This is indeed not the best times for embattled American music mogul, Sean Combs, popularly addressed as Diddy, as he has been fingered in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Bad Boys Records boss is accused of paying $1 million for Shakur’s assassination by suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested for the murder last year, in new court documents, according to the U.S. Sun. In the papers filed on Thursday, 18 July, 2024, Diddy is named 77 times by his various pseudonyms: Puffy, Puff Daddy, Puff and his government name, Sean Combs. “Defendant [Keefe] has asserted publicly…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
An estimated 1.3 million people became infected with HIV in 2023, three times more than the target of fewer than 370,000 by 2025. While there has been marked progress in sub-Saharan Africa, for the first time, in 2023 more than half of the new HIV infections occurred outside of sub-Saharan Africa, a report released on Wednesday said. The report by the Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GBC), said the rising new HIV infections are evident in several countries, particularly in countries where key populations including men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people and people who use drugs, are…
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have launched the second phase of its education programme – “Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS),” to build the capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi who spoke at the launch of the Programme in Abuja, explained that the second phase of the programme which focuses on teachers, complements the first phase, Education and Youth Empowerment in North Western Nigeria, launched in 2023. According to Isopi, the funding for both phases amounts to €45.4 million, under the Global…
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has demanded transparency and an investigation into allegations of importing and foisting ‘dirty’ fuels on Nigerians. HOMEF, in a statement on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024, advocated this in reaction to the feud between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and Dangote Refineries, noting that the NNPCL’s inability to refine petroleum products has been an enormous shame and embarrassment to the nation. The statement said over the decades, NNPCL’s poor performance has forced Nigeria into the vice grip of forces of exploitation of colonial proportions, making her the largest exporter of crude oil and,…
The World is at the risk of not achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 and Zero Hunger by 2030. The annual report, launched this year in the context of the G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task Force Ministerial Meeting in Brazil, issued by five United Nations (UN) agencies has warned. The report which showed that the world has been set back 15 years, with levels of undernourishment comparable to those in 2008-2009, disclosed that around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been asked to be cautious how it approaches the proposed prosecution of heinous crime committed in The Gambia during the tenure of former President Yahya Jammeh. The advice was given by the representative of Liberia at the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Taa Wongbe. He made gave the advice at the sidelines of the recently concluded ECOWAS Parliamentary session, while speaking to newsmen on his perspective on the issue. He said the call for facilitating the setting up of a special tribunal in The Gambia by the ECOWAS heads of state for the…
A total of 158 Nigerian irregular migrants have again been repatriated from Libya, the Charge’ d’ Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya, Amb. Mohammed Mohammed has revealed The envoy, in a release made available to journalists on Wednesday, disclosed that the repatriation exercise was carried out by the Mission in collaboration with the Libyan authorities and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) under the organisation’s Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR). The release further stated that the evacuees departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli, aboard chartered flight no: – UZ 189 at 1500hrs local time and arrived at the Murtala Muhammed…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has advised that to expand the food sufficiency drive in Nigeria and make it sustainable, initiatives in the agricultural sector must be set up to encourage children and youth to become young farmers. Senator Oluremi Tinubu stated this when she received the Management team of the National Agricultural Development Fund, (NADFUND) who were in her office to explore areas of collaboration. She noted that the unavailability of farming land due to urbanization should not be a hindrance, as people can engage in smart gardening. “We have a lot to show our youth…
The Oyo State Government has said that the time has come to address the menace of illegal mining in the State, as these unlawful activities have gone unchecked. The government said illegal mining has caused untold damage to the environment and hasjeopardized the health and livelihoods of its people. This disclosure was made today by the Director General, Oyo State Mineral Development Agency (OYSMIDA), Engr. Abiodun Oni, during a stakeholders’ sensitization and consultative forum held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi Ibadan. According to him, “this administration will no longer tolerate any form of illegal mining in the State…
Youths of Delta Central Senatorial District under the aegis of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, (Youth Wing, Worldwide) have denounced the proposed nationwide protest over hardship in the country. In a communique signed by the National President, “Osu re Ighele”, Activist Blessed Ughere on Wednesday, said Urhobo youths would not be party to the proposed protest. The communique read: “Given the current security challenges affecting Delta Central (Urhobo Nation) and Urhobos in other parts of Delta State, we firmly believe that engaging in protests now would be counterproductive. “Therefore, we categorically state that we will not support any form of protest…