A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The anti-graft agency made this known via an official statement on its website, efcc.gov.ng on Monday. According to the statement, Success was convicted on a …
Read More »Egypt polls: El-Sissi’s presidential bid gets major boot
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s re-election campaign announced on Saturday he had received the backing of 424 members of 596-seat lower house of the country’s parliament for his bed for a third term in office. El-Sissi confirmed earlier this week he will run for a new term in elections scheduled for …
Read More »Atiku seeks Supreme Court’s leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday night, sought the leave of the Supreme Court to bring in fresh evidence to prove that President Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The documents Atiku sought to tender are the academic records …
Read More »UN security council and AU peace and security meeting opens in Addis Ababa
Since Thursday in Addis Ababa, the peace and security bodies of the UN and the African Union (AU) have been discussing the financing of peacekeeping operations carried out under the aegis of the pan-African organization on the continent. The member countries of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the AU …
Read More »I missed garri, egusi when I first arrived in Europe – Matthew
Super Eagles B and FC Zurich midfielder, Ifeanyi Matthew, opens up on his journey from the domestic league to Europe and how he the ‘Naija spirit’ helped him resist bullies in Norway, in this interview with JOHNNY EDWARD How did your football career begin? I started playing football at a …
Read More »23 soldiers missing in Indian flood
The Indian army has said 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. The army in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed thst the personnel and some vehicles submerged under the flood. “Due to sudden …
Read More »Eagles boss Peseiro invites 25 players for Saudi, Mozambique friendlies
A 25-man roster has been released by Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro for this month’s international friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique. The Super Eagles’ X account posted the list of invited players on Monday. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru gets his first call-up, and there is a return to the team …
Read More »South Africa’s Democratic Alliance launches voter registration drive
Leaders of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday traversed several localities in Gauteng province to register voters ahead of the 2024 elections. The party also used the occasion to unveil its campaign poster and slogan. The Alliance seeks to unseat the African National Congress which it accuses …
Read More »NULGE set for nationwide strike, says president
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr Ambali Olatunji, has expressed the readiness of his union to join the nationwide strike on Tuesday. The Nigeria Labour Congress has earlier declared to embark on an indefinite strike beginning on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, following the hardship …
Read More »Two-time Grand Slam champion Halep banned for doping
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned for four years following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme. An independent tribunal determined the 31-year-old Romanian had committed “intentional” anti-doping violations. Halep tested positive for the use of roxadustat (an anti-anaemia drug which stimulates the production of red blood cells …
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