Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday, January 30, that there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, adding that he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming visit will allow them to focus on shared interests including migration and combating drug trafficking. Rubio’s first overseas…
The Aare Ona-Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has warned against the use of religion to ”cause crisis and disharmony in Yorubaland,’ after the Sultan of Sokoto-led Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, on Wednesday, January 29, threw its weight behind the push to establish Sharia courts in South-West states. According to Gani, Sharia law…
Former Rivers state governor and erstwhile Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says President Bola Tinubu would not cede power to the younger generation without a fight. The Cable reports that Amaechi stated this in Abuja at a national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria, organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development. …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers killed a former local government staff and abducted a petrol attendant in Iseyin town, Oyo State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed a petroleum station at Saw Mill Road, along Iseyin-Saki Road on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, and demanded to see the owner identified as Alhaji Nuremi…
Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven has rescued an 8-year-old girl who was branded a w!tch and tortured in Akwa Ibom. Loven, who disclosed this in a post on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, said the minor was taken to a church where the prophet claimed she was the cause of her mother’s sickness. …
Abosede, the mother of late singer, Ileri Aloba aka Mohbad has accused his father, Joseph Aloba, of delaying the DNA test to confirm the paternity of Liam who is the only child between Mohbad and his wife, Omowunmi. In a now-viral TikTok live session, Abosede said she and Omowunmi are ready for the DNA…
The management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma, Edo, has cancelled the final year examinations written on January 29. In a memo released, the university’s registrar, Ephraim Isiraojie, said the decision followed the ‘wild jubilation’ and celebration by graduating students from the Faculty of Arts, which violated the university’s directives. Isiraojie said…
American rapper, Jay-Z, is fighting back against a lawsuit accusing him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of r@ping a 13-year-old girl during a Video Music Awards after-party in 2000. In a legal filing Wednesday, the music entrepreneur asks a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss the lawsuit and order monetary sanctions against Tony Buzbee, the Texas…
Armed men suspected to be herdsmen have k!lled five farmers in the Ajegunle Powerline community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be labourers from Plateau and Kaduna states working on the farmlands. An eyewitness account narrated that the attack occurred around 3:00 pm on Tuesday,…
A 15-year-old hearing-impaired student of Nasarawa State Special Needs Education Secondary School, Lafia has d!ed in a road accident. Hauwa Isah was crushed by a vehicle after she fell off a motorcycle while going to school on Thursday morning, January 30, 2025. The student was rushed to the Federal University Teaching…
