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The Africa Women Conference (AWC) has extended condolences to Ghana over the passing of their former first lady, Mrs Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Mrs Rawlings died at the age of 76 on Thursday in Accra, nearly five years after the death of her husband, former president Jerry Rawlings, in 2020. In a statement, co-convener of AWC, […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has called on President Bola Tinubu and the APC national chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, to caution the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, over what he described as divisive and destabilising political activities in […]
Wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has commissioned a Digital Learning Centre (DLC) at Ujabhole Grammar School, Irrua, in Esan Central local government area of Edo State, as part of efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote digital inclusion across Nigeria. The commissioning ceremony on Thursday was conducted in a hybrid format, […]
A group, Afenifere Diaspora USA, has appealed to Northern leaders not to fan the embers of disunity or provoke war between the Igbos and Yorubas, urging the two groups to sort out among themselves who should be the next president from Southern Nigeria in 2027. The group, in a statement signed by its chairman, Prof […]
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-acclaimed estate developer, Christopher Oladunjoye, alongside Augustine Agodi and Ovie Goru, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, over alleged involvement in fraudulent transactions totalling ₦1.8 billion. The 33-year-old Oladunjoye and his co-defendants […]
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated High Chief Olayinka Fasuyi, the Asiwaju of Ijesaland, President/CEO and Founder of Ibadan Business School, Ibadan, on his 70th birthday on October 25, 2025. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu rejoiced with the renowned management consultant who has served numerous multilateral and bilateral organisations, including the […]
Israel may have agreed to stop fighting in Gaza, but it is backing armed groups that plan to fight Hamas to the bitter end.
The Gombe State Government has announced the death of the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Col. Abdullahi Bello (rtd), who died in a tragic car accident along the Malam Sidi–Gombe road on Friday. The retired military officer was returning from Maiduguri, Borno State, where he had attended the North-East Regional Consultation on the […]
The Boma Prize for Africa is set to return for its second edition on December 6–7, 2025, at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, spotlighting youth-driven innovation and social impact across the continent. Following its debut in 2024, which attracted participants from over 17 African countries, the Boma Prize has emerged as […]
Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have apprehended six suspected members of a notorious ‘one-chance’ robbery syndicate operating under the notorious Ijora Bridge in Lagos. According to Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, items recovered during the raid included 77 assorted mobile phones, two PoS machines, several wristwatches, and […]
