Nigerians on social media have reacted to the moment President Bola Tinubu kissed the wife of President of France, Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron on her cheek. In the video, Macron could be seen introducing Tinubu to his wife. Exchanging greetings, the Nigerian president placed a kiss on her cheek. The couple later held hands with…
BY MICHAEL NDU-OKEKE Associates of Mr Tinubu, who assumed office on May 29, had touted the trip as his first opportunity to display his mettle before world leaders. President Bola Tinubu failed to take part in a live economic session at the ongoing summit of world leaders in Paris. The Nigerian leader asked the country’s…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he can’t see any outcome from talks between the African delegation and the Russian president. Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting Saturday with a delegation of African leaders on a peace mission led by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The meeting in St. Petersburg comes hours after Putin confirmed that Moscow has…
Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi is a renowned educationist and adventurer that drove from London to Kano with his car. The elder statesman is a Record-breaker, who broke a world record by driving his Peugeot 504 over a distance of about 4,000miles, in 24 days. Prof Dorayi is a distinguished Abusite (Ahmadu Bello University) and respected…
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, has honored Victor Osimhen by gifting him a special jersey and ball following the striker’s outstanding performance for Napoli in the 2022/23 season. Osimhen played a pivotal role for Napoli and also helped win the Scudetto for the first time in 33 years. The 24-year-old scored 26 goals…
Former Vice President Mike Pence announced that he’s running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as he delivered his toughest takedown to date of primary rival and former boss Donald Trump, who he said “should never” be president again for his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election. At his formal campaign kickoff in…
By Doris Israel Ijeoma Following the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the family of Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has become a target of unsubstantiated claims on social media. A Facebook post circulating in Nigeria in May 2023 alleged that Yakubu’s son ran mad in Saudi…
Born on 10 May 1960, Archbishop Nwachukwu was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Umuahia, in Nigeria, on 17 June 1984, and was later incardinated into the Diocese of Aba on 2 April 1990. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, and made him the Titular Archbishop of…
Astha Rajvanshi, a staff writer for Time 100 has locked her Twitter account, an action which was believed to be connected with criticisms she has received over the inclusion of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on the latest Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Rajvanshi received a bombardment of denigration on…
By Maryam Abdullahi Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, says the process of the Nigeria presidential election was not marred by technical faults but deliberately manipulated. In a letter addressed to Joe Biden, the US president, Adichie expressed dissatisfaction over the process of the presidential election conducted on February 25. She said the election was full…
