Two robbers operating on the recently commissioned 2nd Niger Bridge have been sentenced to 13- years’ jail term. The Anambra State Police command secured their conviction. The robbers, who were arrested with two daggers and five sim cards removed from phones of their victims, pleaded guilty when they were arraigned in court. Anambra State Police…
● Rallies support of Ooni, others for him A Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke for proving his critics wrong by being a dancing but hard working Governor in his governance of the state. In a statement signed by the Spokesperson to Osun Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Sunday, Obasanjo…
The Department of State Security Service, DSS, has reportedly arrested the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Aisha Ahmad, over an alleged fraudulent acquisition of shares in Polaris Bank and Titan Bank (Union Bank). DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, told Channels Television on Sunday that he could not confirm or deny that Ahmad is…
Senegalese President Macky Sall officially nominated his Prime Minister, Amadou Ba, as the candidate representing his party in the upcoming February 2024 presidential election. This significant announcement was jointly made by the presidency and the government coalition. President Sall, who had been in office since 2012 and secured re-election in 2019, declared in July that…
By Olalekan Badmus (Phoenix) ‘Inferiority’ is a complex that affects its victim’s mentality and destroy their emotions. A psychologist, Dr. Michael Brustein opined that “people who feel inferior and have low self-esteem” often fall into the habit of projecting their own feelings of not being good enough onto others. For several years, the people of…
With the masses and business owners scampering to share a meagre 3,500 megawatts load offtake in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be starting on a very sluggish note in the power sector, despite the push by some stakeholders for a state of emergency. With a politician as a minister…
The Osun State Government has dismissed the accusation of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) of hoarding the N2bn fund received from the federal government as a mere rhetoric of palace jesters, urging the people of the state to be wary of a imbecillic scheme by the opposition to pitch them against the performing…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has set up compliance committees at state, local governments and ward levels. In his efforts to ensure accountability and transparency in the distribution of palliatives and judicious utilisation of the items. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Governor’s Chef Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin…
Presidents and prime ministers are meeting for the annual G20 leaders’ summit in India’s capital, Delhi, from 9-10 September. The main theme for the meeting is sustainable development, but the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is also expected to be discussed. What is the G20?The G20 – or Group of Twenty – is a club of…
Neymar was presented with an award for surpassing Pele’s record by his country’s football federation after the game Neymar has surpassed Pele as Brazil’s male all-time top scorer with two goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia. The forward, 31, who went into the World Cup qualifying match tied with legend Pele on 77 goals,…
