PELE’S MAUSOLEUM IN BRAZIL OPENS TO PUBLIC
On Monday, the mausoleum created for Pele’s gilded coffin was made public. Outside of Sao Paulo, in Santos, a tomb on the second story of a vertical cemetery welcomes visitors…
FILMMAKER ZIK ZULU EXPLAINS HOW ACTOR SAINT OBI’S UNHAPPY MARRIAGE AND INABILITY TO SEE HIS CHILDREN CONTRIBUTED TO HIS PREMATURE DEMISE.
Obinna Nwafor, often known as Saint Obi, passed away on May 7, 2023, and filmmaker Zik Zulu Okafor has captured his tragic final moments in writing. In a piece published…
NIGERIA WON’T GROW AND PROSPER IF… OKONJO-IWEALA.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the WTO, has lamented the rate at which young, educated Nigerians are leaving the nation in search of better opportunities. Speaking on May 15 at…
OONI OF IFE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO WED OPEOLUWA ELIZABETH.
The wedding date between Oba Enitan Adeyey Ogunwus, the Ooni of Ife, and Opeoluwa Elizabeth Akinmuda, his second wife, has been formally announced. The wedding service and celebration for Olori…
THREE PEOPLE TO BE HANGED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
For conspiracy and armed robbery, an Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has condemned three young men to death by hanging. On January 21, 2020, Omotayo Deji (age 23),…
SECURITY PERSONNEL RAID TERRORIST HIDEOUTS IN KADUNA AND KANO, CAPTURING 5 MILITANTS.
Five individuals were detained by security personnel from the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Army, and Police Force during raids on terrorist hideouts in Kaduna and Kano, respectively. This…
NAMIBIA ACCEPTS SAME-SEX UNIONS FORMED ABROAD WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS.
The Supreme Court of Namibia recognized same-sex unions between nationals and foreign partners on Tuesday, a historic decision in a nation where homosexuality is against the law. The verdict overturns…
38 PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY GUNMEN IN PLATEAU, AND OTHER HOMES ARE SET ON FIRE.
No fewer than 38 people—mostly women and children—were cruelly murdered by the marauding gunmen in a midnight assault in the state’s Mangu local government area on Tuesday, as the attackers…
15 ELECTION PETITIONS ARE SENT TO THE SOKOTO TRIBUNAL
15 petitions from candidates who lost in the state’s elections for the national and state assemblies have been submitted to the Election Petitions Tribunal (Panel 2) in Sokoto State. This…
NIGERIA WOULD HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO COVER ITS BUDGET DEFICIT IN 2023, ACCORDING TO A WORLD BANK DIRECTOR.
According to Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, the country must borrow money to cover its budget deficit through 2023. In response to detractors of the bank’s…
