Tens of thousands of mourners entered St. Peter’s Basilica in a constant stream on Monday to pay their respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of his three-day state burial. Benedict passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, in the remote Vatican monastery where he had been living since his shocking Read More…
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Ukrainians celebrate the New Year as Russian drones are shot down from the sky
Ukrainians rejoiced from their balconies as their air defences shot Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the early hours of 2023, as Moscow welcomed the new year by striking civilian sites across Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Sunday evening that Ukrainian soldiers shot down 45 Iranian-made Sahed drones fired by Russia Read More…
Obasanjo endorses Peter Obi, says to Nigerian youth “eyin lokan”
In the run-up to the elections in February 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has received the backing of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, his most high-profile endorsement to date. Obasanjo’s endorsement came in his New Year message issued on January 1, 2023. The former Nigerian President particularly addressed the Nigerian youth Read More…
“Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House”
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…
4th Mainland Bridge to cost $2.5bn, to be completed in 4 years
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…
I’m no mole for Tinubu, Jandor declares
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…
NBA to seek N5bn damages from police for murder of Bolanle
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…
Buhari mourns soccer legend Pele
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…
Pele dies at 82
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…
Senate adopts 2023 supplementary budget but defers decision on loan-bonds swap
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…