Anxiety as Code of Conduct probes NDDC Effiong Akwa for alleged breach, living above means
There is a pall of anxiety in the office of the Interim Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Effiong Akwa, as the Code of Conduct Bureau,…
Bitcoin Hits Record High Above $43,000 After Tesla Investment
Bitcoin hit a record-high above $43,000 on Monday after electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency. Bitcoin hit $43,725.51 around 1300 GMT, before cooling slightly to $42,352….
Alleged N702m fraud: Okupe is upright, I never laundered any money for him – witness tells court
Rep. Bamidele Salam, a defence witness (DW4), on Monday, said Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, does not have a personal…
SGBV: NHRC panel begins sittings on 119 cases in 7 states, Abuja
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday said its panel had commenced sittings on 119 sexual and gender-based violence in seven states and Abuja. The NHRC Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, made…
NHRC panel orders police to produce victim of “enforced disappearance” unfailingly by Feb. 24
The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by defunct Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) on Monday ordered the Police to produce Morris Ashwe, a victim of alleged “enforced disappearance”…
Ikorodu Bois, Emmanuella nominated for Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2021
Nigerian super kids, popularly called Ikorodu Bois, known for remaking movies and music videos have been nominated for the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2021 under the favorite African social media…
LASG SEALED 103 HEALTH FACILITIES IN 2020
The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, has disclosed that a total of 103 health facilities across the State were sealed in the year 2020 for non-compliance with regulatory…
Court remands 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling 4 year old girl
A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Monday, ordered that a 40-year-old man, Raphael Terlumun, who allegedly defiled a four-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Terlumun…
South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine after shots fail against new variant
South Africa halted Monday’s planned rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccinations after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant, stoking fears of a much longer cat-and-mouse…
World shares reach record high as oil tops $60pb
World shares hit a record high on Monday and oil surpassed $60 a barrel for the first time in a year, on hopes that a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package…