President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led tributes Tuesday as Brazil bid a final farewell to late soccer legend Pele, considered the greatest player of all time. A flood of fans, politicians and football officials were seen paying their respects…
Atiku Abubakar Despite the erosion of his support base, Mr. Atiku Abubakar remains a strong candidate for the Nigerian presidency next February – one of the top three contenders. However, the path to victory becomes more complicated and blurred due…
Conflict over roles All Progressive Congress The presidential candidate (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the wave of infrastructural transformation witnessed in Lagos State in the last two decades can now be included. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, set the…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has appointed Mrs. Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi as the Deputy Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 general election. Olu Agunloye, National Secretary, SDP, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.…
President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the new governing council Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Wednesday, according to sources in the commission. The Managing Director of NDDC, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, on Tuesday morning held a valedictory meeting with the management staff…
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue state, on Tuesday inaugurated the 35-Kilometer Okpoga- Idoba – Ichama Federal Rural Electrification project in Ichama, Okpokwu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project was facilitated…
A major incident in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, usually makes headlines. And 2022 does not take a different path. The year was a mix of happy experiences, sad stories, relief for commuters and more. We present the top 10 news in…
Coughing, groaning and short of breath, elderly Covid patients crowded hospital corridors in Shanghai on Tuesday as a wave of Covid-19 cases spread across the Chinese megacity. In two hospitals in the city, AFP reporters saw hundreds of patients, mostly…
Gunmen, on Monday, bombed the convoy of the former governor of Imo State, Maybe Ohakim. The incident happened in Oriagu, a community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state. Mr. Ohakim escaped the attack, but four policemen attached…
A man named Edson Arantes do Nascimento died a few days ago at the age of 82. The name is strange to many except football fans who know him as a footballer called Pele. Some of the new generation of…