Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu: “Lagos has made history as the first African city to host the E1 electric powerboat race, the E1 Lagos GP. “This speaks to the future we are building, one of clean energy, innovation, and opportunities for our young people. “I thank H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his goodwill message and his...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs To Serve 4 Years In Prison For Case Involving Sex Workers, Violence And ‘Freak-Offs’
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most influential figures in hip-hop. Since Combs has already served a year in jail, the...
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Iran Executes 6 Death-Row Inmates It Alleges Carried Out Attacks On Behalf Of Israel
Iran executed six death-row inmates Saturday who it alleged carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, the latest prisoners to be put to death in a wave of executions believed to be the highest in decades. The executions follow the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June, which ended with Tehran vowing that it would target...
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Gisèle Pelicot Returns To Court After Trial Made Her An Icon – And Tore Her Family Apart
The first day Gisèle Pelicot walked up the steps of the courthouse in Avignon in September 2024, she was an anonymous retired grandmother. Within weeks, this diminutive 72-year-old – the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history, involving 51 men including her husband – had become a feminist icon. She...
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Japan’s Ruling Party Elects Sanae Takaichi As New Leader, Likely To Become First Female PM
— Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister. In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the 64-year-old Takaichi makes history as the first female leader of...
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Former U.S. President Celebrates Wife On 33 Wedding Anniversary, Declares He Admires Her “Strength, Grace, And Determination”
Barack Obama to wife: “The best decision I ever made was marrying you, @MichelleObama. For 33 years, I’ve admired your strength, grace, and determination — and the fact that you look so good doing it all. Happy anniversary!”
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BREAKING NEWS: Court Orders Police to Maintain Status Quo on Tinted Glass Permit Case
The Federal High Court sitting in Warri has issued an order directing the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police to maintain the status quo in the ongoing case concerning the controversial tinted glass permit. The case, Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025: John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector General of Police & Nigeria Police Force, came up...
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Dangote’s Refinery: An Audacious Gamble on Nigeria
By Idowu Ephraim Faleye When you think about the Nigerian economy today, what comes to your mind? Some people think of a country where businesses are struggling to survive. Others think of foreign companies that once operated here but have now packed up and left. Many Nigerians see an economy full of uncertainty, where inflation...
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Please listen to billionaire Bayo Ogunlesi, major investor (Gatwick Airport, UK), after meeting with President Bola Tinubu
Please listen to billionaire Bayo Ogunlesi, major investor (Gatwick Airport, UK), after meeting with President Bola TinubuLet us pray , no sabotage by bad belle people who don’t want a new progressive Nigeria because of their selfish reasons
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The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) has officially issued distribution licences to Excel Distribution Company Limited and IE Energy Lagos Limited, the entities that have now officially, taken over electricity distribution operations from Eko Electricity Distribution Plc and Ikeja Electric Plc.
respectively, marking a new milestone in the implementation of the Lagos State Electricity Policy and the expansion of a competitive electricity market in the State. The licence presentation ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, on Thursday, 02, 2025, brought together amongst other Stakeholders, the representatives of the new Licensees and the LASERC Commissioners,...