One of Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, Aminu Dantata, has been buried in Saudi Arabia after he died on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates. Business mogul Dantata, 94, an uncle of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, leaves three wives, 21 children and 121 grandchildren. His body was transferred from Abu Dhabi, where he died, to the holy city of Medina after Saudi authorities approved his burial in their country. Top officials from the Nigerian government took part in the funeral prayers at the holy prophet mosque before his interment at the Al-Baqi cemetery. It was his wish to be buried in...
Liberian President Killed In Coup Gets State Funeral After 45 Years
Liberia’s former President William Tolbert has had a symbolic reburial, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body was believed to have been dumped in a mass grave. Ten days after the president’s killing, following trials by a kangaroo court, 13 of his cabinet were stripped, tied to stakes and then executed by a firing squad on a beach next to an army barracks in the capital, Monrovia. None of the 14 corpses has been found but each man got a state funeral at a ceremony attended by President Joseph Boakai and other dignitaries. The event...
St. Lucia Confer The Title Of Knight Commander On Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
The Government of Saint Lucia is pleased to announce that, the Governor General has conferred the title of Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia (KCOSL) upon H. E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Congolese Army Destroys Plane Rebels Claim Was Carrying Aid
The Congolese government says it targeted an aircraft which rebels claim was delivering food aid before it was blown up in the district of Minembwe, close to the country’s borders with Rwanda and Burundi. It is the latest violent incident in the region since a ceasefire deal was signed in Washington last Friday. The army claims it tracked the plane using radar, found it had entered Congolese airspace without legal permission and bore no identification number – giving the force no choice but to take “appropriate measures”. But rebels allied to the M23 group, which has seized large parts of...
Chief Owolabi Salis, Becomes the First Nigerian in Space!
On June 29, 2025, Chief Owolabi Salis soared past the Kármán line aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-33 mission — officially becoming the first Nigerian to travel into space.
St. Lucia Confer The Title Of Knight Commander On Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
The Government of Saint Lucia is pleased to announce that, the Governor General has conferred the title of Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia (KCOSL) upon H. E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
BREAKING NEWS Chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA, Muibi Alade Folawiyo has been arrested by the ICPC for gross corruption
BREAKING NEWSChairman of Lagos Island East LCDA, Muibi Alade Folawiyo has been arrested by the ICPC for gross corruption, massive stealing, diversion of public funds for personal benefits, non adherence to due process among other reasons.He was arrested at the Council Secretariat on 42 Broad street, Lagos after failing to honour repeated invitations sent and acknowledged by him.He is in their custody.
BREAKING: Atiku, former Senate President David Mark, Secondus, Lamido, and other PDP leaders are currently holding a high-level, closed-door critical meeting in Abuja.
The meeting, which is being held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel is focused on determining whether the PDP leaders will fully integrate into the proposed 2027 coalition party or maintain their positions within the party while forming an electoral alliance. In addition to Atiku and Lamido, other PDP stalwarts present at the meeting include a former PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, ex-Governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), and Sam Egwu (Ebonyi). Other PDP figures in attendance include Senator Ben Obi, former PDP National Women Leader Josephine Anenih, former National Organising Secretary Senator Austin Akobundu, ex-National...