There was heavy shooting early Sunday morning as men of the Congolese army thwarted an attempted coup in Kinshasa, resulting in the arrest of those involved, including several foreign nationals. The clash between armed men in military uniforms and the guards of a prominent politician left three people dead. Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge, the army…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nollywood producer and cinematographer, Baba Agba, as his Special Assistant on Creativity. Prior to his appointment, Baba Agba, 32, served as the Thematic Lead for the Creative Economy Thematic Group (CETG) of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) from 2021 to 2023, and as the National Secretary…
Pastor Leke Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed that he once had a crush on Love Oyedepo, the daughter of the founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo. This was disclosed in a 47-minute-long podcast, “Confession Box,” hosted by Adeboye, himself, and…
Isaac Oyedepo, the son of the Founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has opened up on his struggle with pornography. The clergyman, while speaking during a recent podcast confessed that he once battled with pornography. He stated that he vividly remembers how it started as he traveled to a country and was meant…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. The chopper, which also had Hossein Amirabdollahian, foreign minister; Malek Rahmati, governor of East Azarbaijan province; and Hojjatoleslam Al Hashem, Tabriz Friday prayer leader onboard, crash-landed Sunday afternoon in the Varzaqan region. Search and rescue teams scoured the mountainous terrain amid heavy fog…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Chief Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. Tinubu in a statement circulated on Sunday, through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, hinged the appointment on a strategic move to ensure the advancement of his administration’s climate and green economic initiatives….
Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, evoked memories of old as he danced to the songs of his forebears when he received two artefacts from Germany through the National Commission for Museum and Monument, NCMM. The national treasures include a wooden and bronze stools said to have been used by Oba Esigie and Oba Eresonye…
A former minister of Women Affairs and Youth Development under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, Hajia Aishatu Ismail, has said that the Bola Tinubu-led government has failed. Speaking, the former minister lamented that the incumbent made many promises and has failed to fulfil them. “It was really bad before the coming of this government. Now, I…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the directive to banks and other financial institutions to charge cybersecurity levy on electronic transfers. It will be recalled that the apex bank directed all commercial, merchant, non-interest and payment service banks, mobile money operators and payment service providers to charge a 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy on…
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has refuted allegations that the federal government intends to use N20 trillion from the Pension Fund for infrastructure projects, stating that the government will comply with the established rules and regulations governing these funds. In a statement made in Abuja on Thursday, Edun noted that the pension industry, similar…
