PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has arrived Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to attend the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, which starts on Jan. 27. The President, who arrived at 10.20 p.m. (8.20 p.m. Nigerian time), was received by the Foreign…
ONE person has died and six others injured in a dynamite explosion that occurred in Sabon-Pegi in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to the News…
THE office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sharply condemned US President Donald Trump’s suggestion to “clean out” the Gaza Strip and request that Egypt and Jordan take in more Palestinians. In a statement, the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited…
IMMIGRATION officials from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) visited gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey on Sunday to search for “illegal immigrants,” causing alarm among Sikh organisations. The Trump administration has often used the term “illegal…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has approved the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N70,000 for state workers, effective Monday. Malam Abubakar Bawa, Press Secretary to the governor, disclosed this in a statement issued in Sokoto on…
NIGERIAN singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as “2Baba”, has announced separation from his wife, actress Annie Macaulay-Idibia. 2Baba revealed this in a statement via his verified Instagram page, @official2Baba, on Sunday. He wrote: “Hello to my beautiful people of…
THE Body of Benchers, currently chaired by Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), has confirmed the Leader of the Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, life member of the prestigious body. Also confirmed were human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and 13 other prominent…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast a spell of haziness and cloudiness across the country from Monday to Wednesday. According to NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday, a moderate dust haze is expected on Monday, with a horizontal…
LEGAL icon and elder statesman, Afe Babalola, says he is ready to withdraw his criminal defamation suit against rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Babalola had sued Farotimi in an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court following Farotimi’s publication of a book which…
THE Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has criticised the alleged arrest of Muhuyi Rimingado, Executive Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), reportedly by the officers of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Monitoring Unit. In…
