Knife attack: Man stabs six children in French town
Seven people, including six children, have been injured in a mass stabbing in the town of Annecy in the French Alps on Thursday, security sources told AFP. A man armed with a knife attacked a group of children aged around three years old as they played in a park near the lake in the town […]
10th National Assembly to be inaugurated Tuesday
The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This is according to an announcement, signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. According to the announcement, senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives are to visit the Senate conference room 231 and the […]
Fish out UI lecturer killers, ASUU urges Tinubu, IGP
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Oyo State, on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu as well as the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to fish out the killers of Opeyemi Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry Development at the institution. The PUNCH had reported that Ajewole was […]
The United States has best first quarter in history for total solar panels installed
The U.S. solar industry installed 6.1 GW of solar capacity and had its best first quarter in history, according to the “US Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report” released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. The record quarter was driven in large part by supply chain challenges abating and delayed… […]
Rivers, not Christian state, Asari Dokubo replies Gov Fubara
A former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has disagreed with the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, on his remarks that Rivers is a Christian state. In a tweet immediately after his inauguration on May 29, 2023, the governor stated that the state would stay strong in its Christian values. However, responding on Facebook Live, […]
WhatsApp unveils Channels feature for broadcast messages
WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations to try a new feature called “Channels” that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service. The debut comes as an array of agencies and organisations grow disenchanted with Elon Musk-owned Twitter in the face of fees, performance problems, and dramatically scaled-back content moderation. Meta […]
Lagos commercial bus drivers back subsidy removal
In the face of the recent uproar over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, commercial bus drivers in Lagos State have backed the move. The drivers, under the auspices of the Lagos State Parks and Garages, gave this support in their meeting on Wednesday. Alhaji Sulaimon Ojora, Deputy Chairman, LSPG, commended the […]
WNBA fixtures 2023
Featuring 12 teams, the WNBA is the biggest women’s basketball league in the world. Founded in 1996 and first played a year later, the WNBA operates on a 40-game regular season schedule for each team followed by an eight-team Playoffs. Each season’s champion is decided by a WNBA Finals series. The Houston Comets, Minnesota Lynx […]
Senate presidency: Yari, Kalu’s leadership will be reliable, Northern leader tells Tinubu
A Northern leader, Dr Bashir Lamido, has said it will be easier for former Zamfara and Abia governors, Abdulaziz Yari and Orji Uzor Kalu, to win the Senate leadership election, saying the president, Bola Tinubu, would have a reliable National Assembly under their leadership. According to him, both lawmakers complement each other and would help […]
Sina Rambo’s wife Heidi confirms divorce, to gift out wedding rings
Heidi Korth, the estranged wife of Adesina Adeleke, popularly called Sina Rambo, the son of Osun State governor, Ademola, has promised to give out her diamond wedding rings. Korth revealed this in a video posted on her Instagram page while confirming her divorce from Sina Rambo on Wednesday night. In the video, she flaunted the […]