IN a bold stride against exclusion and bias, 26-year-old Nigerian model Ololade Ayelabola has set a Guinness World Record for the longest distance catwalk by a model, walking 125.11 kilometres (77.74 miles) across Lagos to challenge beauty standards and promote…
THE White House has criticised the American Episcopal Church for refusing to help resettle white Afrikaner refugees, accusing the religious institution of abandoning its humanitarian principles. The unusually sharp rebuke follows the Church’s decision to defy a federal directive instructing…
THE wife and son of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo have been moved from prison to house arrest following demands from the African Union, though no date has been set for their long-anticipated trial, two sources confirmed to Reuters. Sylvia Bongo, 62, and…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced a group of 59 white South Africans who have relocated to the United States as ‘cowards’, following their resettlement under refugee status granted by US President Donald Trump. The group of Afrikaners arrived in the US on Monday, claiming…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice on 13 May 2025 delivered judgement in the matter of Mariame Kone-Toure v. ECOWAS Commission (Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/32/24 ruling against the applicant, who had challenged the fairness of the recruitment process for the position of…
Mike Sangster, Senior Vice President for Africa at TotalEnergies, outlined the company’s multi-energy strategy in Africa at the Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2025 Forum in Paris. Speaking during a one-on-one conversation with America Hernandez, Energy Correspondent at Reuters, Sangster…
NATIONAL Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), have cautioned secondary school students in Edo against deceptive tactics of human traffickers. The organisations gave the warning at the…
THE police command in Yobe says a man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, has been electrocuted at Jigawa State New Secretariat Complex, on Wednesday morning in Dutse. The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, SP…
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated the FCT Lottery Regulatory Office and called on lottery and gaming operators to submit applications for licenses to operate in the territory. Director-General of the Office, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila, disclosed this…
FOR anyone conversant with the conversations coming out of the National Hajj commission of Nigeria, the narratives are mostly negative. Stories about the activities of the commission, popularly referred to as the NAHCON, are regularly undistinguishing. Yes, the reports in…
