Author: NPO Admin II
Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a girl named Adira River Ohanian. Along with husband Alexis Ohanian, she welcomed the new arrival in social media posts on Tuesday. “Welcome my beautiful angel,” Williams wrote in the caption of a video posted on TikTok. The video shows her, Ohanian and their four-year-old daughter Olympia embracing the new-born. “I’m grateful to report our house is teeming with love: a happy and healthy new-born girl and happy and healthy mama. Feeling grateful,” Ohanian posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who…
Dr Akil Khalfani, Pan African Diaspora Ambassador to the Ooni of Ife, says the Nigerian novel, Things Fall Apart, is still valued after 65 years because it tells the story of African history, culture and family. Khalfani, Director, Africana Institute, Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York. Khalfani, also the director, Center for Global Education and Experience, spoke against the backdrop of the 65th anniversary of Things Fall Apart, which was first published in 1958, by William Heinemann, London. “The value of Things Fall Apart is…
Kogi Government has urged citizens and travellers to ignore false alarm on insecurity circulating that the state is not safe. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. An alarm in in form of a notice in circulation in the state claims, “Kogi State is hot for now. For those visiting kogi State to see family and friends please avoid this areas, Jimgbe, Elete, Emoro, Geregu down to Ajaokuta. “Also, avoid Obajana old road. Even if you are stick in traffic…
Zimbabweans are going to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by the country’s soaring inflation. The day has been declared a public holiday to allow the 6.62 million registered voters a chance to vote. President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces 10 challengers, including Nelson Chamisa of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). A presidential candidate needs more than 50% of the vote to win. If there is no outright victor, a presidential run-off will be held in six weeks on 2 October. It is first election since the death of Robert Mugabe, the man who…
Details of graphic evidence compiled by Romanian prosecutors, alleging that Andrew Tate coerced women into sexual acts, have been seen by the BBC. Warning: This article contains language and details that some readers may find disturbing The case file summary, containing hundreds of pages of testimony and transcripts, includes an allegation of sexual violence which is said to have left one woman with eye and breast injuries. And in what prosecutors say are transcribed audio messages, Mr Tate’s brother Tristan appears to say that he will “slave these bitches”. Both men are facing trial in Romania for human trafficking and…
Lauren Taylor was just 16 when she was raped by a Metropolitan Police officer in 2010. Adam Provan was almost twice her age but he lied to her, telling her he was 22 and promising a date at the cinema. But first, he explained, he wanted to go for a walk in a park in Romford, east London. Instead, he took her to a woodland and raped her. More than a decade later, Provan has been sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court for the crime. The former Met officer, 44, from Newmarket in Suffolk, was jailed for 16 years with…
By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, operating in 82 Division Nigerian Army, have foiled an attack by gunmen of Indigenous People of Biafra on its Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, along Owerril-Onitsha expressway in Imo. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the irredentist group attempted the attack on the troops on Aug. 20, but met their waterloo, when they came under the superior firepower of the vigilant troops. He said the troops neutralised one of the gunmen, apprehended two while others fled. According…
By Hallimah Olamide The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N966.110 billion revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for July. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of FAAC meeting for August, which was chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun. According to the communique, the N966.110 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N397.419 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N271.947 billion, and Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N12.840 billion. It also comprised Exchange Difference revenue…
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State, have arrested three suspected vandals in the Tom Jones area of the state, and recovered a mini bus, two carts and bridge railings The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the suspects were arrested at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area. “The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki mini bus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon sighting the police. “Also left…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu has ordered the removal of the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Abubakar Aziz. Aziz was asked to proceed on a 90 day pre-retirement leave which takes effect from Thursday August 24. A statement said to replace Azizi is Bisoye Coker-Odusote who will serve in acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive boss of the commission.