Nigeria’s leading milk brand, Peak, has rewarded the nation’s para powerlifting athletes who participated in the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games held in France. The athletes — Onyinyechi Mark, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, Esther Nworgu and Bose Omolayo, bagged four of the seven medals won by Team Nigeria. Mark and Oluwafemiayo won gold medals in the 61kg and

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, has taken the oath of office, promising to “rewrite history” for a country still reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades.  The left-leaning leader, known for his anti-corruption stance, was elected following a closely contested presidential vote that went into a second round of counting, marking

Troops of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division have clamped down on the hideouts of crude oil thieves, arresting 18 suspects in communities in Niger Delta region. In a release by the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah, said the troops also neutralised 2 armed vandals, recovered 2 AK 47

Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Edo state governorship election. Farouk Adamu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, announced the results in Benin City, the Edo state capital, on Sunday. Okpebholo won the election with 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, Asue

President Bola Tinubu has issued a fresh directive to security agencies to go after cyber criminals and other organized crime groups in the country. This was made known by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, President Tinubu said security and

The management of  Bovas and Company Limited has suspended one of its managers in Ibadan, Oyo State, for taking some petrol station attendants to a herbalist over an alleged theft incident. This was disclosed in a statement on the company’s Facebook page on Sunday. The suspension followed a viral video showing some persons, suspected to

The National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR has taken to the street to rally support for the party, ahead of the local government election coming up on the 28th of September, 2024 Governor Soludo excitedly led the APGA-faithfuls in a mega rally

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Umo Eno, has said the development of Ibom Deep Sea Port was not his administration’s priority at the moment because the state alone can’t shoulder the weight of the project just as it cannot be handled along with two other major ongoing projects. Eno, at a media parley in Uyo

Nigeria and China have emphasised that cultural initiatives would remain one of the most potent tools for promoting peace. The correlation between cultural initiatives and peace was made during the fifth National Entertainment and Peace Summit, themed: ‘Cultivating A Culture of Peace,’ organised by the Drum Majors for Peace in partnership with the China Cultural

At the behest of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. President Tinubu had last week directed the Vice President to lead the Nigerian delegation to the high-level global forum, while he