THE Nigerian Aviation Handling Company PLC has rewarded a staff member of the company, Mr Auwal Dankode, who found and returned $10,000 while cleaning an aircraft in Kano. According to a statement on Saturday, Kano-born Dankode was hosted at…
Protesters involved in the #EndBadGovernance movement are set to go on trial today in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Borno. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, Dasuki Galadanchi, disclosed this at the just-ended Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).…
Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has demanded an investigation into the alleged “importation scam” surrounding petrol in Nigeria. During an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program, Falana emphasized the need to probe the ongoing issues related to fuel…
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is reportedly shelving its long-standing plan to establish a single currency, known as the ECO, after years of struggling to actualize the initiative. This development was disclosed by Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Junior,…
Tunde Onakoya, the holder of Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game, has announced plans to organise a chess tournament for children in displaced persons camps in Maiduguri. Onakoya made this known in Maiduguri while rounding off his…
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch ‘B’ stream II corps members deployed to Katsina State have undergone a one-day sensitisation programme on basic financial literacy training. The programme, held on Sunday at the NYSC orientation camp along Mani Road,…
NOT many Edo people would know that Mrs Betsy Obaseki is herself roundly qualified to be a State Governor herself! And this is because of the unobtrusive, unassuming lifestyle and wise manners of this Edo Queen of Queens! Mrs…
WHEN Kenyan influencer Elsa Majimbo took to TikTok earlier this month, she ignited a fiery debate by addressing a topic many Africans are all too familiar with—sending money back home to support extended family. In her now-deleted video, the…
THIS week, African leaders are gathering in Beijing, China, to secure funding for critical infrastructure projects as they navigate the intensifying global competition for influence and resources on the continent. The China-Africa forum, touted as Beijing’s largest diplomatic event…
EMIRATES, the world’s largest international airline, made history in South Africa with a stunning low-level flypast of its iconic A380 aircraft over Johannesburg’s Emirates Airline Park. The event, which coincided with the highly anticipated Springboks vs. All Blacks rugby…
