First ever African, Nigerian born, Professor Olusola Adesope has emerged as the new Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church, after 118 years of its establishment. The announcement was made by the Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church, Reverend Darrel Lee during the morning devotional service on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at the church’s…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, on his 65th birthday. The President felicitated Obaigbena in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. Tinubu noted the enterprising spirit of the media mogul and prayed for greater achievements for the renowned publisher. The President also commended Obaigbena’s philanthropic…
Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, has been holed up in the “protective custody” of Kogi state government since he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello, who handpicked Ahmed Usman Ododo as his successor, has been enjoying protection from the security agents attached to the state since the aborted…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the assassination attempt on the former United States President, Donald Trump. There was an assassination attempt on Trump at a political rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Pennsylvania, US. Trump had escaped by the whiskers, saying, “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my…
Chief (Mrs.) Laide Soyinka, the eldest wife of the first African Nobel laureate, an iconic playwright and renowned writer, Professor Wole Soyinka, has unleashed the untold stories behind the making of the world’s celebrated Kongi. According to her, the moment she ever felt proud of her husband, was when the famous professor received the highly…
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has named the man who shot ex-President Donald Trump as Matthew Crooks. Mr Crooks, 20, was shot dead after he shot at the Republican presidential nominee during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. One other rally attendant was shot dead while two others were severely injured from the…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has expressed concern over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming local governments’ right to receive monthly allocations directly from the federation account. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party emphasised that despite the court judgment, state Houses of Assembly and the governors will always be a clog in the wheel…
The Chairman of Economic Financial Crime Commission, Ola Olukoyede has revealed why he was suspended in 2020 as secretary of the Economic Financial Crime Commission under former President Muhammad Buhari’s adminstration. He stated that there was a cabinet member whom he was not obligated to report to. He however noted that when the cabinet member…
Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu is not aware that Nigerians are angry and going through severe hunger. Ndume made this known while speaking with newsmen at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the president is just in the Presidential Villa and being fed with lies…
President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Lagos after Wole Soyinka. Tinubu made the announcement in a birthday message to the Nobel laureate who turns 90 on July 13. “It is also fitting we celebrate this national treasure while he is still with us,” Tinubu said. “I am, accordingly, delighted to announce the…
