French prisons come under attack overnight
…Manhunt underway French justice minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Tuesday that attacks had been carried out overnight on several French prisons, and added he would travel to the southern ci...
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Harvard hit with $2.2 bln funding freeze for defying Trump
Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices and admissions procedures expands...
Luka Modric becomes co-owner of Championship club Swansea
Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has joined Swansea as an investor and co-owner, the Championship club announced on Monday. The 39-year-old Croatia captain has spent the past 13 seasons ...
Ghana bans foreigners from gold market by April 30
Ghana has ordered all foreign nationals currently trading in the country’s local gold market to exit its gold trading market by exit by April 30. The directive is part of the enforcement of the newl...
Alleged N1.38bn Fraud: How Peter Okoye testified against brother, Jude in court
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, April 14, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumunem...
‘My bill last month was N2.7m, this month, Eko DisCo sent 29m’ says Obafemi Hamzat
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has expressed concern that the electricity provider for his residence significantly increased his bill from N2.7 million in March to an astonishing ...
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Saheed Osupa arrest Portable for defamation and threat to life
Controversial musician Portable has been arrested and transfered to Ilorin, Kwara State for an alledged criminal defamation, Character assassination among other offences. He was arrested based on peti...
Gabon coup leader elected President with 90% votes
The leader of a 2023 coup in Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema, 50, elected president with 90% of votes cast and will now lead the country for the next seven years, renewable once. He is a former aid...
“Your sacrifices are etched in our nation’s history” – CAS to troops in Maiduguri
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has applauded the bravery and resilience of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel during a visit to the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI...
US Court judgement did not indict Tinubu says Presidency
The Presidency has responded to the directive to US Court judgement that directed law enforcement agencies in the United States of America to release confidential information -If there is any – ...
Presidency disclaims campaign billboards nationwide
The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth notin...
‘Tinubu will not be defeated again in Abia’ says Orji Uzor Kalu
Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has boasted that President Bola Tinubu will win the presidential election in Abia State in 2027. Kalu made the declaration during the Abia APC stakeholder...