President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday paid glowing tribute to the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr stressing that Nigerians will always appreciate the company’s ingenuity in pioneering Per-second billing.He also described Adenuga, who clocks 72 years Tuesday,through determination and hard work, built businesses that have created thousands of
Catholic cardinals from across the globe will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced Monday, a week after the death of Pope Francis.The “Princes of the Church” under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious
The President of the Senate of Nigeria, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, delivered a stirring call for unity, solidarity, and action among nations of the Global South, at the Third Edition of the South-South Parliamentary Dialogue Forum held in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.Speaking before an assembly of lawmakers, diplomats, and development
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has recovered 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 417.3 kilograms and with street value worth ₦1,042,500,000 from one hotel in Lagos State.It said the drug was recovered during a raid of the 80-room hotel located at
The Ogun State Government has decided not to press charges against the proprietor of Perfect Life School, Igode-Remo, Mr. Ashafa Samson Adelaja, over allegations of defilement.According to the state Ministry of Justice, following its findings after a thorough investigation of the allegations against Adelaja, the State Government, on Thursday, informed
The Chief Press Secretary, CPS to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Sir Festus Ahon, says the governor’s switch along with former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire state PDP structure to the All Progressives Congress, APC was a joint decision aimed squarely at protecting Delta’s best interests.Speaking on Yanga
Shareholders of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have approved a final dividend of N3.00 per share for the 2024 financial year ended December 31.The final dividend and the N2.00 per share interim dividend paid in October 2024, brought the total dividend for the year to N5.00, amounting to
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have set up teams on both sides to strengthen collaboration on the fight against the interconnected menace of human and drug trafficking as well as substance abuse.The fresh effort was the
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26.Senate President Godswill Akpabio is at the head of the five-member delegation.Other members of the delegation are the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu
The World Bank has issued a stark warning that Nigeria’s hard-won gains in poverty reduction could reverse over the next five years. In its latest Africa’s Pulse report, released during the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, the Bank projects that Nigeria’s
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