President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday to begin a state visit to France in honour of an invitation from President Emmanuel Macron. Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Onanuga said Tinubu’s three-day visit would focus on strengthening…
The newly appointed Registrar, Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti, Mrs Abimbola Adewumi has on Tuesday resumed office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adewumi was appointed on Jan. 23 as the second substantive registrar of the polytechnic. She holds a BA.Ed in English from the Lagos State University (LASU), as well as a Masters…
U.S.-based software giant Oracle has planned to invest more than 6.5 billion dollars to open a public cloud region in Malaysia. This is in order to meet the rapidly growing demand for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services in the country. The planned Malaysia expansion would extend Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the Asia-Pacific…
The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has condemned another brutal attack on seven Nigerians and the kidnapping of one Ani Silas on Thursday in Springs, Gauteng Province. Akindele Olunloyo, the National Publicity Secretary of NUSA, said in a statement on Sunday that Silas was beaten unconscious and forcibly taken from his workplace by a member…
Wayne Rooney thinks former side Manchester United look “lost” and “scared” on the pitch and that “10 to 15 players need to leave the club”. Fallen giants United are a lowly 14th in the Premier League, with the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and Nottingham Forest all above them in English football’s top-flight. United have…
An Area Court in Jos on Monday sentenced two bus conductors, Adamu Bala and Adam Abubakar, to 12 months imprisonment each for unlawful possession of dangerous weapon. The judge, Mrs Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge however gave the convicts an option of N50, 000 fines each….
Some parents in Lagos on Tuesday expressed disappointment and concerns over the low performance of candidates in the recently-concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Some parents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the low performance could be attributed to a number of issues. NAN reports that the UTME, organised…
Dangote Refinery has again, within a week interval reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N840 per litre to N820 per litre, effective immediately. It would be recalled that the company last week reduced its ex-depot price from N880 to N840 per litre. With the assurance of a…
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7. 20 p.m. on Saturday, and was received by senior members of the administration. It will be recalled that the President departed Abuja…
Donald Trump and his wife Melania have arrived for a church service in Washington a few hours before he is set to be sworn in for a second term as president of the United States. The service was being held at St John’s Episcopal Church near the White House. Vice President-elect JD Vance and his…
