The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on July 2, 2020, arraigned Stephen Oshinowo, a former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, for alleged N127m fraud before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. He was arraigned on amended eight-count charges […]
Abuja Police has arrested a Chinese couple reported to have locked up their Nigerian domestic workers for about four months. The police rescued eight Nigerian employees from the Chinese apartment after an intel obtained by Human Rights radio station. According to footage by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), […]
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A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country’s precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the government. Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, 52, found the stones weighing 9.27 and 5.1 kilogrammes (20.4 and 11.2 pounds) respectively in the northern Mirerani hills, […]
British Supreme Court on Tuesday heard an appeal from Nigerian communities against oil giant company, Shell over spills in the oil-producing region, Niger Delta. The appeal is a significant step in ensuring British multinationals are held accountable for their actions abroad. This is coming after a court in the nation’s […]
The body of a 19-year-old teenage girl, Ayisat, who was swept away by flood on June 22 in Lagos State has been found at Onilegogoro canal in Surulere, Lagos State. Confirming the report, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Director General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the LASEMA Response Team (LRT) […]
The Nigerian government oil workers have given their employer (FG) two-day ultimatum to address their needs. The oil workers, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Associated of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have noted that if the FG does address their needs, […]
The Kenyan Government on Tuesday declared wearing of facemasks by children under two years old is not necessary. Dr Pacifica Onyancha, acting director, Medical Services Preventive and Promotive Health, stated this while speaking on the COVID-19 pandemic in the nation with 4,044 confirmed cases of the virus. She also noted […]
The first lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, reputable for calling out people in power who treads on her toes, on Friday, through a post on her Twitter handle “call on the IGP to release my assigned Staff “. Aisha raised concern that they are at risk of contracting the new […]
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was on Friday disqualified from participating in the primary election by the APC screening committee. Obaseki was disqualified on the ground that his High School Leaving Certificate (HSC) and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate were defective. Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the […]