By Ayomide Otitoju Access Bank PLC, in collaboration with Fifth Chukker and UNICEF, is set to host the 2025 edition of its flagship charity event—the Access Bank UK Charity Polo Day—on Saturday, July 12, at the prestigious Guards Polo Club, Windsor, United Kingdom. This annual event, which merges philanthropy with sophistication, aims to raise vital…
By Ayomide Otitoju A new celebrity-driven campaign movement, Relax! Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria (RTIFN), is set to be launched on July 24 in Abuja to bolster support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid and highlight his administration’s achievements. Spearheaded in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, the initiative has attracted prominent figures from…
By Ayomide Otitoju Anticipation is building as the second edition of the Christ Conference, a fast-growing Christian gathering spearheaded by Prophetess Foluke Otoge, is set to take place on July 18, 2025. This year’s edition, themed “7 Spirits of God,” promises a deeper encounter with God through worship, teaching, and prophetic ministry. Following the success…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has said that holding the office of the President of Nigeria should come with a deep sense of responsibility and compassion for the people—not indifference. Obi, speaking on the Sunday Politics programme, criticized President Bola Tinubu for what he described as a lack of empathy,…
Hundreds of Cristiano Ronaldo fans queued for hours in Hong Kong on Monday for a glimpse of the football icon’s memorabilia, as a new exhibition celebrating the global superstar opened in Asia for the first time. The “CR7 LIFE Museum Hong Kong,” hosted at a luxury shopping mall, features life-sized statues of Ronaldo in iconic…
Trump, writing on his Truth Social platform, warned Brazilian authorities to “LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE,” accusing them of persecuting the former leader, who faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of leading a failed coup attempt after his 2022 election defeat. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected Trump’s remarks, calling them “interference”…
Russia’s former transport minister, Roman Starovoyt, has died by suicide just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from office, authorities announced Monday. Starovoyt, 53, was discovered with a gunshot wound in his private vehicle in the Odintsovo district outside Moscow, according to a statement by Russia’s Investigative Committee. State media reported the body was…
Aviation start-up VivaJets has reiterated the strategic role of private aviation in accelerating Africa’s energy transformation, particularly within the oil and gas industry. At the recently concluded Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week in Abuja, where the firm participated as both sponsor and exhibitor, VivaJets executives argued that private aviation should no longer be…
By Ayomide Otitoju Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated Nigeria’s commitment to the global ban on nuclear weapons testing, emphasizing that Africa’s priorities lie in addressing poverty and climate-related challenges, not in pursuing nuclear capabilities. Shettima made the remarks during a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa by a delegation from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty…
