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The announcement made by Africa’s premium pay-TV operator, Multichoice Group, blaming Nigeria’s tough economic conditions for active DStv subscribers in the country having declined by 18% has brought joy to many Nigerians. The company, in its financial results for the year ending March 31, 2024, had stated that the downturn in Nigeria impacted its overall customer base resulting in a …

  ●Calls for the establishment of a special court and an expedited hearing For the oil and gas industry to achieve its full potential as an enabler of national economic and industrial growth, NNPC Limited Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, has called for the support of the judiciary in addressing the twin challenges related to the theft of crude oil …

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Advisor to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), accused criminal elements of actively trying to prevent Kanu’s release from detention. According to Ejimakor, these elements are fueling insecurity in the Southeast region, committing violent crimes and linking it to IPOB, in an attempt to blackmail the organization and its leaders. In a statement, …

The Nigerian Senate, on Thursday, expressed concern over the low number of bills passed into law in recent years. Senate leadership acknowledged that the number of bills enacted may not be the only measure of legislative performance. The Senate said members in the past year submitted around 477 bills and 25 of them were passed into law. It is said …

The Delta State High Court, sitting in Asaba, has sentenced Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Delta State Police Command to death for murder. The court presided over by Justice CD Diai on Tuesday convicted and sentenced Ebiri to death for killing a phone dealer, Onyeka Ibeh, in AsabaIbeh, a popular phone dealer from Asaba, was shot dead on April 5 …

39 year old man, Guy Mukendi, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for allegedly removing a condom while having sex with a woman. According to the UK Guardian, Mukendi, from Brixton, was sentenced on Thursday at Inner London Crown Court for the ‘rape’ of the woman last year in a rare conviction for ‘concealment’, by removing …

  As early as December 29, 1987 ( 37 years ago ) Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, had already addressed the Federal Government of Nigeria on behalf of the Nigerian masses over the issue of elimination of subsidies on petroleum products. Ozekhome had sued the then military dictator, President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, joining the then Ahmed Forces Ruling Council …

The Nigerian military has reportedly killed a terrorist, Buharin Yadi, who is said to be one of the deadliest bandit leaders to terrorize North Korea in the past decade. News of his killing was greeted with joy among the Kaduna-Katsina border communities. The Comptroller, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan said on Thursday that …

US President Joe Biden and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The White House maintained Tuesday that it did not believe Israeli forces should reoccupy Gaza following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments that the country would have the “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” after the war ends. “The president still believes that a reoccupation of Gaza …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Thursday, gave the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) two weeks to clear the backlog of over 200,000 passport applications before the agency. The minister gave the order during a meeting with the Acting Comptroller-General of NIS, Caroline Adepoju, in Abuja. The Managing Director of Iris Smart Technologies, Mr. Yinka Fisher, was also at the …