The Lagos Assembly has cut the pension of former governors of the state by fifty percent. This followed the approval of the report of the State House of Assembly Committee on Establishment. The House removed the provision of a house in Abuja and Lagos for former governors in the previous law. Also, the number of vehicles to…
Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu has won the silver medal in the women’s sixty-eight-kilogram freestyle wrestling category. Blessing Oborududu lost against USA’s Stock Mensah Tamyra Marianna in the final event at the Tokyo Olympics. Oborodudu’s silver medal is the first for Nigeria in the Olympic wrestling, and also the second medal for Team Nigeria in the Tokyo Games. Team…
Gunmen have hijacked a ship in the Gulf of Oman, and are now sailing the vessel to Iran. Lloyds List Maritime Intelligence confirmed that the ship registered in Panama is used for transporting bitumen. The latest incident comes less than a week after an Israeli-owned oil tanker was attacked by a drone off Oman, with two security…
The governor of New York in the United States, Andrew Cuomo, has been indicted for sexual harassment. The report of an investigation into allegations against Cuomo found that he sexually harassed several women, including employees at his office. The New York Attorney General Letitia James said Cuomo violated state and federal laws. Several women accused Cuomo of…
A Senegalese man has been arrested after he dressed as woman to write exams for his girlfriend. Twenty-two-year-old university student, identified as Khadim Mboup, was caught in the act while writing English language exam. Mboup has been charged in court for exam fraud and identity theft, but he told newsmen that he acted out of love for…
At least twenty-eight dead bodies have been recovered in a river in Sudan, which is close to the border with Ethiopia. The dead bodies, which have gunshot wounds and hands tied behind their backs, are suspected to have come from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where rebels are fighting the government’s army. However; the Ethiopian government has said fake…