Five people including an 11-month girl died Monday and 54 people were rescued when two migrant boats sank off Greece, officials said. The first capsize took place around 3:00 am (0000 GMT) off the island of Samos near the Turkish border. The coastguard rescued 37 people, including a woman who had died, government spokesman Pavlos…
The human rights lawyer recalled how the Federal Government and China entered into a currency exchange agreement five years ago. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Nigerian business community to insist on transacting business in naira, including using the same to pay for goods imported from China. In a statement…
During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris, Macron confirmed that French envoy Sylvain Itte was listening in from Niger’s capital Niamey despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday. France’s ambassador to Niger Republic is still in the coup-hit Sahel country despite an ultimatum from the new…
President Bola Tinubu says the country cannot continue servicing debt with about 90 percent of its revenue. Tinubu lamented that if the development persists, the nation would be headed for destruction. “It’s a shame not to have electricity for the majority of homes in Nigeria. Poverty is not a shameful thing but it is not…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to hold his first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting today, Monday, August 28. Politics Nigeria reports that the FEC meeting will be held at the Council Chamber at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, with President Tinubu presiding over the meeting. The inaugural FEC meeting, which will be attended by…
One person lost his life as four others abducted on their way from Aworo Village near Agbamu in Kwara State back to Oyan, Osun state, by unknown gunmen regained freedom on Sunday after alleged payment of N7m ransom. PUNCH Metro reported that last Monday, one Mrs Grace Adepoju said to be the Iyalode of Oyan…
Housemates, Tolanibaj and Chukwuemeka Okoye, aka Frodd have been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, ‘All Stars’ edition. Respectively, Tolanibaj and Frodd become the fourth and fifth housemate be evicted from the BBN All-Stars Show. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the show’s host, revealed that there is still more to come after announcing Tolanibaj’s exit…
The Secretary to the State Government of Osun State, Hon. Teslim Igbalaye has solicited for unity and renewed consecration from the people of Osun as the state clocks 32 today. The SSG noted this, in a statement signed by his media aide, Kehinde Adeoye that as today marks a day for celebration, it also allows…
•••Charges other governors in Nigeria to do same Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reassured residents of the State that he is passionate about making Osun a reference point for its counterparts in Nigeria. Governor Adeleke stated this while answering questions from Journalists at Muritala Mohammed International Airports, Ikeja , Lagos shortly on arrival…
The Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once again advised Mr Dotun Babayemi to wake up to political realities in the state and learn to live within his political means, in order not to liquidate too soon, whatever remains of his worth in the field of politics. This was contained in a release signed…
