Tigran Gambaryan, a former Binance employee and ex-U.S. federal agent, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration extorted $50 million from the Joe Biden administration as ransom for his release from detention in Nigeria. Mr Gambaryan made the revelation in a post on X on Saturday, thanking his former employer, Binance, for speaking out about…
At least 25 players in the Premier League are set to travel for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The tournament is scheduled to take place from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, DR Congo lead the way in terms of players based in the English topflight, with four…
A 27-year-old man, Chukwuebuka Eweni, has been taken into custody by New Orleans police after reportedly stabbing his father to death and injuring his two sisters in a domestic attack on Pebble Street. Family members confirmed to WWL Louisiana that Samuel Eweni was a computer sciences professor at Southern University at New Orleans. Relatives said…
All is set by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to release the results of its 2025 May\ June secondary school certificate examination (WASSCE) on or before Thursday, August 4. The council noted that it had just finished marking the candidates’ scripts and would release the results within the said period. The Head of National…
Tension has gripped the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, following an incident involving a post-basic nursing student who allegedly attempted suicide after being suspended by the institution’s medical director and provost, Dr. Paul Agboola, amid claims of verbal threats and institutional intimidation. The student, identified as Seyi Ogunjobi, was said to be…
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has declared that he would gladly seek the hospitality of Nigeria should the United States restrict his visa. Speaking at a recent gathering in Johannesburg, where he outlined his party’s stance ahead of its national…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 21-year-old Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Ishola, who was allegedly killed during a fuel hike protest by the students last week Wednesday, saying that it has commenced a full-scale investigation into the death. Qoyum, an ND2 student of Electrical/Electronics Engineering at the institution, was…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the testimony of a suspected Lord’s Chosen member on how she was aided to carry out examination malpractice. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos chapter, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, expressed disappointment that the church allowed such testimony. According to him, the testimony was nothing short of…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress , NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said all efforts to intimidate and silence organised labour would fail. The labour leader also said he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation extended to him. Recall that Ajaero had in recent times been under the radar of security agencies,…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said it confirmed discrepancies in the administration of the student loan scheme. The ICPC’s Director, Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that with the confirmation of discrepancies in the administration of the loan; the commission…
