anti-graft
19 Aug 2024
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu, has urged member countries of the regional body to, as a matter of necessity, ratify and fully implement the Protocol against Corruption to wipe out the troubling menace. He urged ECOWAS member states…
Latest
19 mins ago
Chad has arrested a journalist for the national broadcaster accused of translating Russian files containing details on operations conducted by the Kremlin's mercenaries in Mali, his employer told AFP Sunday. The case is connected to that of Olivier Monodji, a correspondent for French international broadcaster RFI, who police have held in custody in the capital…
42 mins ago
French migrant rescue group SOS Mediterranee brought 25 people stranded off the Libyan coast aboard its Ocean Viking vessel on Sunday, the NGO said. Those rescued, including three women and seven minors, are "currently being cared for by the Red Cross and SOS Mediterranee teams" aboard the Ocean Viking, the Marseille-based group said in a…
1 hour ago
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved April 12 for the party’s earlier postponed South-South zonal congress. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that NWC also approved the shifting of the South-West and North-Central zonal congresses from…
2 hours ago
There is unease among 72 appointees of the Executive Management of 12 River Basin Development Authorities over the inexplicable delay by the secretary to the government of the Federation to issue them their appointments letters in line with the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The delay has created the enabling environment for a reign…
2 hours ago
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called for the sanction of the Chief Judges of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho and Justice Binta Nyako, over alleged disobedience to court orders. The family said the flagrant disobedience of valid court orders by Justices Tsoho…
2 hours ago
The National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) is set to commence a three-day capacity-building workshop on system dynamics in Abuja on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. According to NACETEM’s Director General, Dr. Olushola Odusanya, the workshop, titled Capacity Building Programme on Systems Dynamics for Policy Researchers and Policy Makers, aims to equip participants with advanced analytical…
3 hours ago
The Okpanam community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State was thrown into mourning over the weekend following the gruesome killing of 19-year-old Isioma Nwayilan. The Guardian learned that the late Nwayilan, an auxiliary nursing apprentice, was accidentally hit by a bullet fired by a member of the Okpanam anti-cult group. According to…
4 hours ago
Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, slammed current Senate President Godswill Akpabio for what he described as an attempt to politicise and trivialise calls for a transparent investigation into allegations leveled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Saraki, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, dismissed Akpabio’s claim that the calls…
4 hours ago
Chelsea boosted their bid to qualify for the Champions League as Marc Cucurella's rocket sealed a 1-0 win over Leicester, while Tottenham fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Bournemouth on Sunday. Cucurella struck in the second half at Stamford Bridge to lift Chelsea above Manchester City into fourth in the Premier…
4 hours ago
Security operatives in Delta State have arrested a member of the Anti-Cult Unit, Philip Chukwuka, 33, for allegedly shooting and killing a 19-year-old girl, Isioma Nwayalani, in Okpanam, a town in Oshimili North Local Government Area, near Asaba. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the tragic incident was reported at 8:30 p.m. by the family…