Senate Swears in Smart Adeyemi to replace Dino Melaye
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has swore-in Senator Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyemi is replacing Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who lost the…
SERAP obtains landmark judgment from the federal high court ordering FG to recover life pensions collected by Saraki, Akpabio, others
Former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly may have to refund money they have collected as Pensions since leaving office as state chief executives. This…
FG Launches Revised National Security Strategy
As part of efforts to refocus the nation’s security architecture to address emerging threats across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the revised national security strategy for the…
OPEC gearing up for deeper oil cuts, Russia yet to agree
OPEC is gearing up to deepen production cuts later this week but still needs to agree with allies such as Russia over details of a deal to support oil prices…
WHO says half the world’s population still at risk of contracting malaria
Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 – mostly children in Africa – because the fight against the mosquito-borne disease has stalled, the World…
Privacy concerns pushing people to change online behaviour, poll shows
Privacy concerns are pushing people to change their behavior online, according to an international poll published on Wednesday that found one in three avoid specific search terms or web pages…
Henry Okah challenges his prosecution, trial in South Africa
Henry Okah Convicted leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah on Tuesday appeared before a High Court in Pretoria, South Africa. Okah…
DSS uncovers plots of a nationwide protest planned to ‘destabilize Nigeria’, warns plotters
The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned groups planning to stage protests and promote violence nationwide, to desist from the plots it believes will destabilize the country. The DSS…
19-year-old convicted for capital market fraud, to serve 1 year jail term
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, in a notice on Tuesday that a 19-year-old man, Damilola Balogun, has been convicted over a capital market fraud. According to the notice by…
Former Kwara Lawmaker arrested over alleged car theft
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Councillor of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara, Samuel Adeojo, over alleged car theft. Spokesperson of the commission, Mr…