The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from participating in its activities due to the recent military coup that transpired last month. The AU has additionally called upon its members to refrain from endorsing any actions that could lend legitimacy to the junta. The military coup has raised concerns among Western allies and democratic African Read More…
The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, has announced its commitment to providing $270 million to support Nigeria’s endeavours in humanitarian aid and poverty alleviation. Executives from UNICEF, Christian Munduate and Eduardo Celades, conveyed this pledge during a meeting held on Tuesday. At the meeting in Abuja, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, Read More…
British authorities announced on Tuesday that Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Nigerian oil minister, has been charged with bribery-related offences. The charges are based on suspicions that she received bribes in exchange for granting substantial oil and gas contracts. Alison-Madueke, aged 63, held the position of petroleum minister from 2010 to 2015 during the tenure of Read More…
A total of over 250 inmates housed at the Ikoyi and Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centres have availed themselves of the Plea Bargain and Restorative Justice programme orchestrated by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice. The Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins, unveiled this information during a session at the Kirikiri Medium Read More…
In the Tom Jones vicinity of Lagos State, operatives from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command have apprehended three individuals believed to be involved in vandalism. Alongside the arrests, a minibus, two carts, and sections of bridge railings were successfully recovered. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the command, confirmed the arrests Read More…
Idowu Owohunwa, the Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, has encouraged officers within the command to have a deep understanding of the laws related to crimes, in order to ensure thorough investigations and effective prosecutions. Owohunwa delivered this directive on Tuesday during a training session that gathered prosecutors and investigators from various divisions and sectors Read More…
Tobi Amusan, the reigning champion with a world record of 12.12 seconds, secured her place in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres hurdles in Budapest. Despite a slow start, Amusan finished with a time of 12.48 seconds, ranking as the third-fastest time of the evening. Expressing gratitude for the opportunity to compete, Amusan stated, Read More…
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, a Ghanaian feminist, humorously acknowledges her current predicament: “I’m experiencing the lowest level of sexual activity in my life,” even as she bursts into laughter. Despite this ironic circumstance, Sekyiamah has emerged as a recognised authority on sex, particularly among African women and the diaspora. Over the past decade, she has built Read More…
Writing is fighting. That is the dictum of the fiery African-American writer Ishmael Reed who wrote a book entitled Writing is Fighting. Whether taken literally or otherwise writers fire bullets with words, and in some instances actually take up guns to go shooting. A landmark example was Nigeria’s most influential poet, Christopher Okigbo, who died Read More…
Tennis legend Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a daughter named Adira River Ohanian. She and her husband Alexis Ohanian joyfully shared the news on social media on Tuesday. In a heartwarming TikTok video, Williams, Ohanian, and their four-year-old daughter Olympia are seen embracing the newborn, with Williams captioning it, “A warm Read More…
