People & Places - Page 15

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, on his 68th birthday. According to a statement issued by the  Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu noted that Alake has been his long-time ally,

Diddy charged with sex trafficking, racketeering After Combs was arrested based on the sealed indictment, the indictment was unsealed on Sept. 17. The 54-year-old was charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; as well as transportation to engage in prostitution,

The Taraba Government on Friday unveiled the renamed and remodelled Taraba Government House as T.Y. Danjuma House. Alhaji Aminu Alkali, the Deputy Governor and Chairman, organising committee, said that the decision was to appreciate Danjuma for his uncommon contributions to the

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has appealed to the people of the state not to allow socio-cultural, religious and political sentiments to define their relationships with one another and loyalty to the state. Speaking at a reception in honor of Barrister

About 150 people have so far been rescued from the Independence Day boat mishap in which a wooden boat carrying over 300 people, mostly women and children Friday (September 28) capsized at Gbajibo community in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.

A week after a wild hippopotamus attacked and killed a fisherman at Yauri River bank in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State, another fisherman, Alhaji Dan Ya’u from Tunga Dan Ya’u has been savagely attacked by the animal at the same

A 46-year-old akara (bean cake) seller in Anambra State, Christopher Nwali, popularly known as Uyaka or Nwoke Akara Na Out, over the weekend escaped lynching by whiskers following rumours that he was dead and suddenly reappeared to resume his business. Narrating