NIGERIAN actor, director, and Lagos Assembly member Desmond Elliot has addressed recent allegations questioning his sexuality. In a recent interview on TVC, Elliot dismissed the rumors, describing them as baseless and unworthy of a response. “Why would I respond to…
THE Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has handed over 288 newly-constructed houses to families affected by recent earthquakes in Gulran and Zenda Jan districts of Herat province in western Afghanistan. The administration said this in a statement on Friday. According…
AN Italian Navy ship brought a second group of migrants from Egypt and Bangladesh picked up in the Mediterranean to its offshore asylum processing centre in Albania on Friday. In spite of a court challenge hanging over the new Italian…
THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed why the national grid collapsed for the 11th time in 2024 just after the same collapse happened on Tuesday. The General Manager, Public Affairs of TCN, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, said the collapse on…
PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump has appointed Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, as the White House chief of staff as he prepares to take office. Trojan Insights reports that Donald Trump made this known in a statement on Thursday. “Susie Wiles just helped…
THE Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund is considering repealing the Act establishing the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to realise its objectives. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Muntari Dandutse said this when he led members of…
THE Federal Government has rejected the establishment of the Nigeria Mines Ranger Service (NMRS) to combat illegal mining and artisanal mining. The Ministries of Solid Minerals Development, Justice, and Interior, as well as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense…
THE ECOWAS Court has dismissed Nigeria’s preliminary objection to the court’s jurisdiction to determine a human rights violation case involving a Nigerian man on death row for 30 years. Ogueri is a 72-year-old inmate in a Nigerian maximum-security prison.…
GHANA’S parliament has been adjourned indefinitely once again, after the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers failed to attend a key session on Thursday, just weeks before the presidential elections. The absence of the NPP MPs has brought the legislative…
GHANA’S cocoa sector anticipates a significant production rebound in the 2024/25 crop season, spurred by favourable weather and enhanced farming practices, say farmers, officials from Ghana’s Cocoa Board (Cocobod), and local buyers. However, pressing issues like illegal mining, disease, and smuggling still pose…
