WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON DIES AT 116
The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died aged 116, the city where she lived, Ashiya, announced on Saturday. Itooka, who had four...
DRAMA AS BURNA BOY, CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST TRADE WORDS
Tensions have flared between award-winning Afrobeats singer Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, Cubana Chief Priest. The rift began when Burna Boy referred...
REFINERIES TOUR: OBASANJO SLAMS NNPC, CALLS INVITATION DISRESPECTFUL
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has carpeted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) over the recent invitation extended to him, to tour both Port Harcourt...
OSAKA REACHES FIRST FINAL SINCE 2022 AHEAD OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Former world number one Naomi Osaka reached her first final since 2022 on Saturday as she swept aside unseeded American Alycia Parks at the Auckland...
2027: I WON’T CONTEST OYO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION – FIRS BOSS ADEDEJI
Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adelabu Adedeji has stated that he won’t join the race to replace Seyi Makinde as...
ZULUM SUBSIDISES PETROL TO N600/LTR FOR FARMERS IN INSURGENCY-HIT COMMUNITIES
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced that the state government will subsidise the cost of petrol to farmers in communities affected by Boko...
I’M DETERMINED TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR NIGERIANS – TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu has said he is focused on creating a Nigeria that works for everyone. Tinubu who is currently in Lagos for the Christmas...
BIDEN AWARDS PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO HILLARY CLINTON, MESSI, WASHINGTON, OTHERS
Joe Biden on Saturday will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilian honor in the United States to entertainers,...
TWO POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN GUNFIGHT WITH LAKURAWA BANDITS IN KEBBI
The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the death of two police officers during a gun battle with Lakurawa bandits who invaded Alhaji Lawal Block...
NIGER REPUBLIC JAILS LEADING ACTIVIST CRITICAL OF JUNTA
A Niger court on Friday jailed a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, one month after he was detained following a...