DR Congo Jails 15 For ‘Terrorism Financing’
A military tribunal in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa has sentenced 15 people to between five and 10 years in prison for “financing terrorism” through the illicit gold trade, their…
Zamfara: Police Ban Political Gatherings, Rallies Ahead Supreme Court Judgement
Police authorities in Zamfara have banned political gatherings and rallies ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the governorship election in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State…
Falana Leads Protest As Lagos Lawyers Demand Probe Of Colleague’s Assault
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Thursday joined other legal practitioners in Lagos to protest the police brutality on lawyers and Nigerians. The protest…
Tinubu Can Further Reduce Entourage To 40%, Govs Must Slash Theirs Too – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has commended President Bola Tinubu for reducing his travel entourage to 60 per cent but suggested he can still drop it further to 40…
VIDEO: AfCFTA To Take 30m Africans Out Of Poverty, Says Moghalu
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kingsley Moghalu says the the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will take 30 million out of poverty and…
Two Killed As Bandits Burn Vehicle Conveying Brides’ Furniture In Katsina
Two persons suspected to be a driver and his assistant have died after bandits, armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire on their vehicle along Jibia-Batsari road in Katsina State. The…
Tinubu Receives Brief On $10bn Investment Prospect in Nigeria`s Steel Sector
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, at the State House in Abuja, held a meeting with the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji…
Raid On Dangote HQ: Nigeria Dollar Bonds Suffer Huge Setback
Nigeria’s dollar bonds maturing 2025 have fallen for seven consecutive days for their longest, losing streak since September. According to Bloomberg, this suggests that investors are watching what happens next…
Japa: 45 visa-free countries Nigerian passport can travel to in 2024
The Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world on Thursday. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s…
Court Jails Fraudster Five Years for $1.6m Cryptocurrency Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Benjamin Ikaa before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. He was sentenced to…