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Court orders interim forfeiture of over 5,600 phones, laptops, SIM cards, home appliances linked to cyber fraud syndicate

Nigeria, April 24 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of over 5,600 assets, including laptops, phones, vehicles, and home appliances seized during the Economic and Fi... Read More


Coalition trains African journalists on climate reporting

Nigeria, April 24 -- The Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has concluded a two-day virtual training for journalists across Africa, calling for sustained, Afrocentric coverage of climate issues a... Read More


What President Tinubu must do to grow Nigeria's non-oil export (6)

Nigeria, April 24 -- This is the sixth in the series of articles to advise the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on what should be done to grow Nigerian non-export volume to match and surpa... Read More


2027: Supporters ignore Tinubu's directive, fill Abuja with campaign posters

Nigeria, April 24 -- More campaign posters of President Bola Tinubu have emerged in the FCT, barely 10 days after the president told his supporters to suspend their 2027 campaigns for him. Although h... Read More


Lafarge Africa's quarterly profit surges 837%, shooting stock price to 52-week high

Nigeria, April 24 -- Lafarge Africa delivered in the first quarter a post-tax profit more than eight times what it reported in the same period of last year, an epic result, leaving the cement maker ju... Read More


Why I resigned from PDP - Rep

Nigeria, April 24 -- Oluwole Oke, the House of Representatives member representing the Obokun/Oriade federal constituency area of Osun State, resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because t... Read More


Tony Allen didn't pioneer Afrobeat with Fela Kuti - Femi Kuti

Nigeria, April 24 -- Multi-Grammy-nominated artiste Femi Kuti, and son of the legendary Fela Kuti, has refuted claims that the late ace drummer Tony Allen co-pioneered the Afrobeat genre with his fath... Read More


Over half of Lagos students fail 2024 WASSCE, state government laments

Nigeria, April 24 -- The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the dismal performance of public school students in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), reve... Read More


Waiting for an African Pope, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, April 24 -- It's nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from an African Pope. It happened in The Conclave, a film by Peter Straughan rel... Read More


CBN approves cash-based BTA for 2025 Hajj pilgrims

Nigeria, April 24 -- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a cash-based Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) for Nigerians performing the 2025 Hajj. The approval came following the intervention of V... Read More