Saturday, March 15, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had signed four executive orders that will reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces; gutting the military’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and reinstating with back pay service members who were discharged for refusing to […]
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is awaiting up to 12 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, the Africa Report reported on Monday. The refinery resorted to crude importation as local supply challenges hindered the new $20bn refinery’s push to reach full refining capacity. Recall that the refinery plans […]
Details of how six top Yoruba monarchs prevailed upon nonagenarian legal luminary Afe Babalola to drop his criminal defamation suit against human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi have emerged. It was gathered that the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, mobilised five other high-class traditional rulers to the Ado-Ekiti residence […]
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has defended the decision of his administration to enter a peace pact with terrorists in the state, stressing that his priority is preserving lives and ensuring peace. Governor Sani stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa Service while responding to critics of the initiative. […]
With the preparation for the AFCON 2025 edition in full gear, African countries have now known their opponents in the biennial contest. Nigeria, a finalist in the last edition will be hoping to consolidate on their silver medals as they are drawn in group C along familiar north African foe […]
United States President, Donald Trump, on Monday, sacked more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him. The officials were sacked after the Acting Attorney General, James McHenry, a Trump appointee, concluded that they could not be trusted to faithfully implement the President’s agenda because […]
Nigerian striker Gift Orban finally silenced his critics on Friday, scoring his first Bundesliga goal in Hoffenheim’s dramatic 2-2 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. The 22-year-old, who joined the club earlier this month, delivered a moment of redemption after a turbulent year, reigniting hopes for both his career and Hoffenheim’s survival […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed relevant traffic regulatory agencies to implement stringent measures aimed at preventing fuel tanker explosions across the country. The directive comes in response to a tragic tanker explosion in Enugu State on Saturday, which claimed 18 lives and left several others injured. In a statement […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu, over the alleged ”arbitrary, unconstitutional, unlawful, unfair, and unreasonable 50 percent telecom tariff hike by the Nigerian Communications Commission,NCC Also joined in the suit as defendants are the NCC, which recently approved a 50 percent […]
The US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept – without restrictions – deported migrants, the White House says. Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military deportation flights from landing in the country on […]