Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Mike Adenuga, and Abdulsamad Rabiu have been named in the 2025 Forbes billionaires list, released on Saturday, March 29. The four businessmen are the only Nigerians to feature on the prestigious lineup, with Dangote leading the continent’s wealthiest individuals. Dangote, the owner of Dangote Refinery, has seen a significant…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or impose a fine of N100,000 on them if they fail to vote…
Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner was recently hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia. His spokesperson Phillip Evans, in a statement on Tuesday, said Turner “is recuperating at a rehab facility and expects a full recovery. While he was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia in 2018 and despite health challenges it presents, Ted continues to remain resilient and engaged…
A South African policewoman, found guilty of k!lling her police officer husband and a family friend has been sentenced to double life imprisonment. Ntombizodwa Ntinga was sentenced in the Mtubatuba High Court on Friday for the m8rder of her husband, Warrant Officer Nkosinathi Ntinga,49, and their family friend, Mpendulo Mdluli, 34, a SAPS Administrative…
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to an effective 12 years in prison after being convicted of r@ping three young boys multiple times between 2021 and his arrest. The Calvinia Regional Court handed down the ruling this weekend, marking the end of a harrowing case that shocked the small Northern Cape community. …
