A Kenyan high court has ordered the arrest of a British national on charges of murdering a local woman near a British army training ground in central Kenya thirteen years ago. The body of twenty-one-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank in April two thousand and twelve in Nanyuki, north of Mt. Kenya, […]
Moving on, the Olubadan designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has described Ibadan as a training ground that has produced great leaders across Nigeria and the world. Oba Rashidi Ladoja made this statement while receiving the Dominion Broadcast Group at his Bodija residence in Ibadan. He emphasized that his administration will focus on an all-inclusive governance in […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection System (SUSI) Project in Oyo State to strengthen support for vulnerable households and improve access to essential services.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated the administration’s plan to create twenty-one million jobs in rural and agrarian communities through major investments in agriculture. Speaking at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in Abuja, he said reforms such as easier land registration, stronger investment agencies, and deeper public-private partnerships are designed to attract and sustain capital. Shettima […]
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, not only clinched silver in the women’s one hundred metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, but also walked away with a combined fifty-five thousand Dollars, in prize money and kit bonuses. The twenty-eight-year-old, who is Nigeria’s only gold medallist at the showpiece event, stormed to second place when she […]
Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday, in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new attention being paid to women’s rights. Kazakh police said in a statement, that forcing someone to marry is now punishable by up to ten years in prison, so […]
A United Nations commission of inquiry has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in a bid to destroy the Palestinians there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement. According to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry’s Chief, Navi Pillay, they stated grounds for the commission’s conclusion, that four of […]
A group of fourteen West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana, have all been sent to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia, according to a Ghanaian government spokesman. Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, pushed back on criticism that the decision was an endorsement of the United States President, Donald Trump’s migration […]
The Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Christophe Bazivamo, has commended Nigeria for its national leadership, unwavering commitment and readiness for national integration. Bazivamo, who disclosed this at an event in Oyo State, said that Rwanda is proud of its growing partnership with Nigeria, emphasizing on the bilateral agreement between the two countries which he claimed […]
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, have informed the federal government of plans to shut down public universities on September twenty-two if their demands are not addressed. The threat was contained in a seven-day ultimatum, issued by the two unions through their […]