James Earl Jones, the actor whose rich baritone provided the voice for “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, has died, his representatives said Monday. He was 93. Jones, who also voiced King Mustapha in Disney’s animated feature “The Lion King” had a prolific and varied career over six decades. More details later… AFP All rights reserved. This…
Apple’s most important launch event will take place on Monday, September 9 at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. This is one of the company’s biggest annual showcases, where it will unveil the iPhone 16 lineup alongside significant updates to its popular AirPods and Apple Watch ranges. Apple is also expected to introduce “Apple Intelligence,” a…
President Bola Tinubu is on the verge of a significant cabinet reshuffle this week, a move aimed at revitalizing his administration with new perspectives and energies. A high-ranking source close to the presidency disclosed to the Sunday Tribune that this decision is intended to address the stagnant performance issues that have marred the current cabinet’s…
About four vehicles were, on Saturday, burnt while some people sustained varying degrees of injuries as petrol loaded trucks caught fire on Ibadan-Ife expressway. The affected vehicles, according to the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services, Yemi Akinyinka, were the petrol-loaded truck, an 18-passenger bus, another middle-size truck, and a Micra taxi. Akinyinka…
Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested 18-year-old Kingdom Paul for the alleged murder of a 38-year-old woman, Victory Oro, in Benin. The incident occurred last Thursday in a local lodge where Paul and Oro had gone to have sex following a negotiated arrangement. The teenager was among suspected criminals paraded at the police…
The Presidency on Saturday said it has received the memo from the Spokesman for the President, Ajuri Ngelale, to proceeded on an indefinite leave of absence due to personal and health-related reasons. This was disclosed in a statement shared on the X handle of the Presidency, @NGRPresident, and that of the Nigerian Television Authority, @NTANewsNow,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, did not resign as an aide to the president to address a “vexatious medical situation” in his family as he claimed. According to the Foundation of Investigative Journalism (FIJ), sources revealed that he was dismissed by the presidency, but was given the opportunity to…
The wife of the Edo State Governor, Betsy Obaseki, on Saturday, urged childless women not to see themselves as barren but as fruitful, potential, and proud mothers of children that would come in God’s time. Obaseki, accompanied by Mrs Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, the wife of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, shared these comforting words during…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has urged the electorate not to vote for “so-called home boys who have become bad children despite growing up in their father’s house.” He stated this at the Peoples Democratic Party campaign in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has accepted the request of Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, indefinite leave request. Naija News reports that Ngelale, in a statement on Saturday, announced an indefinite leave of absence. He proceeded on the leave to attend to pressing medical matters affecting his immediate family. In…