Turkish police have arrested four staff members of the satirical magazine Leman over an alleged caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced late Monday. Yerlikaya shared footage on X (formerly Twitter) showing the arrests of the magazine’s graphic designer, illustrator, editor-in-chief, and managing director, calling the cartoon “despicable.” The videos showed officers…
The Kano State Government has taken responsibility for the medical care of a woman who delivered quintuplets at a public hospital in Kano. Hafsatu Yusuf, already a mother of eight, gave birth to five babies—three boys and two girls—at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, where both she and the newborns are receiving specialist treatment. The announcement…
The tax evasion trial of global cryptocurrency platform Binance Holdings Limited has been postponed in Nigeria, after the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, was absent on Wednesday for official duties. The case, brought by Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), had been set to continue with the cross-examination…
The Federal Government says that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by National Examinations Council…
The Australian government announced on Monday that Australia has scrapped a satellite communications system being developed for the military. Lockheed Martin Australia was awarded the tender to build a defiance owned and operated Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite communications system in 2023. When the tender was awarded, the government said that it was a “multi-billion…
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff to late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on his 86th birthday. This is contained in a congratulatory message issued by Prof. Gambari, from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States and made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Wednesday. Gambari…
At least 14 people have died after a canoe carrying more than 100 passengers capsized on the Yauri River in Kebbi State. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Gumbi ward of Yauri Local Government Area. The passengers were said to be returning from escorting a bride to her matrimonial home in Gwarzo Village, located…
Microsoft is facing a 1 billion Euros ($1.27 billion) legal action from UK businesses over claims it overcharged firms for access to products. The claim filed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleges customers using rival cloud computing platforms to Microsoft’s own Azure were charged higher licensing fees to access its Windows Server. It alleges that…
National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Sen. David Mark, has said that only visionary and credible leadership can deliver Nigeria from its current challenges. Mark made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kano by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Mumeh. He urged Nigerians to reflect on lessons from…
Some football fans on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the inability of the Super Eagles to pick the maximum three points in their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Zimbabwe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria is currently occupying the fourth place with seven points after the encounter with Zimbabwe ended 1-1…
