Chairman of the Senate Committee on Reparation and Repatriation, Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta North), has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). His defection letter was read on the floor by President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, during plenary. Nwoko explained that his decision was based on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. The National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Mannir Bature, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Bature said the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has been…
Allison Holker is still feeling the pinch in the wake of Stephen “tWitch” Boss death.In her new memoir This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light, the widow of the Ellen DeGeneres show star detailed the “financial mess” she says her late husband left her with after he died by suicide in…
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics. The administration notified USAID workers in…
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…
