President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian doctor and artist, Fola David, on his recent accomplishment of setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest painting by an individual. According to report, in the course of his six-day attempt at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, David broke the previous record of 629.98 square metres, held…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and his South African counterpart, Ronald Lamola, have called for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. They lamented that the conflict had led to the death of innocent citizens, worsened the humanitarian crisis, displaced millions of people and the destruction of critical infrastructure. According to…
A global Information Technology, IT, cyber outage has affected the operations of banks and airline operators globally. The outage affected airlines’ operations in countries like Singapore, the United States and Australia. The IT outage began in the early hours of Friday. IT giant, Microsoft confirmed it was investigating an “issue” with its 365 apps and…
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has won 99.15 percent of the votes from the country’s presidential election to secure a fourth term in office. Rwanda’s electoral body said only about 79 percent of ballots have been counted. Authorities said 9.5 million Rwandans registered to vote. The country has a population of 14 million. Kagame, 64-year-old,…
The United States, US, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has said it’s yet to establish the motive behind the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. FBI Special Agent in Charge of Pittsburgh field office, Kevin Rojek, said no specific threat was received ahead of the shooting. Addressing a press conference, Rojek said: “Tonight we…
As President Bola Tinubu’s tenure as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) draws to a close on July 9, 2024, leaders and representatives from 12 member states have gathered at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja for the 63rd Ordinary…
US President, Joe Biden has said only the “Lord Almighty” could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat for a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy. Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make the results public in order to reassure…
A bill banning child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law. The law makes it criminal for any girl below 18 years to be married out. President Julius Maada Bio said on approving the bill that the law will protect girls, a third of whom were before now married before they reached 18….
The Federal Government has received at least 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration related issues. Some of the issues were expired visas, irregular migration, among others. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI Alhaji Tijani Ahmed stated this on Friday during the deportees’ profiling in Abuja. Represented by…
Kenya President William Ruto has been given a 48-hour ultimatum by the public to step down, as citizens demand a new government committed to “transparency, accountability, and good governance.” The call for resignation has gained significant traction on social media, with a viral X statement asserting, “We no longer recognise William Ruto as the President…