The son of President Tinubu, Olayinka, on Wednesday, April 15, bagged a Masters of Science in International Financial Management from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. A video circulating online captured Seyi Tinubu, assisting his brother, Olayinka, with his graduation gown ahead of the ceremony.
Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has said the club will start signing “ready-made” players and revealed the departure of former head coach Enzo Maresca was “not a change we wanted to make”. Eghbali, the co-founder of Clearlake Capital, which is the majority shareholder in BlueCo, the consortium used to purchase Chelsea and that also owns Ligue…
Russia has issued a stark warning to several locations across Europe, including the UK, claiming they could become military targets over alleged support for Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of Russia’s security council, released a list of 23 sites he said were linked to the production of drones and military equipment for Ukraine. He…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to fresh criminal charges filed against him and several others by the Kwara State Government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The Kwara government had filed a 20-count charge at the High Court in Ilorin on April 9, 2026, linking Saraki, former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, and other individuals to…
A 28-year-old woman from Osizweni in Newcastle, South Africa, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to repeatedly r@ping her eight-year-old biological brother. The woman, whose identity has been withheld to protect the child, was sentenced by the Madadeni Regional Court after admitting to the offences under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 23 suspected cultists and recovered five firearms in a series of coordinated operations across different areas of the state. In a statement issued on Friday, April 17 by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the operations were carried out in Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Okoko, Ilasan, Ogba,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a suspected baby factory in Badagry, Lagos State, rescuing 28 victims in a late-night operation. According to officials, the victims include 18 adults and 10 children, with 17 of the women found to be pregnant and one reported miscarriage case. The individuals are said to…
A French court has handed film director Christophe Ruggia a five-year sentence on appeal for the s3xual assault of actress Adèle Haenel when she was a child, in one of the most prominent cases linked to France’s #MeToo movement. Ruggia, 61, had previously been convicted of assaulting Haenel in the early 2000s when she was…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has announced that the Strait of Hormuz will stay fully open to commercial shipping as long as the ceasefire in the region continues. In a post shared on X, Araghchi stated that cargo vessels are free to pass through the key route during the truce. “The passage for all commercial…
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Friday how operatives Department of State Services (DSS) trailed and apprehended a man who sent several messages to some elite schools in Abuja schools, threatening to kill their students and teachers. An operative of the DSS, Michael Jego, told the court that his agency received petitions…
