Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021.” The allegations are contained in the 2021 report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has unveiled 10 fresh requirements for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, according to a report by Sunday PUNCH. According to the examination board, the new requirements supersede the earlier requirements released by the board in November 2019. The new requirements were contained in a memo obtained by our correspondent on Saturday …

Efe Ajagba Hard-hitting Nigerian heavyweight contender Efe Ajagba stopped Australia’s Joe Goodall in the fourth round of their 10-round main event Saturday night at Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada. Referee Tony Weeks stopped their fight 50 seconds into the fourth round because Goodall had taken too many unanswered punches. Ajagba, of Stafford, Texas, improved to 19-1 and produced …

Cameroon players during the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualification match between Cameroon and Kenya held at Stade de la Réunification in Douala, Cameroon on 22 September 2023 ©AchilleTsanga/BackpagePix Cameroon, four-time finalists of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, will not play in next year’s tournament in Morocco after being eliminated by Kenya on Tuesday. Cote d’Ivorie will …

More than 100 people have been confirmed dead with 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya, Iraq. The incident occurred in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Nineveh Deputy Governor, Hassan al-Allaq, disclosed that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at least 100, with 150 …

Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative (IMCAI) Thursday trained journalists in Ebonyi state on reporting in a treacherous and insecure environment. The training focused on the safety of journalists in news gathering, ethics issues, and fundamentals of news investigative reporting/fact-checking. The programme was a one-day training organized by Ikenga Media with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism …

President Bola Tinubu says poverty eradication and investment promotion for wealth creation depend on justice reform. Tinubu said this while declaring open the 63rd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja on Sunday, August 27, 2023. The president stated that world-class remuneration for legal professionals would also sanitise the judiciary for a prosperous Nigeria. He said …

After series of meetings between Labour and the federal government failed to achieve the necessary truce, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress TUC) jointly resolved to declare an indefinite nationwide industrial action with effect  from 3rd October, 2023. Before now, the two bodies were operating along parallel lines and separately meeting the federal government on the issues …

Bisi Kazeem, the erstwhile Assistant Corps Marshal, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, promoted to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal, has been decorated with his new rank by the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu. The decoration was held at the national headquarters of the Corps in Abuja. The Corps Marshal was assisted by the …

The Police Command in Ogun said one Babatunde Kolawole, allegedly found with a fresh male human corpse, was arrested and handed over to its personnel at Ado/Odo-Ota area of the state. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ota, Ogun, said the suspect was apprehended by  Amotekun corps. According …