By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State to unite and work towards the party’s victory in the upcoming November 16 gubernatorial election. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the appeal during an APC stakeholders’ meeting on…
Iraqi security forces have killed nine senior Islamic State (IS) commanders, including the group’s top figure in the country, in a raid conducted in northern Iraq’s Hamrin Mountains, officials announced on Tuesday. Among those killed was Jassim al-Mazrouei, known as Abu Abdel Qader, who had assumed leadership of IS operations in Iraq less than a…
The grave of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is covered in fresh flowers every day, a testament to his enduring support, according to his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. Speaking on Tuesday, the day her late husband’s autobiography Patriot was released, Navalnaya said the gesture shows that Navalny remains an influential figure despite the Kremlin’s efforts to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 55,859 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were collected in Ondo State ahead of the upcoming governorship election scheduled for November 16, 2024. In a statement released on Tuesday by Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, the Commission disclosed that…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm over the rising number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, warning that the trend poses a significant security threat to the nation’s future. Speaking in Bauchi on Sunday during the commissioning of projects initiated by Governor Bala Mohammed, Obasanjo stressed that the over 20 million children currently out of…
By Ayomide Otitoju Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, remains the richest person in Africa and has climbed to 65th on the global billionaire ranking, despite the fluctuating value of the Nigerian currency. According to Bloomberg’s latest Billionaires Index, released on Thursday, Dangote’s fortune surged to $28 billion following the operational launch of his…
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has extended his congratulations to Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, on his 68th birthday. In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, Governor Yusuf praised Kwankwaso’s exceptional leadership and widespread political influence…
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has revealed plans to return to Russia and run for political office once President Vladimir Putin is no longer in power. In an interview with the BBC aired on Monday, Navalnaya, whose husband died under mysterious circumstances in a Russian prison earlier this year,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have announced a major digital health collaboration to expand the Hajj health card initiative, supporting the nearly 3 million pilgrims who participate in the annual pilgrimage. This initiative, built on WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN), aims to enhance health care access and…
