Zambian police on Wednesday said they had arrested an officer on murder charges over the deadly shooting of two anti-government protesters in December. Fanwell Nyundu, 25, is accused of killing the duo as they demonstrated outside a police station where opposition party leader Hakainde Hichilema was being questioned. “The suspect is in police custody and […]

WorldRemit backs CBN on new USD bank account opening process By Nkiruka NNorom MONEY MARKET WorldRemit, a cross-border digital payments service, has expressed support for directive of   the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN)   mandating banks in Nigeria to facilitate money transfers by opening domiciliary accounts   for those who currently do not have […]

The Senator representing the Abia Central district, Senator Theodore Orji, has condemned in very strong terms, “the wanton destruction” of Abayi Police Station, in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State.

Egypt’s pharmaceutical authority on Wednesday approved the use of the Sputnik V and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, a month after the North African country kicked off its inoculation campaign. The drug body had “provided emergency authorisation for the use of the two vaccines, Sputnik V, and AstraZeneca… imported from South Korea”, it said in a statement […]

Security agencies have reported a sequence of attacks by armed bandits on soft targets in Igabi and Chikun local government areas occurring over the last 48 hours.

The Kwara Government has warned principals in public schools not to extort students during the registration of the upcoming West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, gave the warning at a meeting with principals and stakeholders in the education sector of the state. […]

CRISIS ridden Oruku community, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, witnessed yet another ugly incident yesterday when unknown gunmen killed the Vice-Chairman Oruku Caretaker Committee, Chief Samuel Ani.

By Tolu Aderibigbe ‘Fashion is more than what we wear — it is a reflection of who we are, where we come from, and the stories we choose to tell’- Moses Olasunkanmi Adebayo. In these words, Moses Olasunkanmi Adebayo perfectly encapsulates the essence of Michybeth. Born from the spirited life of Nigeria, Michybeth is not […]

By Obas Esiedesa THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari has disclosed that Nigeria is presently losing about 200,000 barrels of crude oil daily to thieves and vandals. Kyari made this disclosure during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, in Abuja on […]

South Africa’s government on Wednesday announced plans to allocate $688 million for coronavirus vaccines and $756 million to boost youth employment, to counter economic setbacks brought by the pandemic. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni unveiled the 2021 fiscal spending plans in an annual national budget speech to parliament. Money is particularly short for the South African […]