FORMER JAMB DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAMED RUNNER-UP IN INTERNATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER AWARD
HOTJIST NEWS Yisa Usman, who used to be a deputy director at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB, has been chosen as the...
COURT BARS TURAKI-LED NWC, NULLIFIES PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION
[caption id="attachment_205762" align="alignnone" width="300"] BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR[/caption] The federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, has canceled the national meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party...
BURKINA FASO JUNTA DISSOLVES ALL POLITICAL PARTIES
Burkina Faso has ended all political parties and groups and removed the laws that controlled them. The presidency’s communications team shared this decision on...
DIEZANI WAS A RUBBER STAMP, SAYS LAWYER TO UK COURT
Jonathan Laidlaw, who represents Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, said his client did not really have any real power in deciding...
ARMY KILLS GUNMAN IN ENUGU, RESCUES KIDNAPPED CLERIC
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army/JTF South East, Operation UDO KA, have rescued a kidnapped cleric in Enugu State following a swift, intelligence-led operation....
SON OF NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCESS CHARGED FOR RAPES, TRAFFICKING
In the biggest scandal to rock Norway’s monarchy, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women, as well...
PUTIN HAS AGREED TO PUT KYIV STRIKES ON HOLD AMIDST HARSH COLD- TRUMP
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreed to a personal request to halt attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, after...
ONITSHA MARKET CLOSURE: TRADERS IN EBONYI REJECT PROTEST, SHOW SUPPORT FOR SOLUDO
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Indigenous people from Ebonyi State who are doing business in Anambra State have said they won't take part in any planned protests...
TINUBU/SHETTIMA ZAMFARA YOUTH LEADER ABDUCTED BY SUSPECTED BANDITS
Bashir Isa Gusau, the Youth Leader of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation in Zamfara State, has reportedly been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits....
OVER 160 ECWA MEMBERS HELD HOSTAGE IN KADUNA, KOGI AMID RISING INSECURITY – CHURCH LEADERS WARN
No fewer than 160 members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) are currently in captivity across Kaduna and Kogi states, with their families facing...