Author: Alade Adisa

Police have recorded 504 cases of child sexual abuse in UK high street hotel chains in 2023, according to data shared exclusively with BBC News. Of these, 92% (464 cases) involved physical contact with a child, and 40% (203 cases) were classified as rape. The data, provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), reveals that most incidents occurred in budget hotel chains, often located near transport hubs like train stations and motorways. These areas make it easier for perpetrators to meet victims. While offences in hotels accounted for less than 1% of all recorded child sexual abuse and exploitation…

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja from Tanzania where he participated in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital city. Tinubu left Nigeria for the East African country on Sunday for the two-day summit. He arrived Nigeria aboard the presidential aircraft, which touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at approximately 7:40 PM. The president was received by top government officials including the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila among others. The two-day summit is being hosted…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the World Bank Group, pledged $40 billion on Tuesday to achieve the “Mission 300” initiative. The Mission 300 initiative, projected for 2030, is a collaborative effort between the AfDB and the World Bank to address the global energy accessibility gap, where nearly 600 million people lack electricity. The World Bank emphasized that the mission’s success depends solely on private sector investment. Speaking at the 2025 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina noted that 45.2 per cent of the financial commitment, totaling $18.2bn, would come from AfDB.…

Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has denied rumours suggesting that he is planning to decamp from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister spoke at the recently concluded National Conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Dismissing the speculation, El-Rufai emphasized his commitment to the party, explaining that his criticisms of the APC were aimed at pushing for accountability and ensuring the party remains on the right path.“I am not leaving the APC. I don’t have such plans,” he said. Asked further why he was hard on the party, he said: “No, no, no,…

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu has sued the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi for N20 billion over allegations of libel. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor filed the suit on behalf of the IPoB leader at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday. According to the suit, Kanu accused the police image maker of defaming and portraying him as a terrorist leader following media publications of a press statement issued by Adejobi on January 25 where he described IPOB as “a proscribed terrorist…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has stated that the judiciary is the biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The former vice president spoke as a panellist at a national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria, organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), the Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), and the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Abuja on Monday. Atiku was among the discussants in the paper titled “Party…

The United States government has suspended funding for HIV treatment in Nigeria and other developing nations following an executive order by President Donald Trump. the administration moved on Tuesday to stop the distribution of drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The U.S. is the largest single donor of aid globally, disbursing $72 billion in 2023. The directive, which was signed on his first day in office, but took effect on Tuesday (today) instructed all government agencies managing foreign development aid…

In Britain, the summer of 2012 — when London hosted the Olympic Games with a stunning opening ceremony — is a beacon of nostalgia. In November of that year, Elon Musk visited the country on a business trip, where he rode a bike around the capital. “I met with many interesting people,” he later wrote on Twitter. “I really like Britain!” His views, to put it mildly, have evolved. Since last summer, when the Labour Party won a landslide majority, ending 14 years of Conservative government, Mr. Musk has accused Britain of going “full Stalin,” being a “tyrannical police state” and sliding toward an…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State @jidesanwoolu has bagged the ”Governor of the Year” and the “Game Changer Award” organized by the @THISDAYLIVE Newspaper and @ARISEtv. The award presentation was done during the 30th anniversary of ThisDay and 12th anniversary of Arise TV last night in Lagos on Monday. Governor Sanwo-Olu thanked the organizers for the award and promised to continue to work harder and better for Lagosians more than ever before. Here are some photos from the event.

Hours ahead of the reinauguration of Donald Trump as US president last week, Goldman Sachs hosted its annual investment summit in its London office, and one big so-called Trump trade kept on cropping up: the dollar. The new US president’s economic policy platform remains tough to parse or predict in any kind of detail. But investors, especially speculative hedge funds, have been pretty settled on the idea that Trump means a strong buck — the result of American exceptionalism, stubborn inflation, or both. For many clients it is, as one of the bank’s most senior traders outlined to the assembled…