Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed grave concerns regarding the escalating insecurity in Nigeria, describing the situation as dire and increasingly unmanageable. Speaking at a recent event, Obasanjo highlighted that the current state of insecurity is not only a threat to national stability but also a significant impediment to economic development and social cohesion….
In their 17 months in office, President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima undertook 41 trips across 26 countries, collectively spending 180 days or six months on foreign engagements, Sunday PUNCH reports. Analysis shows that Tinubu, with the longer mileage, has logged 124 days abroad, visiting 16 countries on 29 trips. He has also accumulated over 127…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said he would continue to be a problem to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mr Peter Obi and governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He also berated Rivers State governor, Siminalyi Fubara, for allegedly casting aspersions on some elders, describing him as…
I attended a wedding ceremony recently. My first observation was the active presence of reverend sisters and the countless Catholic church activities at the reception hall but all that began to make sense to me when a friend who was with me explained that the bride is a church-girl. And then, she added, ‘’It’s only…
Mark Zuckerberg dismisses employees exploiting takeaway credit scheme Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has sacked a number of staff after they abused the company’s $25 (£19) meal scheme to order household goods such as toothpaste and washing powder. Almost 30 staff in the company’s Los Angeles office were dismissed after they were found to be routinely using…
On October 19, 2024, Nigeria faced yet another nationwide blackout as the national electricity grid collapsed for the third time in just one week. This latest failure, which occurred early in the morning, plunged millions of Nigerians into darkness, and underscored the ongoing challenges plaguing the country’s power infrastructure. Details of the Collapse The latest…
After 6 years of Primary School, we were all required to take the Common Entrance to qualify us for the next level of our lives. There was a famous teacher in Benin City in those days. He was famous for being great at preparing children for the Common Entrance. His name was Mr. Oluyemi. He…
The Kenyan High Court has temporarily suspended the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, just hours after the Senate voted to remove him from office. The court’s ruling, issued today, October 18, 2024, has halted any appointments to replace Gachagua until at least October 24, as it reviews the legal challenges he has raised against…
Jimmy Kimmel started Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a fairly bleak joke. “We’re now 18 days away from the election,” he said, “and 95 days from our next insurrection.” You probably get the joke, but in case you forgot, he’s talking about how Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the government after losing the 2020…
The lawsuits against Sean Combs, more commonly known as Diddy, continue to pile up. On Monday, Combs was hit with a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old at one of his famous white parties. The complaint was one of six new lawsuits — the others allege rape and sexual assault — to hit the hip-hop mogul…
