IN a significant legal development, Ghana’s high court has dismissed a challenge aimed at compelling President Nana Akufo-Addo to act promptly on an anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament earlier this year. The ruling, issued on Monday, underscores the ongoing debate…
VICE President Kashim Shettima, late on Sunday, departed for Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the International Development Association Heads of State Summit taking place on Monday. In a statement titled ‘IDA Summit: VP Shettima departs Abuja for Nairobi’ and…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu says his administration is investing in technology tailored towards ensuring transparency and accountability in government. Tinubu said this would also accelerate public-sector performance and service delivery to the Nigerian people. He stated this during a meeting with…
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Sunday that about 88,000 people were internally displaced in Somalia in the first three months of 2024. The UNHCR said the displacement was mainly caused by conflict or insecurity and…
AS part of the farewell activities for the retiring Commissioner of Police, Anambra Command, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, the Ogbunka community on Sunday awarded him a top Chieftaincy title, Dike – Ochioha I, meaning the Grand Commander of the Kingdom. The…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Sunday, met with Microsoft founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where they discussed the relevance of technology in the contemporary world. Tinubu said…
THE Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission [FCCPC] has disclosed that all the products in the Abuja-based Chinese Supermarket carried price tags in Yen – the Chinese official currency. The acting Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Adamu Abdullahi, made…
Comrade Osagie Obayuwana _Says Comrade Ihonde Championed The Cause Of The Oppressed Till The Very End Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. A former Attorney – General and Commissioner for Justice in Edo State, Comrade (Barr.) Osagie Obayuwana, has said that…
Sen. Gabriel Suswam, former Benue governor, has blamed the persistent disagreements between political “godfathers” and their ‘godsons’ on the “overbearing attitude” of the former. Suswam was reacting to the seeming rift between Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue and Mr George…
THE Nsukka Journalists Forum (NJF), mourning Sen. Ayogu Eze, former Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone, says his demise has left a vacuum among members of the Forum. The Chairman of NJF, Mr Benson Ezugwu, said in a statement on…
