The President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, has declared that many Saint Lucians trace their ancestral roots back to Nigeria. Her remarks came during a ceremonial address welcoming Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to a joint session of Saint Lucia’s bicameral parliament on Monday. Reynolds referenced a British colonial census conducted […]
Nigerian-born lawyer and politician Owolabi Salis has made history by becoming the first Nigerian to travel to space. Salis was one of six civilians aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard-33 (NS-33) mission, which successfully launched on Sunday from the aerospace company’s West Texas site. The spaceflight, operated by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, is part […]
MTN Nigeria has surpassed Dangote Cement to become the third most valuable listed company on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), marking a significant shift in the country’s capital market hierarchy and signaling the rising influence of the telecoms sector over traditional industrial giants. According to market data from the NGX, MTN Nigeria’s market capitalization recently climbed […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced a significant engineering breakthrough in the construction of the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project, with contractors successfully completing the crossing of the River Niger. In a statement released on Tuesday, NNPCL described the milestone as a critical step forward in the 614-kilometre, 40-inch […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to introduce supplementary regulations and guidelines aimed at clarifying the procedures for declaring and reviewing election results. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this development on Monday, July 1, while addressing Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from across the country at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. According to […]
Mounting international pressure is being placed on the government of Tanzania as African political leaders, global human rights organizations, and legal bodies call for the unconditional release of prominent opposition figure, Tundu Lissu, who has been in detention since April on charges widely condemned as politically motivated. Lissu, the national chairman of Tanzania’s leading opposition […]
Veteran Nigerian musician Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has once again sparked widespread public debate following his candid comments about male sexuality and monogamy. Speaking during a recent appearance on The Honest Bunch podcast hosted by comedian Nedu, 2Baba declared that men were not biologically built to be sexually exclusive with one woman. “I’ve […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for delivering tangible results in line with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly in rural and underserved areas of the FCT. The president said Wike’s developmental strides have given real meaning to the policy vision beyond urban centres. Speaking […]
In a historic diplomatic gesture aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s relationship with Caribbean nations, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the introduction of a fully-funded scholarship programme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to pursue higher education in Nigerian universities starting from the next academic year. The announcement was made during President […]
over 871,000 people die from loneliness every year, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). That equates to more than 100 deaths every hour, a death toll higher than many well-known diseases. Yet loneliness remains one of the least talked-about threats to human health. In a world hyperconnected by technology, […]
