Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining by false pretence and criminal possession of fake documents. Credit: EFCC An American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, has told the FCT High Court Abuja how she was defrauded of $370,000 by a suspected Nigerian internet fraudster, Nwachi Chidozie […]
Suspected herdsmen have attacked operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, in the Igoba community near Akure in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The herdsmen launched the attack on the Amotekun operatives while the latter enforced the anti-open grazing law operational in the state. […]
US President Joe Biden has said only the “Lord Almighty” could convince him to end his bid for re-election. He said this during a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy. Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make […]
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), both implementing partners of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EUSDGNII) project within Component 4: Support to Media are set to hold two virtual events. The first is a Roundtable on Issues, Trends and Challenges in Coverage of […]
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The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it had discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that about six senior employees […]
Kenyan President William Ruto has announced measures to cut government spending after a finance bill meant to raise taxes triggered violent protests across the country. Ruto said he declined assent to the controversial bill after reflecting on the conversation around its content. The protests had left over 23 people dead as demonstrators breached the […]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he is neither deterred nor worried by Thursday’s Appeal Court judgment which returned Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers to the state House of Assembly. The Appeal Court had nullified the order of a Rivers State High Court which restrained Amaewhule and the other lawmakers loyal […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anàmbra State has been told to fulfill his electoral promises and elementary requirement of democracy by conducting Local Government elections in the State. The Anambra Elders Forum (A.E.F) in a statement in Awka, Anambra State, reminded Governor Soludo that conducting a Local Government election was one of the promises he […]
Nigeria’s debt to suppliers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, has surpassed $6bn, doubling what it was since early April, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited struggles to cover the gap between fixed pump prices and international fuel costs, six industry sources told Reuters. Although this was swiftly described as false by […]
