Nashville school shooting : School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. Photo: Seth Herald/Getty Images Six people, including three children, were killed in a shooting at a Nashville school on Monday, …
Read More »Adeleke creates desk for $618m tech fund for innovators, entrepreneurs
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has directed the establishment of a support desk for Osun tech innovators and entrepreneurs. This is to allow them access the recently launched 618 million dollars tech fund by the African Development Bank (AfDB). This is contained in a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson …
Read More »Gov. Sanwo-Olu rejects court order to pay N5m to cab driver tortured during EndSARS memorial
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, has refused to comply with a court order to compensate an Uber driver who was tortured during the #EndSARS memorial. The Federal High Court in Lagos had ordered the Lagos State Government to pay N5 million as compensation to Adedotun Clement, who was severely …
Read More »Hungary says it would not arrest Putin if he entered the country
According to recent reports, Hungary has announced that it would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he enters the country, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing him of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Although Hungary is a signatory to the ICC …
Read More »Stormy Daniels, a porn star, claims that her phone records will be damaging to Donald Trump as he confronts the possibility of being indicted for their supposed sexual relationship.
Former porn star Stormy Daniels has claimed that private information in her personal phone records could potentially damage former President Donald Trump as he faces a possible indictment in Manhattan. This comes in response to a 2018 letter from former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who denied receiving reimbursement for payments …
Read More »Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife convicted of organ trafficking in UK
Former Nigerian deputy president Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a doctor have become the first individuals to be found guilty of organ trafficking under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, the trio was found guilty of facilitating the travel of a …
Read More »US carried out Syria strikes after killing of contractor —Defence dept
The US military said Thursday that it carried out precision airstrikes in eastern Syria in response to a drone attack that killed one American contractor and injured five US service members. A Department of Defence statement said the US contractor had been killed and the others wounded “after …
Read More »Ezekwesili reacts to Festus Keyamo’s petition for Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed’s invitation and possible prosecution by the DSS
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to the petition filed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, demanding the arrest of the Labour Party LP Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively, for comments he described as incendiary and capable …
Read More »2023Election: I Don’t Regret Running For Office, Funke Akindele Breaks Silence On Election Loss.
The People Democratic Party, PDP, deputy governship candidate in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, has broken her silence on her defeat in the March 18 election, saying that she doesn’t regret running for office. Abdul-Azeez Adediran and her deputy Funke Akindele, of the People Democratic Party, PDP, were defeated by the incumbent governor …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu approves 20% salary increase for Lagos civil servants
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has increased the salaries of workers in the state by 20 per cent, shortly after he secured a second term in office. In a circular by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the governor reiterated his administration’s determination to improve the welfare and …
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