Botswana will hold its general elections October 30, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced. “Following the diligent preparations by the Independent Electoral Commission, the general elections would take place on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024,” said Masisi in a televised speech. Masisi declared October 30 and October 31, both public holidays to promote higher voter turnout, urging all…
Human rights Lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has slammed a $5 million suit on Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of the social network platform Facebook, over an alleged invasion of his privacy by the company. In the suit filed before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, Falana is demanding money for the alleged publication…
Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen, has urged the Foreign Minister, Alexander Schallenberg, to head the interim government after Chancellor Karl Nehammer steps down on Friday. The presidential office made the announcement on Wednesday. “Federal President Van der Bellen will instruct Federal Minister Alexander Schallenberg to continue leading the chancellor’s federal office and head the…
The new Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCoS), FCT Command, Olatubosun Ajibogun, has assured the command’s personnel of capacity building to enable the effective and efficient discharge of their duties. Ajibogun gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja during the quarterly inspection of custodial centres, as well as correctional formations in the command. He said that…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved April 12 for the party’s earlier postponed South-South zonal congress. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that NWC also approved the shifting of the South-West and North-Central zonal congresses from…
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were at the same 9/11 memorial the day after a fiery debate – their first of the 2024 US presidential election. It has been 23 years since the 9/11 attack on downtown Manhattan – where both the US presidential election and the war it resulted in and the withdrawal from…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Airtel Nigeria have introduced the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), a digital learning programme, to a primary school in Lagos State. Chief of UNICEF Lagos Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, announced this during a joint field trip by Airtel Nigeria and UNICEF to St Agnes Primary School, Maryland, Lagos. The…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the plan to remove the current board of Trustees (BoT) of the IBB International Golf and Country Club. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by the plaintiff’s counsel, C.O. Ogbodo, ordered parties to maintain a status quo pending the hearing and determination…
Taiwan says it has planned to purchase three Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) systems from the United States (U.S.) for 24,99 billion Taiwanese dollars (about $761 million). The Taipei Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing the Taiwanese Defence Ministry. The systems are to be delivered by Dec. 31 2030, the Taipei Times reported. The…
Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Mongolia includes supply of weapons to Ulaanbaatar and the training of military personnel; currently Russia has trained 340 Mongolian soldiers. Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Alexander Fomin said on Tuesday. “The supply of weapons and military equipment, repair, maintenance, modernisation,’’ Fomin outlined the areas of cooperation. He added that “we are…
