President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August 14, for an official trip to Japan and Brazil, with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a statement by Presidential Spokesman Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday, August 13, the President’s first destination will be Japan, where he will attend the Ninth Tokyo International…
The Federal Government has announced a seven-year moratorium on establishing new federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across Nigeria. The decision was announced by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, following Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The moratorium aims to address…
Lorna Raver, the American actress best known for her chilling roles in horror films, has passed away at the age of 81. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Raver died on May 12, 2025. News of her death surfaced through the “In Memoriam” section of SAG-AFTRA’s Summer 2025 magazine. No official cause of death has been…
Comedian Klintoncod has expressed skepticism over reports that socialite Cubana Chief Priest was denied a U.S. visa, preventing him from attending Davido’s wedding in Miami last week. In a post shared on X, Klintoncod questioned the credibility of the claim, pointing out that Chief Priest—who he described as wealthy and educated—was allegedly denied a visa,…
The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has confirmed the tragic death of one of its students, Babalola Marvelous Olanrewaju, who was fatally shot during an unofficial sign-out ceremony held at the Ultramodern Wazo Market in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, the University’s Registrar, Olayinka…
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the possibility of any political figure, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, unseating Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television, Wednesday, August 13, Bwala rejected growing calls for Jonathan to return to the political…
Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died at the World Games in Chengdu, China, after collapsing during competition, organisers confirmed on Tuesday, August 12. Debertolis, 29, was found unconscious on August 8 during the men’s middle-distance orienteering event and passed away four days later, according to a joint statement from the World Games organisers and…
Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi (New), Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 12, according to a statement from the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The jailbreak reportedly occurred after some inmates breached the facility’s security and attacked officers on duty. Five personnel were injured in the incident,…
Uganda’s State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), has arrested seven individuals—four Congolese and three Ugandan nationals—accused of defrauding a Nigerian businessman of $70,000 in a fake gold deal. The suspects allegedly posed as representatives and agents of two companies, Legacy Refinery Limited and Emerod Agency Limited, convincing the…
A former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), The anti-graft agency had on Monday, August 11, invited and later on detained the former governor who is alleged to have fraudulently withdrawn some cash to the tune of N189 billion when…
