President Bola Tinubu, Sunday night, arrived Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he will be interfacing with the country’s leadership on diplomatic issues. President Tinubu, who departed the capital of India, New Delhi, landed at the Abu Dhabi International Airport at about 10:15pm, UAE local time. Although Nigeria and the UAE […]
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India: How Tinubu Secured $3bn steel investment for Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu has successfully attracted a monumental 3 billion U S dollars investment pledge from Indian investors, to boost steel industry in the country. This is according to a statement by Mr Abdullahi Haruna, Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shauib Audu, in Abuja on Wednesday. The president […]
JUST IN: Tinubu recalls all ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors — career and non-career — says Minister of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. The minister confirmed the recall of all ambassadors on Saturday in a statement by his SA, Media and Communications Strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir. However, our source; Vanguard, reported that, a recall letter by Ambassador Tuggar indicated […]
SENATE PRESIDENT ASSURES TURKEY OF CONTINUED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH NIGERIA
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday assured the Turkish Government of the readiness of the Federal Government to sustain the bilateral agreement reached between Nigeria and Turkey in the area of education, health and military collaboration to fight terrorism and insecurity. He also promised that The 10th Senate will do everything humanly […]
JUST IN: Tinubu emerges ECOWAS chairman
President Bola Tinubu has emerged the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu was elected chairman at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc held on Sunday afternoon in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very […]
Ballots open in Mali for vote on new constitution
Ballots opened Sunday in Mali as the West African nation held a referendum on the governing junta’s new constitution. Reports have it that some 8.4 million citizens are eligible to vote “yes” or “no” on the draft constitution in the first electoral test for leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, who has vowed to lead […]
US President Promises to support Tinubu on Nigeria’s economic growth, security
President Joe Biden of the United States, has vowed to support President Bola Tinubu on economic growth and advanced security, among other critical aspects of his government. Biden made this vow in a statement, while felicitating with Tinubu on Monday. Recall that Tinubu and the Vice President, Kashim Shettima were sworn in respctively by […]
Madrid Eye Osimhen As Benzema’s Replacement
Real Madrid are monitoring Victor Osimhen as a potential replacement for their talismanic forward, Karim Benzema. Benzema, 35, remains one of the best of the strikers around despite his age. The current European champions are however planning for the future and see Osimhen as a potential replacement for the Frenchman. According to the Spanish […]
US climber dies on Everest
A United States mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world’s highest peak this climbing season. Jonathan Sugarman, 69, was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) when he died on Monday, his expedition organiser said. “He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts […]
UPDATED: R. Kelly to serve 30-year jail term in U.S
RnB singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R. Kelly, has been moved to a correctional centre located in North Carolina, the United States of America, where he is expected to serve his 30-year prison sentence in connection with multiple sexual offences. He was moved to the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Caroline […]