•President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a first-round vi...
•Bandits The federal government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in an email sent to our correspondent last night, entitled “...
The Defence Headquarters has released the list of 17 military personnel killed in an attack in Delta State. The military personnel were killed last week in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State after a peace mission, reports Channels TV. Days after the gruesome murder, the Defence Headquarters said 17 [&hell...
•Late Herbert Wigwe The Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has named the road leading to his Lagos refinery after the late Herbert Wigwe. Recall that the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings died alongside his wife and son in an helicopter crash in California, the United States of America, reports Nigerian Tribune. [&helli...
•Nigerian Senate Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has just named a 43-member ad hoc committee to further review the 1999 Constitution. The committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has a member from each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports Nigeri...
Football is one of the most popular sports in Nigeria, and it has produced numerous stars who started from scratch to become household names. OGHENOVO EGODO-MICHAEL takes a look at some football stars who defied all odds to attain greatness, reports Sunday PUNCH. Victor Osimhen Victor Osimhen currently plays as a striker for Serie A […]
•Yetunde Adeniji A Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has once again cautioned parents against writing their children’s names on school bags or cardigans. She emphasised that inscribing children’s names on the outside of their schoolbags can help people with bad intention address them by name, rep...
•Olayide Owolabi Adelami Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has nominated former Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, Chief Olayide Owolabi Adelami, as the new deputy governor of the state. Adelami’s nomination was submitted some six hours after the dissolution of the State Executive by the governor, Ayedatiwa, reports Nigerian Tribune....
•Oyebanji No fewer than 79 senior special assistants (SSAs), 73 special assistants (SAs), and 10 technical advisors (TAs) have been appointed by Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State. According to a statement signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, the new appointment, which will take effect on January 1, 2024, is t...

