Liberian president George Weah is set to honour former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and French coach Claude Le Roy for their role in his footballing career, BBC reports. The decoration ceremony is billed to hold in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia on Friday 24th August. President Weah is the only African to have won both
The US First Lady Melania Trump is set to visit Africa for the first time. According to BBC, Trump in a statement revealed that she will be traveling to the continent to educate herself on issues facing children while working on some humanitarian activities and help in the “development
Senate President Bukola Saraki has replied Bola Tinubu who said he defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because he knew he’d lose his seat in 2019 and he needed automatic ticket. They (Saraki and Aminu Tambuwal) “left the party to return to a motley agglomeration that would promise them what
Oyo state government, at a press conference on Monday, has narrated the events that led to the demolition of Yinka Ayefele‘s Music House, which also houses his radio station Fresh FM, in Ibadan. TheCable reports that Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Physical Planning, Waheed Gbadamosi said that no court order restrained
The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards just wrapped up at the Radio City Music Hall on Monday (August 20) in New York City. Click here for all the red carpet looks. 49-year-old entertainer Jennifer Lopez was the Video Vanguard Award winner this year. After thanking her team and family, JLo
Nigerian governors have said that they are not elected just to pay salaries alone, Abdulaziz Yari This was made known by the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state. Yari spoke to journalists on Wednesday night after their NGF meeting. The governors
Samuel Ogundipe, the Premium Times journalist who has been in police custody since Tuesday has been released, Premium Times is reporting. Ogundipe was arrested by SARS officers and taken to the police headquarters, alongside the editor-in-chief of the news portal. The editor-in-chief was later released. The journalist was
Pakistan has a new leader and he is former Cricket player, Imran Khan. According to BBC, the 65 year old was elected Prime Minister at the country’s national assembly following his party’s grand slide victory during the July elections. Prior to winning the elections, Imran Khan promised
An eyewitness, Mr. Chima Azu, told Saturday Vanguard that the building located along Obafemi Awolowo way in Abuja sank into the ground a few metres before collapsing to the side. He added that five bodies were rescued with two men feared dead. According to him,
Reacting to a video of APC leader, Adams Oshiomhole saying ‘government house should not be occupied by entertainers’, PMAN President, Pretty Okafor has described the politician as a ‘ritualist, viagra drinking faggot’. In his response to the video, Okafor wrote, ‘we can no longer entertain fagots
A Toronto-based married Ghanaian pastor, who was gifted a private jet by his church members two years ago, is involved in a paternity case following allegations that he fathered a child with his former congregant. Martin Kofi Danso, who is the founder of Miracle Arena for All Nations, which
The National Assembly’s joint committees on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have failed to resolve discrepancies in the 2019 election budget. The commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu was, therefore, invited to appear again today to make further clarifications. The Senate INEC committee had on Wednesday raised
In spite of Nigerian government denial on multiple occasions, the United Nations has said that a splinter Boko Haram group that kidnapped the Dapchi girls in February was paid a “large ransom”. The girls were kidnapped from their school on February 18. One of the
American singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin has passed on today at the age of 76. It was reported earlier in the week/month that the singer was gravely ill and surrounded by friends and family. Sadly, she has passed on. An official statement is yet to be released by the
A man who was accused of killing his neighbour and remanded in prison since 2016, has regained freedom. Chidiebere Onwumere, an indigene of Umuagbaghagha in Osisioma LGA of Abia state told Abia Facts Newspaper that him and some of his neighbours had helped the deceased who they