“I remember when the incident happened, the person in question asked me if I wanted to be rich. “It was an opportunity for me to be rich.  “The bribe was offered to enable him to escape abroad and to influence me to write a favourable report about him after the investigation. “I said to him […]

A section of Dangote Refinery is currently engulfed by fire. Explosions were heard on Wednesday after a major fire outbreak at the refinery located at the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report, the Dangote group has yet to react to the fire outbreak. Recall that Africa’s richest man, […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and sought a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state. The Cable reports that Abdulmalik Sarkindaji who is the speaker of the Niger state house of assembly, announced last week that he would sponsor the wedding […]

Five soldiers were killed and 11 others were injured by bandits who attacked a military camp in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.  The attack which occurred around 2pm on Sunday, May 12, 2024 also claimed the lives of several civilians and a local vigilante member. According to a military internal memo seen by […]

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has claimed that the West and various international monetary lenders keep Africa in continuous poverty. Speaking at the World Bank’s International Development Association summit for African Heads of state, held in Nairobi, Kenya, Museveni took a bold swipe at world leaders saying that most of Africa’s problems predicted over 60 […]

The National Coordinator and Secretary General of the United SMEs Association of Kenya, Jared Oundo, has got people talking after he advised women to save marriages by turning down advances by married men.  “Sister please save another woman’s marriage by saying no to that married man. Thank you in advance for being a good girl,” […]

Property owners affected by the demolition exercise carried out to give the right of way to the Lagos-Calabar Coaster Highway are to get N2.75 billion compensation from the Federal Government. Works Minister, Dave Umahi disclosed this yesterday, May 1, while unveiling the new design routes for the 700-kilometre project in Lagos,  According to the Minister, […]

Commercial banks in Nigeria closed 2.021 million bank accounts in the first quarter of 2024 to clean their books of questionable accounts and comply with regulatory orders on the linkage of bank accounts to the National Identity Number (NIN). This was contained in a report by the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System, NIBSS. Recall that in […]

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A coalition of non-profit organizations have called on the government to provide subsidies and exempt menstrual pads from taxes to enhance menstrual hygiene among women and girls nationwide. The group feared that women and girls might go down with avoidable diseases emanating from alternatives to menstrual pad. The organisations had formed a movement tagged “Untax […]