Four people were killed in the central Ivory Coast town of Toumodi on Sunday when a house was set ablaze during election unrest sparked by President Alassane Ouattara’ s run for a third term, residents said . “ During the clashes , several houses … were set on fire . Four people from the same […]
Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Wike , has described the allegation that he ordered the Nigerian Army to kill Igbo people in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state as a politically motivated falsehood . Wike , in a television programme on Monday in Port Harcourt , said a curfew was imposed on Oyigbo […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re- arraigned a former Benue State Governor , Gabriel Suswam, alongside a former Commissioner of Finance , Omodachi Okolobia, on amended charges of money laundering allegations involving about N 3. 1bn of the state government ’ s fund . The re -arraignment followed the amendment of the […]
A mob razed two mosques and destroyed many shops in Nsukka, a town in Enugu state, during the weekend. TheCable gathered that the incident sparked tension in the town which has been without crisis for a long time. Trouble started brewing on Saturday when a tricyclist conveyed a businesswoman simply identified as Aisha to her […]
Mohamed Charfi, the Head of the Algerian National Independent Election Authority, said the amended constitution has been approved with a rate of 66.8 percent vote through a popular referendum on Sunday. Charfi told a news conference on Monday that the total number of voters reached 5.6 million out of 24.4 million eligible voters, which constituted […]
The former Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, sparking speculations he has questions to answer over his tenure. Fowler, who also served one term as the Chief Executive of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, was summoned to the Lagos State […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is presently interrogating a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, over the N 100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm , Alpha Beta Consulting . Fowler, who was also a former Chief Executive Officer , Lagos State Internal Revenue Service , responded […]
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination on Monday , November 2, 2020. Head of the National office , Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1, 549, 740 registered for the examination. Areghan said 1, 338, 348 candidates representing 86. 99 per cent obtained credit […]
The World Trade Organisation’ s effort to select a new director- general next week could be delayed for at least another month because of the rapid spread of COVID – 19 in Switzerland, according to Bloomberg News . On Sunday , Geneva’ s cantonal authorities announced strict new lockdown measures amid a surge in infections […]
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede, says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman for ‘indecent dressing’ and shaved youths for ‘wearing improper hairstyles’. He made this known in a series of tweets on Monday. The PUNCH reports that the soldiers were caught on camera unleashing punishment […]
