Former DPO rearrested over drug trafficking
A 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre Police Station, Ondo State, who was dismissed from service for drug offences, ...
Month: February 2022
FG: Nigeria’s constitution allows Muslim women to wear hijab
Nigeria’s constitution allows Muslim women to wear hijab in line with the teachings of their faith, the Minister of Education, ...
SEC is repositioning capital market to attract more Nigerians – DG
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it is committed to repositioning the capital market to attract all Nigerians. ...
Court jails ‘White American prostitute’ over N57m fraud
A 20-year-old man, Fawas Oyelowo, has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime. Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar ...
One dead in Kogi police station attack
At least one person was killed when gunmen attacked the Okene Area Command of the Nigerian Police Force in Kogi ...
Catholic priest abducted, aide killed in Kaduna
Bandits have attacked Ikulu Fari, a Catholic parish located in Chawai, in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. ...
Nigeria’s foreign reserves drop to $39.82bn
Nigeria's external reserves had dropped below $40bn to the lowest point in over three months, figures from the Central Bank ...
AFCON: Senegal declares Monday public holiday
AFCON: Senegal declares Monday public holiday Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football ...
Passport issuance, telcos, banks suffer as NIMC portal breaks down
Issuance of Nigerians passports has been slowed down due to the break down of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) ...
African democracy is neither
Sometime in the 1980s when the Reverend Jerry Falwell’s right-wing, evangelical Moral Majority was making waves in the US, Dr. ...