The Paris region has stripped a French journalist and anti-Islamism activist of an award after she shared a controversial post comparing Israel’s bombardment of Gaza to the Holocaust. El Rhazoui was stripped of the award after a social media post on Gaza (JOEL SAGET) Zineb El Rhazoui was in 2019 awarded the Simone Veil prize, named after the French Holocaust survivor and trailblazing feminist politician, for her work “defending secularism, fighting against all forms of obscurantism and for equality between women and men”. The Moroccan-born writer and television commentator on Saturday reposted a statement on X, formerly Twitter, appearing to…
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Surayyah Ahmad Sani (left) and Sanusi Ismaila Interview with Sanusi Ismaila and Surayyah Ahmad SaniCO-FOUNDERS, ADUNA CAPITAL Northern Nigeria, a predominantly Muslim region, is home to about half of Nigeria’s total population. However, it garners just a fraction of the country’s startup funding. Estimates suggest 85% of venture capital funding is allocated to startups in Lagos, located in the southwest. Sanusi Ismaila and Surayyah Ahmad Sani have co-founded Aduna Capital, which has recently announced the launch of its first fund. This $20 million fund aims to co-invest with other venture capital entities, primarily focusing on northern Nigeria. Sanusi Ismaila is the…
The All Progressives Congress in Osun state has called on the State Government to come clean on the whereabouts and health status of Governor Ademola Adeleke. According to the opposition party, the governor has been conspicuously absent from the state for 31 days. The party alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration has been holding back information on the governor’s mission outside the country. The APC Chairman in the state, Tajudeen Lawal in a statement issued by the party’s Media Director, Kola Olabisi on Monday said the manner the governor’s media minders handle his whereabouts is enough to show that…
The Adamawa State Government has inaugurated the administrators for 50 development areas created by the government. The administrators to head the 50 development areas carved out of the existing 21 local government areas of the state were sworn in on Monday at a ceremony in Yola, the state capital. Deputy Governor, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, supervised the swearing-in ceremony on behalf of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who was away in Maiduguri, Borno State, to be part of the party to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was on an official visit to the state. Prof. Farauta, who presented Fintiri’s speech, said the…
A National Assembly joint committee on Monday revealed the names of road contractors who allegedly failed to complete or start work after collecting money from government. The revelation was made during the budget defence for 2024 by the Federal Ministry of Works when the Minister of Works and former governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, led top officials of the ministry to appear before the Joint House of Representatives and Senate Committee on Works for the budget defence. In his opening address, the minister explained that the defunct Federal Ministry of Works and Housing was allocated the sum of N534.4…
There are indications that, after a week of the occupation of the Belegete borderline community next to Cameroon by separatist rebels called Ambazonia fighters, Nigerian troops cannot access the difficult topography of Belegete to save Nigerians who were being raped, wounded, killed and abducted. The soldiers are said to have rather stopped at the nearby Obudu Mountain Resort, where they have camped for the past two days. The authorities are said to be thinking about using helicopters to drop the soldiers with the aid of parachutes, according to sources close to the army. Meanwhile, a House of Representatives member representing…
Three people who murdered Shakira Spencer in the most savage and inhumane manner were on Monday convicted at the Old Bailey Court, United Kingdom. The three convicts Ashana Studholme, 38 of Greenhill Road, Harrow; Shaun Pendlebury, 26 of Tewkesbury Road, Ealing; and Lisa Richardson, 44 of Broomcroft Avenue, Ealing, were found guilty of the murder and of preventing the lawful burial of Shakira Spencer at the Old Bailey, following a trial lasting 12 weeks. According to the Metropolitan Police, the trio were convicted after detectives pieced together a wealth of evidence to prove that they tormented, tortured, starved, burnt and…
President Bola Tinubu has again invited the Ondo State deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon Olamide Oladiji, and other stakeholders to another meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Vanguard, it was gathered that the meeting was scheduled to take place today (Monday). The latest invitation may not be unconnected with the festering political crisis in the state. A reliable source told Vanguard in Akure that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Princess Oladunni Odu, and the state Chairman of the party, Ade Adetimehin, were equally invited by the President.…
The Anambra State Police Command has officially confirmed the brutal killing of local vigilante operatives at the Porsche nightclub in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area. The incident unfolded on Sunday night, sending shockwaves through the community. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson for the state police command, revealed to journalists in Awka on Monday that the police were alerted to the situation, responding promptly. However, the assailants had already fled the scene by the time law enforcement arrived. Ikenga stated, “Yes, the incident happened. Our men were alerted, and they quickly moved to the scene of the incident, but the…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says plans are underway to close Utako Market, one of the largest markets in Utako District, Abuja, over poor sanitation. The director of development control, FCTA, Mukhtar Galadima, raised the alarm in Abuja on Monday over what he described as “safety concerns and poor sanitation” to avert the advent of an epidemic. Mr Galadima said the deteriorating sanitation in the market, managed by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), was disturbing. According to him, the market has become a time bomb for disaster waiting to happen, stressing the urgent need to clean up the…