Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that “the torch has been passed” to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president. Former president Obama, who was greeted with rapturous applause and cheers at the packed arena hosting the party’s nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would fight…
Schools wishing to present candidates for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, have been advised to complete their recognition and upload their Continuous Assessment Scores, CASS data before 13 December 2024. WAEC disclosed this on Tuesday, when it announced the opening of online portals for school recognition and the upload of Continuous…
This article details five things you should know about the new presidential jet Airbus 330, purchased for President Bola Tinubu The Presidency, on Monday, unveiled the new Airbus A330 purchased for President Bola Tinubu. Confirming this was the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who also released the pictures of…
A 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, who was contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000 has been found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital….
King Charles III will on Tuesday visit Southport in northwest England, Buckingham Palace announced, three weeks after a knife attack which killed three young girls sparked nationwide riots. “His Majesty The King will travel to Southport to express his continued support for those affected by the 29th July attack and the riot which followed in…
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 58-year-old man (name undisclosed) who was said to have embarked on a 19-day fast. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened in the Alagbado axis of…
The Resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun state, Niyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in his hotel room in Abuja after a meeting of RECs at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday evening. The meeting, chaired by Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, dwelt on…
The governments of Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Ogun have declared Tuesday, 20 August, a public holiday to commemorate the Isese Day celebration. The announcements were contained in separate circulars on Monday by the commissioners of information for each state. Bode Agoro, the head of service in Lagos, said the decision further reaffirms Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the…
Tunji Adeniji-Soji, the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season nine housemate better known as Tjay, has welcomed a set of twins. The twins were born on August 18, 2024, according to an Instagram post by the reality star’s handler. The handler described the newborn baby boys as “truly a double portion of joy” while appreciating the…
Determined to wipe out corruption in the region, chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, has called on member-countries of the regional body to, as a matter of necessity, ratify and fully implement the ECOWAS Protocol against Corruption….
