Global air temperatures in the 12 months to June 2024 were the highest in the data record — on average 1.64C above pre-industrial levels. Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every…
Ekiti PDP congress Ex-acting gov senatorial candidate others jostle forNO fewer than four leaders have signified their intentions to contest for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State in the forthcoming state congress of the party. Nigerian Tribune gathered that a former acting governor of the state, Tunji Odeyemi; ex-senatorial candidate…
A total of 1,702 murders, 2,149 kidnappings, and 320 robbery cases were recorded by the Nigeria Police Force across the country in 2023. According to a report released on Friday, July 5, 2024, by Statisense, a data collection organisation, the North Central region had the highest number of reported murder cases, totalling 436 for the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries. The one-day protest would be…
Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents…
Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix with a mighty and historic drive in immensely tricky wet and dry conditions at Silverstone to end finally his two-and-a-half-year win drought The Mercedes driver beat the Red Bull of Max Verstappen into second and the McLaren of Lando Norris into third in a gripping and thrilling encounter. McLaren’s Oscar…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the passing of the Ajaguna of Osogbo, Chief Gabriel Oparanti as a painful loss that will be felt beyond the ancient town, commiserating with the Ataoja of Osogbo, HRM Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, on the passage of a high-ranking chief. Governor Adeleke who also condoles…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the passing of the Ajaguna of Osogbo, Chief Gabriel Oparanti as a painful loss that will be felt beyond the ancient town, commiserating with the Ataoja of Osogbo, HRM Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, on the passage of a high-ranking chief. While reflecting on the leadership…
Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix with a mighty and historic drive in immensely tricky wet and dry conditions at Silverstone to end finally his two-and-a-half-year win drought The Mercedes driver beat the Red Bull of Max Verstappen into second and the McLaren of Lando Norris into third in a gripping and thrilling encounter. McLaren’s Oscar…
President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the…
