A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced a 24-year-old drug trafficker, Sodiq Ramon, to maximum life imprisonment for unlawfully dealing in Narcotics. Ramon was convicted for being in unlawful possession of 57.2 kg of cannabis, popularly known as hemp. In her judgment, Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek, held that...
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With the World Economic Forum warning of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before. Indeed, next generation tools that provide essential financial services – savings accounts, global...
The former Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ogun Chapter, Dr Wale Adegbite has advised the Federal Government to formulate policy to check population growth in the country. Dr. Adegbite, who gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Ota, said that this was necessary in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has declared that effective information dissemination and every opportunity for feedback are priceless in the relationship between the government and the governed. The minister who stated this at the official presentation of the FCT Citizens’ Engagement...
A dozen countries, including France, Italy and Germany, have suspended AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots because of fears over blood clots and other possible side effects. Ahead of Tuesday’s World Health Organization experts meeting, the company has insisted there is no risk and the WHO has said countries should continue to...
A total of 4,129 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2021, The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said late on Monday. According to IMO reports, the rescued migrants include 293 women and 215 children, while about 73 migrants died and 159 others went...
Rui Patricio was awake and talking after being knocked out in Wolves’ 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, club manager Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed. The goalkeeper needed 14 minutes of treatment on the pitch following an accidental collision with team-mate Conor Coady late on. He was carried off on a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has reserves judgement in a criminal charge of N805m money laundering levelled against Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, till April 19, 2021. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arraigned Senator Peter Nwaoboshi along with two companies alleged to have been the instrument used...
A team of climbers, belonging to Bahrain’s Royal Guard, have arrived in Nepal for the spring expedition of Mount Everest, authorities said on Tuesday. No climber has climbed Mount Everest from the Nepal side since 2019 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The team, comprising 13 Bahraini and three British nationals,...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has reassured Nigerians that the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe. The Executive Secretary, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said the vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO)and the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC). Dr. Shuaib said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja–The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Monday, paraded two of its staff members for extorting money from Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates with the promise to help them secure university’s admission. The affected staff; Mr Andy Okoro- a level 12 officer in Delta State...
Ghanaians have criticised a draft textbook with “offensive” content about one of the country’s biggest ethnic groups, local media report. The book titled History of Ghana is said to “disparage” the Ewe community as “inward-looking”, among other descriptions. a former legislator, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, describu the book as containing...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend its agriculture development loan schemes to the state. Gov. Wike made the call on Monday in Port Harcourt when the Minister of State for Agriculture, and Rural Development Mr Mustapha Shehuri visited him. The...
Libya’s new unity government has been sworn in, marking the end of years of rival administrations. The interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who was selected during UN-brokered peace talks last month, will lead the country until elections planned for December. Libya descended into conflict after the ousting of...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday disagreed with some local government chairmen over the latter’s claims of paucity of funds as a hindrance to the development of infrastructure in their Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr Olayiwola Olawale,...
Aid agency Save the Children says Islamist militants are beheading children as young as 11 in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado. One mother told the agency she had to watch helplessly as her 12-year-old son was killed in this way close to where she was hiding with her...
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N32.9tn at the end of December 2020, the Debt Management Office said in a statement on Monday. From its last report on public debt, the figure stood at N32.2tn as of the end of September 2020, which showed an increase of N700bn. The...
Deadly small particle pollution in four of five nations exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations last year despite Covid lockdowns, according to a report released Tuesday. The partial or complete shutdown of transport and industry for months at a time in 2020 reduced average levels of so-called PM2.5 pollution...
Lionel Messi is set to equal Xavi Hernandez’s record of 767 appearances for Barcelona after he was named in the team to play against Huesca on Monday. Messi was in the starting line-up for the match at Camp Nou where Barca will look to put further pressure on Atletico...