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admin - May 5, 2025

NIGERIA: Police Arrest More Suspects, Recover Weapons Over Plateau Killings

  By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of three additional suspects in connection with the recent spate of killings in Plateau State, as part of intensified efforts to curb violence and restore peace in the troubled region.   According to a press statement issued on Monday by […]
admin - May 5, 2025

NIGERIA: Content Creator Dares EFCC In Viral Video, Gets Arrested In Kaduna

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a social media content creator, Muhammed Kabir Sa’ad, for allegedly abusing the Nigerian currency and mocking the anti-graft agency in a viral video.   According to a statement released on Monday signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity […]
admin - May 5, 2025

2025 UTME: Over 50% Of Candidates Score Below 200 As JAMB Releases Statistical Breakdown

    By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria   The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that more than half of the candidates scored below 200 out of the total 400 obtainable marks.   This was disclosed by the Board in its statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) shared on […]
admin - May 5, 2025

KENYA : President Ruto Escapes Shoe Attack During Migori Tour

  By Lisbeth Micheni, Kenya   Kenyan President William Ruto was the target of a surprising incident in Migori on Sunday, when an unidentified individual threw a shoe at him while he was addressing a public gathering.   A video making rounds online shows the object narrowly missing the president.   Despite the sudden interruption, […]
admin - May 5, 2025

NIGERIA: Onanuga Disputes Adesina’s Claims On Nigeria’s Economic Decline Since 1960

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has faulted recent remarks by African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, that Nigerians are worse off today than they were in 1960.   Onanuga described the assertion as misleading and based on inaccurate economic data.   […]
admin - May 5, 2025

SOUTH SUDAN: Civilians Killed As SSPDF Airstrikes Target MSF Hospital In Old Fangak

  By Deborah Akur Chol, South Sudan   The humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), widely recognized as Doctors Without Borders, reported a devastating airstrike by SSPDF planes on its hospital located in Old Fangak Town, Jonglei State, early Saturday morning.   The attack resulted in multiple casualties, including fatalities and injuries among civilians.   […]
admin - May 5, 2025

NIGERIA: Court Jails Ex-convict, One Other For Hawking Naira Notes in Lagos

  By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced two women, including a previously convicted offender, to one year in prison each for illegally hawking Naira notes.   The convicts, Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi, were arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial […]
admin - May 4, 2025

KENYA: Doctors In Kakamega Continue Strike As Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists And Dentists Union Marks 20 Days

  By Lisbeth Micheni,Kenya    Kakamega County’s medical doctors have now been on strike for three weeks, protesting years of stalled career advancements, unpaid statutory contributions, and unfair employment contracts.   The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has thrown its full support behind the healthcare workers.   Speaking at the Western Branch […]
admin - May 4, 2025

NIGERIA: Tinubu To Meet GenCos Over Mounting N4tn Power Sector Debt

  By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is set to hold a meeting with the leadership of Nigeria’s power-generating companies (GenCos) in a bid to rescue the country’s electricity sector from imminent collapse, as debts in the sector soar to a staggering N4 trillion.   The proposed meeting, which follows […]
admin - May 4, 2025

Nigeria Govt Fires Back At Meta Over Threat To Exit Country

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has declared that WhatsApp and its parent company, Meta Platforms, will not escape legal liability by threatening to pull out of the country.   The government made this known in a statement released on Saturday signed by Ondaje Ijagwu, Director of […]
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