Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has officially stepped down as Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, marking the end of a 20-year leadership tenure. The announcement was made during the company’s board meeting, where stakeholders lauded Dangote’s visionary leadership, which transformed the sugar firm into one of the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa and a key player in Nigeria’s industrial ecosystem. His retirement takes effect from June 16, 2025, according to a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Temitope Hassan, on Wednesday. “In line with the principles of good corporate governance and succession planning, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc hereby announces the...
Ohio Court Sentences Married High School Counsellor To Three Years In Prison, Over Sexual Intimacy With A 17-Year-Old Student, Husband Files For Divorce.
43-year-old Emily Nutley battled tears in court while she was to three years in prison for sexual intimacy with a 17-year-old student in Ohio. Nutley was the director of academic services at a private all-boys high school in Cincinnati, where she worked for 18 years. The accused said she had already lost her husband, home, and friends over her disgraceful behavior of having sex in her office with her student at their prestigious Jesuit school in Cincinnati, where she was supposed to help the most at-risk students. The student had come to Nutley for “help and guidance” and got Nutley’s...
Adams Oshiomhole Debunks Late Arrival Allegation And ‘Unruly Conduct’ At Airport, Claims Extortion From Airline Staff
“I got to the airport, I have my ticket, they denied me, somebody went in and ah it’s Oshiomhole, then the senior manager came out and said, ‘Oga, let’s see how I can sort you out.’ I said, ‘No, I don’t want personal favors.’” — Senator Adams Oshiomhole.
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Lagos State Government Names Newly Commission Multi-Story Administrative Building After President Tinubu
The governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday named newly commissioned multi-story administrative building after Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu in a post revealed the building named after the president replaced the old one destroyed during the protest and that his administration despite the rising economic challenges pervading the nation, was still able to commissioned projects in Ibeju-Lekki community. According to the governor: “ I commissioned a new multi-story administrative building, a legislative council chamber, and a standard road, all signs of a resilient community rising after challenging times. “I also broke ground on a housing project, Citrus...
Obi Donates 10 Computers, 3 High Capacity Printers, Solar Powerl, Science Laboratories And Boreholes To Chibok School, Borno State.
The 2023 presidential candidate for Labour Party and former governor of Anambra state Peter Obi in a philanthropic gesture donated 10 laptops, three printers and other equipment to the development of education at Chibok Secondary School in Borno State on Wednesday. Obi was with the leaders of the Community and representatives of the Secondary School that was tragically attacked by Boko Haram in 2014. Upon request from a member of the Obedient Group, Aisha Yesufu, who had asked for two computers and solar to aid learning among the students, the former governor had responded with 10 computers, 3 high capacity...
Oklahoma Prepares To Execute A Man Transferred From Federal Custody By Trump Officials
Oklahoma prepared to execute a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, is set to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Hanson was sentenced to die after he was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping and killing a Tulsa woman in 1999. Hanson, whose name in some federal court records is George John Hanson, had been serving a life sentence in federal prison in Louisiana for several unrelated federal convictions. Federal officials transferred him to Oklahoma custody in March to follow through on President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to more actively support...
UN Refugee Agency Says More Than 122 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide
The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last year and a near-doubling over the last decade. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi nonetheless pointed to some “rays of hope” over the last six months, including the return home of nearly 2 million Syrians as their country tries to recover from more than a decade of civil war. The findings come as the refugee agency released its Global Trends Report on Thursday, which said the number of people driven...
Female Athletes Appeal Landmark NCAA Settlement, Saying It Violates Federal Antidiscrimination Law
Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name, image and likeness. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement last week, clearing the way for direct payments from universities to athletes and the end of the NCAA’s amateurism model. The athletes who appealed the settlement competed in soccer, volleyball and track. They are Kacie Breeding of Vanderbilt; Lexi Drumm, Emma Appleman, Emmie Wannemacher, Riley Hass, Savannah Baron and Elizabeth Arnold of...
‘I Made The Sign Of Victory For Siwar’: Mother’s Relief As Malnourished Gaza Baby Evacuated To Jordan
The cry was frail but I could hear Siwar Ashour even before she was carried out of the coach. It was the cry of a voice that won’t give up, of a child born in this war and who has now, for a while at least, managed to escape it. In person six-month-old Siwar is tinier than any visual image can convey. She weighs 3kg (6.6lb) but should be twice that. Her mother, Najwa, 23, smiled as she described her feelings on crossing into Jordan on Wednesday, when her daughter was evacuated from Gaza with other Palestinian children. The first...