 2024 African Footballer of the Year, Ademola Lookman, on Friday, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Lagos on Friday. Lookman, whose dazzling performances on the pitch have captured global attention, was accompanied by his father, Mr Adeyinka Lookman, and…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the second time, restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, between November 15 and 16. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring, or recognising the outcome of the Convention, where…
The Independent National Electoral Commission National Commissioner in charge of Edo, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, has promised not to collect bribes during the ongoing state governorship election. In an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Friday, Gumus asserted that nobody would dare approach her with a bribe because of her reputation. The INEC Commissioner added…
