THE United States is sending Special Forces troops back to Chad, nearly five months after they left at the country’s request. This comes as part of renewed efforts to tackle the escalating militant threat in West Africa, particularly from Boko…
GHANA’S Electoral Commission has approved 13 candidates for the upcoming 2024 presidential election, including Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Dramani Mahama. The West African nation will head to the polls on December 7 to elect a…
A BRITISH businessman, Michael Lomas, has been extradited from the UK to South Africa to face charges of fraud and corruption related to his work as a contractor for Eskom, the country’s troubled power utility. Lomas is accused of…
… calls for residents’ involvement in cleanup activities THE Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has scaled up operational activities to tackle the challenge of marine waste along the Lagos coastline, in commemoration of this year’s World Cleanup Day, with the…
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been deployed to all local government areas in Edo State to tackle voters’ inducement in the Saturday, September 21, 2024 governorship elections Commenting on this, Executive Chairman of the Economic…
I have just read a most sensational story about the EFCC saying it is still looking for Bello with a view to arraigning him next Thursday. This afterthought step is most unprofessional for God’s sake. I want to believe that…
…… As CP Yusufu calls for calm By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri Some aggrieved and displaced flood victims around Baga road in Maiduguri, Borno state took to the streets protesting for lack of food and other relief items. Recalled that the…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri SENATOR Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady and wife of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated N500m to support Borno flood victims. During a condolence visit to Maiduguri Government House on Wednesday, Mrs. Tinubu who was represented by…
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has declared the sale and alienation of assets, as well stocks of a limited liability company, Kay Nath Nigeria Limited, by an old generation bank illegal, null and void. The judge,…
THE federal government is expected to receive a new loan from the World Bank, totalling $1.5 billion. According to the Washington-based financial institution’s project list, the loan is set to be approved on September 26. The $1.5 billion will be…
