The official news outlet of the Holy See, Vatican News, wrote: “Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House.” According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Emeritus died at 9:34 a.m. on Saturday morning in his house at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, which the 95-year-old Pope emeritus chose as his abode after Read More…
The Fourth Mainland Bridge project will be finished in four years, the Lagos State government announced on Friday. It would cost $2.5 billion. Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, made the announcement in Ikeja, at a press conference to introduce the preferred contractor to carry out the project. Adeyoye predicted Read More…
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), the PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, claims he is not a mole for the APC and is committed to terminating the party’s dominance in the state. Adediran stated this in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He responded to allegations that he was installed in Read More…
The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, stated on Thursday that it would be following the prosecution of the police officer who reportedly shot dead a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing with her family. ASP Drambi Vandi, assigned to the Ajiwe Police Read More…
Police in Lagos State are looking for a man who allegedly beat his brother to death for stealing school property. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a police spokesman, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Hundeyin stated that on Monday, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ijede Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined international leaders in mourning the death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, a Brazilian soccer great who died on Thursday. The world’s finest football player died after a long battle with cancer. He won three World Cups and scored over 1,281 goals over his long career, earning Read More…
The renowned Brazilian soccer player Pele, who rose from barefoot squalor to become one of the finest and most well-known athletes in contemporary history, passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. Pele passed away at 3:27 PM, according to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, where he was receiving medical attention “due to multiple Read More…
Following concerns from some legislators, the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday increased the country’s 2023 budget by 6.4% to ₦21.83 trillion ($49 billion) and postponed a decision on the president’s request to convert central bank overdrafts to long-term bonds. President Muhammadu Buhari had previously requested permission from the legislature in a letter dated December 20 to Read More…
Consignments of Colorado were discovered by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada, at the Tincan seaport in Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Ikeja, Lagos. This was said in a statement made on Sunday in Abuja by Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA. Read More…
In contrast to Ukraine’s claims that Russia has been launching significant artillery barrages on its cities over the past 24 hours, Moscow claimed on Monday that its forces shot down a Ukrainian drone near a long-range bomber base located deep inside Russia. The long-range strategic bombers that would have been deployed to attack Ukrainian cities Read More…
