Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
12 Apr 2024
The electoral commission said Friday it had appealed to South Africa's highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May as political tensions heighten.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old man, Nuhu Baba, for drug trafficking in Tumbau Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Kano NDLEA spokesperson, Sadiq Maigatari, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday, revealing that operatives recovered Tramadol, Cannabis Sativa, Diazepam, Exol-5, and Rubber Solution during the raid.…
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Justices Aisha Kumaliya and Amina Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, convicted and sentenced two persons to three years’ imprisonment each for fraud. The convicts are Anaryu Akindaraju and Umar Alhaji Bukar, who were prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, representing Akwanga/Nasarawa Egbon/Wamba Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State, Hon. Jeremiah Umaru, on Wednesday, hailed President Bola Tinubu for signing the bill creating the North-Central Development Commission. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, had announced during plenary on Tuesday that President Tinubu had assented to the North-Central…
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The Benue State Civil Protection Guard has arrested four people who claimed to be members of the National Hunters and Forest Security Services. The group, National Hunters, is reportedly said to be in the vanguard of armed bodies fighting against the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State. They were arrested in Aliade, the headquarters of…
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American technology company, International Business Machines (IBM), has exited the Nigerian economic space. The company announced that it is also leaving other African countries like Ghana, while it transfers its operations to a third-party company. IBM is one of the latest international companies to exit the Nigerian economic space in recent times. In 2024, Guinness…
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In a landmark moment for Africa’s cocoa industry, the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) is taking bold steps toward securing a fairer and more sustainable future for millions of cocoa farmers. Following a high-level meeting between Mr. Alex Arnaud Assanvo, Executive Secretary of CIGCI, and Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, stakeholders across the continent are…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Nurain Abayomi Mumuni, on Wednesday, appealed to political officeholders and politicians to allow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deliver his campaign promises instead of dragging him into the 2027 presidential race. Mumuni made the call in the wake of a series of meetings held by some…
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In commemoration of World Cancer Day 2025, a cancer organization, Project PINK BLUE - Health & Psychological Trust Centre, in collaboration with the Global Colorectal Cancer Association, premiered a new documentary film titled "Blood in My Stool." “Blood in My Stool” is a groundbreaking documentary film that confronts the urgent issue of colorectal cancer in…
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N470.9 billion for the construction of the Delta State access road and N305 billion for the reconstruction of the Lokoja-Benin Road. These were among the key road projects approved during the council’s two-day meeting held on Monday and Tuesday. The disclosure was contained in a post on the…
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Governor Abdullahi Sule said he was happy about the massive takeoff of the Chinese $200 million lithium factory in the state. Sule appealed to the citizens of the state, especially the youths, to study necessary technical courses that would afford them the opportunity to work in the sprouting Chinese mining companies in the state. Governor…