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A French investigating judge has ordered cinema icon Gerard Depardieu to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018, sources close to the case and a lawyer said Tuesday. The decision came after a Paris court handed Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence in a separate case in May after […]

  An auto crash at Idi-Iroko inward Ogolonto axis of Ikorodu Road has claimed the life of one person, leaving two others injured.  The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Taofiq Adebayo, said the accident occurred when a fully loaded commercial […]

  The Federal Government says several Nigerian diplomatic and consular missions abroad are facing financial and operational challenges, ranging from unpaid staff salaries to mounting debts owed to landlords and service providers. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He acknowledged that the difficulties have hindered […]

  Britain’s government announced Monday it was suspending a scheme enabling families of refugees already in the UK to apply to join their relatives, as it tries to reduce irregular immigration. Labour is struggling to stop record numbers of undocumented migrants arriving in the country by small boat, which is fuelling a bitter national debate […]

  The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact “hundreds of thousands”, and warned of an “exponential” rise in casualties. “We think potentially the impacted individuals would go up to almost into the hundreds of thousands,” Indrika Ratwatte, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan, […]

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on Tuesday said 12 people were injured out of the 583 passengers on board the Asham train that derailed in Abuja. The Director General of the NSIB, Captain Alex Badeh, disclosed this while giving updates on the ongoing investigation. He explained that an Investigator-in-Charge (IIC) has been appointed […]

  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has attributed the recent increase in diaspora remittances to the economic reforms of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the trust and confidence Nigerians in diaspora have in the system. In a statement issued by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja […]

  Manchester City confirmed the signing of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday after selling the long-serving Ederson to Fenerbahce. Donnarumma, 26, has penned a five-year deal at the Etihad for a reported fee of £26 million ($35 million). Donnarumma, who will wear the 99 shirt, was an integral part of the […]

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that President Bola Tinubu will address 80 per cent of the housing problem facing justices in Nigeria. Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of a magistrates’ court in Abuja on Tuesday, also announced that the 50 units of duplexes would be handed over […]

On Sunday, August 31, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per election) as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the premier development finance bank in Africa which effectively began operations in 1964, and more robustly on July 1, […]