Paramount Global, one of the largest U.S. media and entertainment corporations, agreed on Tuesday to pay 16 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to U.S. media reporting the case, Trump sued CBS News, a subsidiary company of Paramount, in a district court in Texas in last October. He alleged…
Redeemer’s University in Ede, south-west Nigeria, will this week celebrate a double milestone: its 17th convocation and 20 years since its founding. The institution will graduate 1,341 students, including 185 who achieved first-class honours. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Shadrach Akindele, addressing journalists on Monday, described the graduating cohort as “The Indomitable Set”. He noted that the best…
By Abubakar Yunus Abuja The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has reason to take the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over disagreement on the issues of uploading and submition of some of its candidates’ names. This is as the NNPP commended the electoral umpire under the leadership of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for its…
Speculations over an alleged president and running mate deal between former vice president Atiku Abubakar, and the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, continued Monday as camps of the two political actors gave divergent views on the matter. The camps of the two political leaders stated this in reaction to a report that Atiku…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday said even the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is putting pressure on Nigeria over worsening insecurity, insisting that the Senate must subject Minister of Defence–nominee and former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa (retd.), to full screening. Akpabio made the remark during a rowdy session…
Rainoil Ltd. has strengthened its distribution network with the arrival of MT Princess Oge, a 45,000-metric-tonne oil products tanker, in Nigerian waters for the first time. The vessel, built in Japan, successfully delivered 20,000MT of petrol at the company’s Ijegun depot in Lagos on Wednesday. With a deadweight tonnage of nearly 46,000MT, it is expected…
The second phase of the exchange of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners would take place this weekend. This is after which Palestinians has the opportunity to begin to return from the south to the north of the Gaza Strip, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Tuesday. “The second…
The Federal Government is seeking recognition from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) for a “Go Pink Day” to raise breast cancer awareness. Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme, made this announcement at the “National Go Pink Day 2024” event on Monday in Abuja. The Go…
On Tuesday, a Moscow City Court judge denied the appeal of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on spying charges. The Wall Street Journal’s Russia correspondent has been accused by Russia’s Federal Security Service of spying on behalf of the U.S. government. This marks the first time since the Cold War that…
The Federal Government has partnered with the Republic of Kazakhstan to strengthen and enhance trade and investment of both countries for economic growth. Amb. Nura Rimi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, said that the partnership would unlock huge amount of money in the trade and investment sector. Rimi made the remarks while…
