U.S. actors Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers. Lopez announced their marriage Sunday in her newsletter for fans with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement […]
Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state government has suspended a Muslim traditional leader (emir) after a suspected kidnapping gang leader was appointed a traditional chief. Adamu Aliero Yankuzo, a wanted suspected gang leader, was appointed and installed as the chief of the Fulani community (Sarkin Fulani) in Yandoton Daji area on Saturday. It reportedly came as part […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Yakubu Maikyau, has emerged as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau was named the new NBA president following an election of the legal body which was held virtually. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee who is also an SAN, Professor Ayodele Akintunde, announced made the […]
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, was on Sunday declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election to cheers from allies and supporters. Adeleke, 62, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after polling 403,371 votes, to defeat his closest rival and incumbent governor, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, […]
The Sokoto State Government has approved N347 million for the general renovation and provision of modern equipment at the Specialist Hospital in the state. Dr Nuhu Maishanu, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday. According to him, the approval was given based on direct […]
For placing sixth in the final, the country’s mixed relay team will smile home with $8,000 at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Oregon, United States. Prior to the championship, the country’s mixed relay team was ranked 15th in the world. But on Day One of the championship, last Friday, the team won the hearts […]
A famous beauty queen from Ethiopia’s war-wracked Tigray region, Selamawit Teklay, has described her harrowing ordeal crossing the English Channel to seek asylum in the UK. Ms Selamawit first made her way to France last year, before risking her life to cross the channel in a boat packed with fellow migrants. Tigray plunged into a […]
The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, has expressed optimism that the recently concessioned Onitsha River Port will impact positively on the nation’s economy. Moghalu made the expression, while formally handing over the port to Dr George Nwangwu, the Managing Director, Universal Elysium Consortium and concessionaire of the port in Abuja […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has assured members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed for the Osun governorship election of their safety. Dauda Mungadi, Deputy Commandant-General (DCG) in charge of Operations, gave the assurance while receiving the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Fada, on Friday at the NSCDC Osun Command headquarters, […]
Emirates Airlines has agreed to cap sales of its flights out of Heathrow until mid-August, after the airport asked carriers to scale back capacity. The Dubai-based airline had previously rejected the airport’s request for it to cut flight capacity at short notice. Bosses from the companies held talks on Friday morning about ways to avoid […]