President Bola Tinubu on Thursday conferred national honours on Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the late Moshood Abiola, a former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Humphrey Nwosu, a former vice president, Shehu Yar’Adua, among others. Tinubu conferred the national honours on them during his June 12 address to a joint session of…
AHMEDABAD, India, June 12 (Reuters) – More than 290 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade. The dead included people on the…
A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight – a seat the flight manifest shared by authorities said was…
With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly, a parliament that embodies the will of the Nigerian people. Today, as I entered this grand edifice built from the sweat and toil of our democratic yearning, my heart stirred. It was a blend of accomplishment and resolve. I felt a sense…
The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control has confirmed that the remains of Nigerian boxer Oluwasegun “Success” Olanrewaju will arrive in Nigeria next Tuesday, June 17, ending nearly three months of diplomatic and legal processes following his tragic death in Ghana In a letter dated June 10 and addressed to the President of the Ghana Boxing…
Electricity consumers across Nigeria may experience blackouts as the federal government steps up efforts to stabilise the national grid through scheduled power outages, according to the Nigerian Independent System Operator. Currently, at least six states in the Northeast remain without electricity due to an ongoing outage overseen by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, aimed at…
The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space “for the first time in decades,” its President Ajay Banga said Wednesday, as it works towards meeting growing electricity demand in developing countries. World Bank President Ajay Banga has announced that the institution will deepen its collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enhance…
In a joint report released on Wednesday, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that nearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour globally in 2024, including 54 million involved in hazardous work that threatens their health, safety, and development. The report precedes the World Day Against Child…
The Lagos State Police Command has reached an understanding with 15 civil society organisations (CSOs) regarding the conduct of the planned protests scheduled for Thursday, June 12. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, all parties agreed that Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota will serve as the sole approved…
