The Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to immortalise the man who designed the national flag, late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi. Sen. Sharafadeen Abiodun representing Oyo South moved the motion while calling on the Federal Government to conduct a state burial in his honour for his befitting role in the design of the national…
The Heads of Nigeria’s security agencies On Tuesday appeared before the House of Representatives Known as the Service Chiefs they include the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar; and…
The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly has taken a completely new twist with the police taking over the Assembly complex on Tuesday. This is as members loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Fubara allegedly held separate sittings at different locations. Four police patrol vans were sighted at the entrance…
Multiple Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah says she will train under the same coach as her Jamaican team-mate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as she prepares to defend her sprint titles at Paris 2024. According to her management team, Thompson-Herah split with her coach Shanikie Osbourne this month over the coach’s “extremely excessive” terms. The 31-year-old, winner of 100m,…
A top US official says a deal to release Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7 attacks is “closer than ever before. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said both parties are willing to do a deal. His comments come after US President Joe Biden also said he believed an agreement is close….
As Nigeria’s rising inflation bites harder, pushing more people into poverty following the increase in the cost of living, President Bola Tinubu seems to have no answer to resolving the crisis This is as headline inflation increased 24 times in two years to 27.33 per cent in October, propelled by food inflation, which soared to…
Brazil has recorded its hottest ever temperature as parts of the country endure a stifling heatwave. The record 44.8C (112.6F) was hit on Sunday in the town of Araçuaí, in Brazil’s south-eastern state of Minas Gerais. The unprecedented weather has been attributed to the El Niño phenomenon and climate change. Forecasters say some of the…
According to recent reports, the Somalia flash flood has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes. It is speculated that the heavy rains starting Tuesday are expected to worsen the country’s already bad condition to the dismay of its citizens. The devastated region is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked to the…
Benjamin Mendy has launched a “multi-million-pound” claim against Manchester City over unpaid wages. The 29-year-old former City defender has filed the claim with the Employment Tribunal within the last few days, claiming “unauthorised deductions from wages” after he was charged with rape and sexual assault in 2021. Mendy will take City to an employment tribunal…
The House of Representatives has begun its investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over N447.6bn COVID-19 intervention fund from 2020 to 2022. The lawmakers has summoned 83 ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government to aid its investigations The House invited the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security, Communications and Digital Economy, Federal Road…
