Wadume, 2 Others Sentenced to 7 Years Imprisonment
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (alias Wadume) and two others convicted to seven years imprisonment. The…
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Africa & World
Kenya Elections: Results To Be Announced Soon
Kenyans are moving closer to learning the outcome of their closely-fought presidential elections after days of anxious waiting. Kenyans voted on Tuesday last week in six…
Politics
Afenifere Group Endorses Peter Obi For 2023 Presidency
Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere Renewal Group, have expressed their support for Peter Obi in the upcoming 2023 general election. The Afenifere group has been in existence…
Politics
El-Rufai Mocks Igbos, Says 2 million March For Peter Obi in Kaduna Impossible
Former FCT minister and sitting governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has gone on social media to openly abuse Igbo people and mock a…
CORRUPTION: Termites Eat Up Documents On N17.158B Expenditure of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)
The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) has put the current and past management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) under scrutiny. The committee said…
7 Years After, Deployment of IPPIS, GIFMIS, TSA, didn’t follow Nigeria’s law – Pantami
The latest revelations about the challenges with the IPPIS by the minister has been described as a vindication of ASUU’s position on the payment system. The…
Opinion
Tinubu And Obi Will Either Affirm Or Destroy These Two Theories In 2023
Farooq Kperogi TWO certainties have underpinned voting behavior in Nigeria, which APC’s Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Labour Party’s Mr. Peter Obi will either uphold or…
Opinion
Allowing criticisms of government is overdue in Nigeria
Tonnie Iredia Unlike today’s fresh journalists, those of us who joined the profession in the early 70s had golden opportunities of attending professional training courses outside…
Sports
France Football Snubs Lionel Messi In 2022 Ballon d’Or Shortlist
For the first time since 2005, Seven time Balon d’or winner Lionel Messi was not among the 30 players shortlisted in 2022 Ballon d’or. The Ballon…
Business
Microsoft To Partner With Nigeria In Digital Identification For Development Project
American multinational technology company, Microsoft Corporation says it is willing to partner the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project in the areas of capacity development…