“I have come here with faith and belief and I will make a wish and my wish will be granted. By this time next year, my life won’t be the same. So, I am glad to be here.’’ This was how Jamiu Adegbite, a student, captured his mission to the Osun grove on Friday, Aug….
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday inaugurated an ultra-modern industrial shoe-making hub equipped with the modern technology at Nkwelle Ezunaka Village in Anambra. In a speech at the event, Osinbajo described the complex as “one-stop-shop digital leather and industrial hub”. He said the complex had the capacity to produce shoes that would compare favourably with…
‘Durojaiye never gave up despite imprisonment by Abacha’, Sanwo-Olu mourns Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition and former distinguished Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye. Sanwo-Olu described Durojaiye as a passionate leader who served his country meritoriously as a public servant, human rights activist, politician and…
A Senator in the Fourth Republic and former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission , Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, has died of COVID-19 . Durojaiye, a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State died on Monday in Lagos due to complications of COVID-19 at the age of 88. A close friend of the deceased…
Hundreds of dignitaries and thousands of ordinary citizens on Tuesday thronged the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, to witness the inauguration of the country’s new President, Hakainde Hichilema. Many clad in red T-shirts and caps, the colour of the United Party for National Development, started gathering at the stadium as early as…
The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, says Nigeria is in a very perplexing situation under the administration of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, on Tuesday, the ex-vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change said that the country was at the…
Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70 to 80 percent vaccination levels, the government’s pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails to control its Delta outbreak. The news comes as New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling party’s candidate for vice president in next year’s elections, according to the PDP-Laban party. Tuesday’s announcement came ahead of a national assembly on September 8 where the PDP-Laban party is also expected to endorse Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who is also Duterte’s aide, to be…
The Israeli government is allowing Jews to conduct prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem – also known to Jews as the Temple Mount – in a move that risks shifting the site’s status quo, The New York Times reported. In a story published on Tuesday, the Times said Rabbi Yehudah Glick made “little effort to…
