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UK tribunal grants Nigerian migrant right of stay, citing 22 years of residence
Ziggy Ojiegbe A Nigerian migrant who threatened a British mother with a knife in front of her child has been granted the right to remain in the UK after the Upper Tribunal ruled that his long residence and family ties…
UK, Nigeria sign MoU for return of $9.5m stolen funds
By Ziggy Ojiegbe The United Kingdom and Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the return of $9.5 million identified as proceeds of corruption and traced to bank accounts in the Bailiwick of Jersey. Under the agreement,…
Dangote takes fight with Farouk offstage, petitions EFCC
Sopuruchi Onwuka The dispute between Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and the former Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, has escalated beyond a regulatory clash into a full-blown personal confrontation….
Nigeria’s traitor-powered terrorism and the looming danger
[Michael Owhoko, Ph.D] Worried and moved by the unending terrorism in Nigeria, I was recently compelled to investigate the menace, using my crystal ball. From the revelation, some high-ranking individuals are fueling the widespread terrorism-induced bloodbath through betrayal and tacit…
Bandits Attack National Park Service Office in Oyo, Kill Personnel
Frank Okon Suspected bandits on Tuesday night attacked the old National Park Service (NPS) office in Oloka, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, killing an unspecified number of personnel. The Conservator of the Park, Tesleem Kareem, confirmed the incident…
French court jails 10 for cyber harassing Brigitte Macron
Malicious, degrading and insulting A Paris court has convicted 10 individuals for cyber harassment of France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, over false claims about her gender and abusive comments linked to the age difference between her and President Emmanuel Macron….
Ghanaian authorities arrest failed Xmas doomsday Prophet
Maverick prophet operating in Ghana, Evans Eshun, has been taken into custody by the Ghanaian Police Service on New Year’s Eve after his prediction that the world would end on Christmas Day failed miserably with no flood in sight. Local…
Christmas doomsday postponed as Ghanaian pastor’s ark fails to sail
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports What was billed as a Christmas Day escape from the end of the world ended instead in confusion and disappointment after a Ghanaian pastor postponed his much-publicised doomsday prophecy. Thousands of followers drawn from Ghana…
Why would Tinubu request Trump to strike local terrorists?
Sopuruchi Onwuka The surprise and successful strikes on locations linked to terrorists in northern parts of the country could not have been possible without cooperation of the Nigerian president and tacit collaboration of the nation’s security intelligence system. So, the…
UN Report details mass killings, rapes at Sudan’s refugee camp
More than 1,000 civilians were killed during a three-day attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, according to a report released Thursday by the UN Human Rights Office. The paramilitary group stormed the…
