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30 Sep
Elections in Nigeria are governed by a comprehensive set of laws and regulations, and disturbing incidents occurred during the last election that seriously violated all of them.
29 Aug
Before Nigeria’s presidential elections last year, legislator Alhassan Doguwa told raucous supporters what would happen to those who did not vote for his dominant All Progressives Congress (APC).
12 Jun
On February 11, 2023, 14 days before Nigeria’s presidential election, former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode wrote a tweet that appeared to question whether the country was about to experience another coup d’etat attempt.
15 Apr
Media historians have recorded the radical role played by the press to end the oppressive regime of the British colonial power in Nigeria. Individuals such as John Payne Jackson, publisher of Lagos Weekly Record; Herbert Macaulay, publisher of Lagos Daily News; Nnamdi of Azikwe, publisher of West African Pilot, Obafemi Awolowo, publisher of The Nigerian…
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A Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced nine individuals to varying prison terms or substantial fines for their involvement in internet fraud and impersonation. The accused, who were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), were found guilty of using deceptive online personas to defraud victims through platforms like Snapchat and…
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UK police underestimated "the rising tide of violence" that culminated in anti-immigration riots earlier this year and failed to mitigate against online misinformation which helped fuel it, a watchdog report said Wednesday.
18 mins ago
Dutch authorities fined video streaming giant Netflix 4.75 million euros ($4.98 million) Wednesday over the handling of subscribers' personal data.
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Kano State Government has directed residents and property owners to recertify their landed property before 31st January 2025 or render them invalid. Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Abduljabbar Mohammad Umar, disclosed the new development while briefing journalists on Wednesday. According to Umar, the government is reinforcing the urgent need for registration or renewing interest…
27 mins ago
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe, Heebah Kingibe, has attributed the growing insecurity to the rising levels of youth unemployment. Kingibe emphasised the importance of youth empowerment as a pathway to sustainable development and investing in the future. Kingibe disclosed this in Abuja during a youth training session themed…
33 mins ago
There's currently a gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Seven Up bus stop in Lagos State down to Kara Bridge in Ogun State caused by multiple accidents. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the accident on Kara Bridge saw that it involved a truck conveying rolled steel coils and another truck hauling a container.…
34 mins ago
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has revealed that ex-cop Vincent Makinde in a viral video was dismissed as an Inspector due to extortion and some other offences. The spokesman of the police, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made the clarification on Wednesday morning in a statement on his official X account, noting that this is contrary to…
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Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria's First Lady, has donated N50 million to 250 elderly citizens in Kogi under her Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme (RHIESS). It was gathered that each of the 250 beneficiaries would get N200,000 under the first lady's RHIESS 2nd edition, tagged: "Total Wellness: Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous Lifestyle." The president's wife,…
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A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja sentenced businesswoman Oluremi Phillips to 17 years imprisonment for ₦57.69 million fraud. Phillips, alongside her company, Omritas Energy Limited, was convicted on Thursday by Justice I.O. Ijelu on five counts of stealing and issuing dud cheques. The charges stemmed from a failed agreement to supply Automotive Gas Oil…