The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, died Tuesday. He was 88.His Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili…
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, yesterday, told stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to work collectively to ensure that President Bola Tinubu’s mandate on the attainment of 2.5 million barrels per day (mbpd) oil production was achieved in the Niger Delta.Musa spoke at a meeting with stakeholders in the country’s oil…
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an order on Saturday imposing hefty new tariffs of 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China, potentially disrupting more than $2.1 trillion worth of annual trade. Trump, working from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida this weekend, said on Friday that there…
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday declared it would embark on a nationwide protest against the proposed 50 per cent telecom tariff hike announced by the Nigerian Communications Commission on February 4 in a communiqué signed by its National President, Joe Ajaero. The decision was taken at the National Administrative Council meeting of the NLC…
Arriving at the Grand Palais for Chanel’s spring 2025 haute couture show, guests were confronted with an enormous mirrored climbing sculpture that soared toward the glass-barrel vaulted ceiling of the Beaux-Arts landmark. If its form wasn’t immediately obvious—like, say, the spaceship or grocery store sets from the Karl Lagerfeld era—as staff directed you onto one…
Kylie Jenner has once again proved her fashion prowess at Paris Fashion Week, stepping out in a jaw-dropping ensemble on Tuesday, January 28, for Chanel’s Spring 2025 show. Kylie Jenner turned heads with her striking accessories and flawless outfit, cementing her status as a style icon. Her outfit channeled major Cher Horowitz vibes, reminiscent of…
Following the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba AdeyeyeOgunwusi, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, and other prominent traditional rulers, the founder of AfeBabalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), AfeBabalola (SAN), has dropped his criminal suits against human rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Babalola disclosed this at a press conference jointly addressed by himself and Ogunwusi…
Mudashiru Obasa, impeached speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, says it is not a sin to nurse a governorship ambition. Obasa spoke on Saturday while fielding questions from journalists at the speaker’s lodge in Ikeja, the state capital, hours after his return to the country. In 2024, Obasa said past governors of Lagos…
In a clear example of the Hollywood classic “The Rich Also Cry”, Bill Gates recently got candid about his divorce from his wife, Melinda Gates, calling it the mistake he regrets the most. The pair, who had been married for over 27 years, went their separate ways in 2021 in a billion-dollar divorce. Since their…
LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. And Giannis Antetokounmpo is the people’s choice, again. The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises. James is now officially an All-Star for the 21st year, and Antetokounmpo…
