President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Mr. Gbenga Alade was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AMCON. Alade succeeds Ahmed Kuru, who assumed office in August 2015. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced the appointments in a statement he signed on Thursday, Feb. 22. Tinubu also appointed the three other executive directors, pending their confirmation by the …
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A three-storey building collapsed at Ita Faaji Market in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State during a downpour. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the building collapsed around 10.15 am on Thursday, February 22, 2024. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency responded to the scene of the incident and conducted a thorough assessment. He said it was observed that the structure collapsed on its own without external factors. The …
Taliban authorities have publicly executed two men convicted of murder by machine-gunning them through the back in front of a crowd of spectators. The murderers were on Thursday, February 22, executed by multiple gunshots to the back in Ghazni city after Supreme Court official Atiqullah Darwish read aloud a death warrant signed by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. ‘These two people were convicted of the crime of murder… after two years of trial in the courts of the country, the order …
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange’s fight to evade extradition from Britain to the United States might be coming to an end soon, after years of legal challenges. London’s High Court is considering whether the Australia-born activist and whistleblower can further appeal his extradition within the British court system. A hearing took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the judges are expected to make their decision at a later date possibly weeks, even months later. Two …
Bobbi Althoff, an American podcaster and influencer known for her viral interviews with Drake, Lil Yachty, Offset and other celebrities has said that a masturbation video of her which went viral online is fake. The clip has been floating around online for the past few days and what appears to be Bobbi’s face was superimposed onto a woman who’s masturbating on a bed, all in front of a camera. She posted a screengrab of her name trending on …
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, in the custody of the State Criminal and Investigative Department for allegedly brutalizing her 11-year-old house help. Mrs Okafor who resides at Chris Igwilo Street Akakpa GRA, 3-3 Onitsha, of Anambra State, was arraigned before the court on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, on a two count charge, mainly, willfully infliction of physical injuries on the body of one Happiness Nwafor, …