The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has terminated the “JICA Africa Hometown” initiative, following widespread protests in Japan over concerns that the programme would trigger increased immigration from Africa. The agency scrapped the initiative after struggling to contain the slew of misinformation online about it. The “hometown” agreement, announced by JICA at an African development…
The Federal Government, yesterday, conferred posthumous national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on the late Ogoni leaders, Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and Samuel Orage, collectively remembered as the Ogoni four. President Bola Tinubu announced the honours while receiving the report of the Ogoni Consultations Committee at the State…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has drawn a sharp comparison between Nigeria’s national budget and the revenues of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport during a three-day visit to the United States. Obi, who recently toured Washington, Chicago, and Atlanta, shared his reflections on leadership and public conduct in a post on Thursday. Obi…
A Professor of Law at Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Hagley Okorie, has urged the Federal Government to amend Nigeria’s criminal code, penal code, and anti-corruption laws to classify large-scale corruption as a crime against humanity, punishable by life imprisonment. Delivering the institution’s 79th Inaugural Lecture entitled: “Legal Intersection between Armed Conflict, Other Situations of…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers after they collected N2 million ransom from their victim and still shot him. The suspects, identified as Chukwuebuka Nka (25), Uche Okechukwu, and Somto Chukwuma, allegedly shot the victim in the leg after discovering he did not have enough money in his account….
Obidike Chukwuebuka, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has cautioned Nigerian youths against working against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing such actions as “unpatriotic and spiritually dangerous”. Obidike, in a statement on Wednesday, believes Tinubu has rekindled hope among young Nigerians through bold appointments, people-oriented policies, and reforms aimed at empowerment, job creation,…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a nationwide alert for a Nigerian man, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, wanted for violating conditions of release in connection with multiple federal fraud charges. Adediran, also known by numerous aliases including Kevin Olumide Adediran, Eric O. Williams, Stephen Dediyi, and Maxo Alexandre, is accused of bank fraud, identity…
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, delivered Nigeria’s national statement, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, at the ongoing 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the speech, Tinubu demanded that the UN include Nigeria as a permanent member. Nigeria’s president also urged countries hosting strategic minerals to fairly benefit from them through…
Abdul Samad Rabiu, president of BUA Group, has predicted that the naira will strengthen to between ₦1,300 and ₦1,400 to the dollar by the end of the year. Rabiu stated this while addressing journalists shortly after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. Praising what he described as…
Nigerian singer Rudeboy has vowed to go after a lady who accused him of rape on social media, saying she will be used as a scapegoat. The netizen with the X handle @chubbiedivah alleged that the singer raped and coerced his domestic staff while sending his wife and sister-in-law out of the house at the…