The leaders of Norway, Ireland, and Spain have announced that their countries will formally recognise Palestine as an independent state in the interest of “peace in the Middle East”. Jonas Store, Norway’s prime minister, said a two-state solution was also in Israel’s best interest. Store, who spoke on Wednesday, added that Norway’s formal recognition […]
Some retired police officers on Tuesday besieged the national assembly over unpaid pensions. The retirees are demanding that they be removed from the contributory pension scheme. In a letter dated May 21 and addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the retirees said many of them have lost their lives due to the prevailing economic […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says Adabo Mohammed, an inspector, has been dismissed over alleged involvement in robbery and kidnapping in the federal capital territory (FCT). In a statement on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said Mohammed and five others were members of an armed robbery gang allegedly responsible for the stealing of N29.8 […]
HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, insisted that the police and other security agencies lack the power to arrest, detain and prosecute Nigerians over cyberstalking. Falana, who called for the discontinuance of all pending cases filed on Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015, added that the Economic Community of West African […]
A federal high court in Lagos has struck out a case against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its directive requiring banks to collect and verify social media handles as part of their know-your-customer (KYC) requirement. In June 2023, the apex bank issued the directive, saying the aim is to prevent financial crime, […]
France deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded. Pro-independence, largely Indigenous protests against a French plan to impose new voting rules on its Pacific archipelago have spiralled into the deadliest […]
Suspected gunmen reportedly killed four persons in Mbachon and Mbagbe communities in Turan, Yaav Council Ward, Kwande local government area in Benue state on Friday, May 10. Kwande is located in Benue North East Senatorial Zone and the two affected communities are also to the Taraba state border with Benue. The incident happened at […]
The Adamawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools in the state following the outbreak of measles. The directive, which was given on Monday, is aimed at mitigating the spread of the disease and enabling the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) to vaccinate the vulnerable age […]
The co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer, Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison in the United States for flouting money laundering laws. A US court in Seattle jailed Zhao after he pleaded guilty to violating the US money laundering laws at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. With the […]
In the last six months of 2023, the Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appeared to be a fresh Ways and Means borrowing, according to a provisional data published in the latest statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of the year recently released by the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
