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Congratulates Claudia Sheinbaum By Halimah Olamide Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said the emergence of Mexico’s first female president is a signal that women cannot continue to be onlookers but participants in global politics. While congratulating Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum on what he called “her historic election as the first female President of the United Mexican States (Mexico),” Tinubu in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, said the election of President-elect Sheinbaum accents the voices of women in government. The statement read in part: Ms. Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election by a landslide, becoming the first female President in the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The late John Jimi-Agbaje, son of Lagos prominent politician, is to be laid to rest on Friday. NPO Reports that the younger Agbaje, whose death was announced last week will be buried in Canada. Information available to the NPO Reports shows that a solemn family event will hold in Nigeria after his remains are buried in Canada. Agbaje, a pharmacist, had contested the Lagos governorship elections about four times, his last party being the Peoples Democratic Party. Seen as a politician with tinge of finnese in his campaigns, the death of his first son came to many…
By Halimah Olamide Officials of the Nigeria Police Force at the Criminal Investigations Department have grilled Mr. Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad. The interrogation was at the instance of the Oba Saheed Elegushi, the Onikate of Ikate in Lagos. The monarch had accused Mr. Aloba of cyberbullying and criminal defamation. In a…
By Kamil Opeyemi Suspended senator, Abdul Ningi has returned to the Upper chamber of the national assembly on Tuesday, 75 days after his suspension. Ningi was suspended over allegations that he accused the Senate and the Presidency of padding the 2024 Budget. The senator in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, had alleged that a sum of N3.7trn was inserted into the 2024 budget without the approval of the senate. …
A gunman fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday and was injured in an exchange of fire with the army. The army said the attacker, a Syrian national, was taken to hospital for treatment and that it was continuing to comb the area. The U.S. Embassy said “small arms fire” was reported in the vicinity of its entrance at around 8:34 am local time, adding that its facility and team were safe A security source told Reuters that a member of the embassy’s security team was wounded in the attack, and that the Lebanese army wounded one…
TikTok says it is addressing a cyber-attack that targeted brands and celebrities, including Paris Hilton and CNN. However, the video-sharing app told the BBC that a “very limited” number of accounts had been compromised. It added that it was working with users to restore access to their accounts. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, did not share further details on cyber-attack, such as how it was carried out. A TikTok spokesperson said Ms Hilton’s account was targeted, but it was not compromised. The reality TV star, who has more than 10 million followers on TikTok, is an active…
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have faced off in the first TV debate of the general election, with heated exchanges over tax, the NHS and immigration. The Conservative and Labour leaders got scrappy at times, forcing the host of the ITV event to intervene and urge the pair to “lower your voices”. Mr Sunak said Labour wanted to increase tax by £2,000 – a claim Mr Starmer dismissed as “absolute garbage”. And both leaders used the opportunity to set out their personal stories to voters, talking about how their childhood experiences had shaped their political views. For many analysts,…
By Kamil Opeyemi There are no indications that electricity distribution companies will return power immediately with the suspension of the nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. Many Nigerians who have been in darkness since the forceful shutting down of the national grid midnight Sunday, had expected that electricity would return immediately the suspension of the strike was announced. NPO Reports gathered from reliable sources that the distribution companies are awaiting the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to restart the national grid before anything else. The source who is familiar with the operations told the…
By Kamil Opeyemi A new vice chancellor has been named for the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Governor Seyi Makinde named Professor Arts and History, Razaq Kalilu said to be well known in the world of arts and history. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, who made the announcement on behalf of the state government, said Makinde’s government looks forward to Kalilu’s hard work, diligence and professionalism in realising the administration’s mission for the institution. “Prof Kalilu, a well established figure in the world of art and art history, joined the service…
By Kami Opeyemi There was panic in the Obiri-Ikwere Flyover area of Port Harcourt Rivers State on Tuesday as a tanker conveying gas exploded. NPO Reports that there were no casualties as the driver of the tanker managed to escape from the scene before the explosion. The tanker was said to have fallen when navigating a roundabout in the area. Emergency officials had reportedly gathered round the tanker to prevent further spread of the fire that ensued. As at the time of filing this report, there was no statement so far from the state’s fire service or other emergency officials.