School bus driver gets life sentence for defiling 3-year-old girl
July 9, 2024 A school bus driver, Michael Mowete, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment to spend for defiling a three-year old girl ( name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi…
ECOWAS decries lack of progress with junta states
July 9, 2024 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it was disappointed with a lack of progress in reconciling with breakaway, junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger…
SAMOA agreement had no provision for LGBT, gay rights, says NBA President
July 9, 2024 President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), on Tuesday said there was no provision in the SAMOA Agreement that required Nigeria to accept…
Migration: UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border
July 9, 2024 The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border,…
Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP within World Bank/IMF ceiling – DMO
July 9, 2024 The Debt Management Office (DMO), says Nigeria’s debt-to- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio is within the specifications of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) for…
90th Birthday: First Bank to honour Soyinka with ‘The Noble Warrior’
”The Noble Warrior,” a theatrical performance of Eni Ogun has been listed as part of the birthday celebrations and activities in honour Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka at 90. Announcing…
Understanding the Tinubu tax reforms, by Dapo Okubanjo
It is slightly more than one year into the President Bola Tinubu administration and like many other countries across the world, Nigeria is going through a cost of living crisis….
Wanted drug baron arrested in village mansion as NDLEA recovers meth, precursors, guns
July 9, 2024 – Raids Imo, Port Harcourt operational bases, nabs associate A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’…
Hardship: Man rescued from attempting suicide in Abuja says it’s on behalf of Nigerians
July 9, 2024 The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD), on Monday prevented one Shuaibu Yusha’u from committing suicide. Yusha’u, 24, climbed a 120-meter mast at the top of…
Huawei honours TD Africa with multiple awards in South Africa
The multiple award winning, Africa’s number one distributor of cutting – edge technology solutions, TD Africa Limited, once again took the centre stage as it was decorated with multiple awards…