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Several feared dead as school building collapses in Plateau

Posted by admin Plateau, Headlines, State News Friday, July 12th, 2024

A two-storey school building in Plateau State has collapsed leaving many students and teachers trapped with many of them feared dead. It was learnt that the school, Saint Academy located at the Busa Buji community in Jos North Local Government Area of the state collapsed on Friday morning around 8:30 am when many of […]

Tinubu names National Theatre after Wole Soyinka

Posted by admin Wole Soyinka, Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics Friday, July 12th, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. The tribute dated “Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute to a national treasure and global icon,” was personally signed by […]

Nigerians, Like Nigeriens, South Sudanese, Are Dying Of Hunger – Ndume

Posted by admin Senate, Borno, Headlines, Latest Politics, Legislature, State News Thursday, July 11th, 2024

The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has lamented the increase in the number of Nigerian children who are dying of food scarcity in Nigeria. Ndume, disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa as he stated that President Bola Tinubu had closed the door on some of his ministers and this has escalated the sufferings […]

Ganduje, wife to appear in court Thursday over alleged bribery

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Headlines, Kano, State News Thursday, July 11th, 2024

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife Hafsat, and six others will appear in court on Thursday to face charges related to alleged bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds amounting to billions of naira. This development followed a notice of trial served on the respondents through substituted means by […]

26 Defected Rivers PDP lawmakers gone forever – Fubara

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has said that his administration has started the process of preparing the 2025 budget, just as he insisted that the legislative seats of Martin Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers that were declared vacant on December 13, 2023, will remain so. Recall that the martins Amaewhule Assembly had given the […]

Kenya: Finance Bill 2024 fallout: President William Ruto sacks all cabinet members except two

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 11th, 2024

President William Ruto of Kenya on Thursday dissolved his cabinet, sending home all Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney-General. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi are however spared from the purge, believed to have been occasioned by anti-Finance Bill 2024 protest. Ruto said recent events in the country necessitated withdrawal of the […]

Edo 2024: Controversy trails ownership of Edo State five-star hotel

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Edo 2024: Controversy trails ownership of Edo State five-star hotel By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AHEAD of the September 21 governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the second time in one week called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite some government officials for question this time on […]

Popular Kenya pastor, Bishop Allan Kiuna is dead

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Bishop Allan Kiuna, the co-founder and senior pastor of Jubilee Christian Church (JCC) in Nairobi, has passed away. He died in a Nairobi hospital where he had been admitted after his condition worsened on Tuesday, a family spokesperson confirmed. Family and friends gathered at his Runda home following the news of his death. Allan Kiuna […]

Tinubu caged inside Presidential Villa, says Ndume

Posted by admin Senate, Borno, Headlines, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, State News Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South), has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is unaware of the current situation outside the Presidential Villa. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, Ndume alleged that the President has been fenced off and caged by certain forces. Ndume expressed […]

Man caught in China with over 100 live snakes in his trousers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority. The unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen, China Customs […]