A Baltimore County Circuit Court in the United States of America presided over by Theresa Adams, has slammed a record $50,000 damages on a US-based Nigerian blogger, Funke Ashekun, for defaming the…
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Minister Explains New Conditions For Passport Acquisition
Minister of interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has explained the motive behind the introduction of fresh conditions for obtaining or renewing the nation’s international passports, saying the move is aimed at protecting the…
Nigerian dies 24 hours after arriving UK for postgraduate studies
A Nigerian man, Saheed Wahab, reportedly died a day after relocating to the United Kingdom for his master’s degree. Wahab, who arrived at Teesside University, UK, as a student on January 15,…
Stop self-kidnapping – Police warn Nigerians
The Nigeria Police Force has warned against the recent disturbing trend of self-kidnapping (false kidnapping), saying it is a punishable offence under the laws. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi who…
Kenyan detectives arrest two Nigerians for murder
Detectives in Kenya have arrested two Nigerians, William Opia and Johnbull Asbor, for allegedly murdering and dismembering Rita Waeni, a 20-year-old student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in an…
No half measures, Tinubu, sell refineries
THE new bid by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to entrust the management of its largest refinery in private hands begs the question of privatisation. It is not only beating about…
Tinubu says universities central to attaining ‘new Nigeria,’ hails Jega, Falola
President Bola Tinubu has said universities, among other educational institutions, are central to the attainment of the new Nigeria of his dream. He urged academics to put on their thinking caps and…
Barbarians Have Taken Over Social Media In Nigeria — Soyinka
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has launched a scathing attack on the state of social media in Nigeria, declaring it to be “taken over by barbarians.” In a speech delivered at the 48th…
Discordant tunes over Tinubu’s plan to deploy forest guards to curb kidnapping
As Nigeria continues to search for solutions for the pervasive insecurity in the country, especially kidnapping and banditry, experts in the security space have expressed divergent opinions on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…
Suicide: Nigeria Betrays Amarachi Ugochukwu, Even in Death, by Tony Eluemunor
I will never forget the sad and saddening picture of the late Amarachi Ugochukwu, the 32-year old staff of Globus Bank, Ikorodu, Lagos, who committed suicide on 8 January 2024. She had…