Art Minister, Musawa Confirms Her Status As A Corp Member
Her status as a corps member was confirmed on Sunday by Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy. Musawa revealed this amid calls for her dismissal due to her ongoing participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). She had not violated any NYSC regulations, the minister claimed. Musawa in a statement titled, […]
NURTW Removes Suspension Order On MC Oluomo, Others
The National organization of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has removed the suspension order imposed on Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, the organization’s state chairman in Lagos, and some other union members. Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the union’s newly elected National President, announced the lifting of the suspension order during his inauguration speech in […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa: ‘The Crocodile’ Wins Second Term As Zimbabwe President
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. However, the opposition claimed there had been widespread vote-rigging and international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standards. Mr Mnangagwa is only Zimbabwe’s third president. A 2017 coup against veteran ruler Robert Mugabe […]
Jacksonville Shooting: Racist Gunman Kills Three Black People In Florida Store
A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city’s sheriff said. The man, described as white and in his early 20s, entered a Dollar General store and opened fire, triggering a standoff with police. Sheriff T K Waters said two men and a woman were […]
Ministerial Appointment: Shehu Sani Advises Wike To Defect To APC
Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna Central, has advised Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he will be able to serve for the ruling party. The former senator also urged Wike, the PDP’s immediate past governor of Rivers State, to leave […]
Details Of President Tinubu Discussion With US Special Envoy
At a time when independent African democracies are under attack from anti-democratic forces both inside and outside of the continent, President Bola Tinubu has advised U.S. Presidential Envoy and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, to make sure that U.S. policy is intentionally collaborative with those democracies. Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s […]
Chicago Varsity Provided Two Similar Certificates Belonging To Tinubu – Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said that Chicago State University (CSU) had provided two similar certificates proving President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at the university. This was said by Atiku via his US attorney, Angela Liu, in a statement on Saturday in response to Tinubu’s attorneys’ submission to an […]
Zulum Gifts Each Borno Corp Members With N30,000, Donate 100 Bags Of Rice, 10 Cows, Among Others
The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has gifted N30,000 on Saturday to all of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted in the northeastern state of the country. The corps members’ temporary orientation camp in Maiduguri, the state capital, is safe, Zulum informed them during his visit to the Orientation Camp. Additionally, he […]
Niger Journalist: I Lie Awake At Night Fearing They Will Arrest Me
My country Niger is never normally “front page news” but that all changed on 26 July. Rumours started to circulate that there had been a coup at the presidential palace. I immediately got to work, tapping up contacts, trying to establish the facts. I didn’t have to wait long – that same night the head […]
Bodies And Flight Recorders Recovered At Wagner Boss Prigozhin’s Jet Crash Site
Russia says 10 bodies and flight recorders have been recovered from the scene of a jet crash presumed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Molecular-genetic tests are now being carried out,” investigators say. The plane crashed near Moscow on Wednesday, prompting speculation that a bomb or a missile was to blame. Claims that the […]
