The third batch of stranded Nigerians, numbering 132, are expected to arrive in the country today (Saturday), The PUNCH learnt. The first batch of 376 evacuees arrived Nigeria from Egypt on Wednesday night. The second batch of 130 evacuees arrived in the country from Port Sudan on Friday. According to the Spokesperson, Nigerians in Diaspora…
Sonia, the daughter of embattled former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu said she feels guilty that her parents were convicted because they were looking for ways to find a solution to her health condition. The Ekweremadu’s daughter stated this in an interview with BBC on Friday. Recall that in March 2023, a UK jury found…
Anti-monarchist protesters have staged demonstrations in central London ahead of King Charles III coronation. According to reports, the activists from the group Republic marched along the London route taken by the King and Queen Consort, with hundreds of demonstrators set to join a rally in Trafalgar Square. They could be heard chanting “Not My King”…
On the occasion of the new British monarch coronation ceremony slated for tomorrow (Saturday), King Charles III may pardon embattled former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, a legal practitioner Kayode Ajulo, has said. Ajulo stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. He said, “There must be a way out’ King Charles’ coronation…
First lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to bear witness to the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla today (Saturday). But, the American First Lady is attending the King’s coronation events without President Joe Biden. Jill led the US delegation to this weekend’s highly anticipated and epoch-making events. “It’s an honor…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has paid tributes to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in commemoration of his death 13 years ago. Describing the late President as a “brother and friend”, Tinubu said “As I prepare to take over the reins of leadership of this country on May 29, I am determined to follow the…
After the Recognition, the king was presented the Coronation Bible by Iain Greenshields, moderator of the general assembly for the Church of Scotland, who sets the words of God – the Bible – as the “royal law” to govern with. The Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged the multiple faiths observed in the UK by saying the…
The Presidential Transition Council on Saturday disowned the fake programme of events for the Presidential Inauguration currently in circulation on social media. This was made known in a statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation/Chairman Presidential Transition Council, Willie Bassey, shared on its Twitter page. The statement…
Nigerian content creator, Adeoluwa Enioluwa, recreated ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo’s iconic picture from 1977. The influencer shared the pictures via his Instagram account on Friday. In the pictures shared, he wore a blue Yoruba Aso-Oke and hailed himself as a king saying, “Oba ni wa. Obasanjo in 1977. Eni in 2023.”
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the e early release of nearly 1,000 prisoners to mark the island’s main Buddhist holiday, the prisons chief said Saturday. The pardons on Vesak Day, which commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, applied only to those convicted of minor offences, said Commissioner-General Thushara Upuldeniya.”We released these inmates from…
