A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country’s deposed leader, Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, both tried in…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector. The decision comes a day after anti-corruption prosecutors accused the former energy minister in connection with…
Labour party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi has slammed the federal government for refusing to pay the Super Eagles their allowances. Obi’s reaction is coming after Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, shared a video showing the reportedly poor state of…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened to embark on a nationwide naked protest on November 24, if government does not pay their outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, announced…
A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has advised the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, to not be too forward in his engagements with security personnel. This was following an argument that ensued between the minister and a…
President Bola Tinubu has sent a high-level delegation to London to discuss the case of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who has been serving a prison sentence in the United Kingdom since March 2023. It was gathered that…
The Nigerian Army has warned the general public against using old pictures of the 25th Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, as it releases an official portrait. According to a statement released on its official handle on Tuesday,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced that the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and bottles smaller than 200 millilitres will be prohibited by December 2025. The agency’s Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye,…
Four Nigerians have been handed lengthy prison sentences in the United Kingdom for their roles in a violent phone robbery syndicate that terrorised mobile phone outlets across London. The group, convicted alongside six other accomplices, received a combined jail term…
Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country, Apple confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China, and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to…
