US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday August 13 that Israel and UAE have agreed to a historic peace agreement that will see Israel suspend it’s planned annexation of the West Bank. According to a lengthy joint statement between the US, UAE and Israel, posted on the website of the US Embassy in Israel, the new deal will establish …
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Removal of Unilag VC like hatchet job, says Committee of Vice Chancellors
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Universities (CVC) has condemned the removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, without due process.
Read More »Evans’ co-defendants have case to answer – Court
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday declared that four co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans have case to answer.
Read More »Global banking market capitalization slumps by over 30% amid pandemic
Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the global banking sector was witnessing a rise in market capitalization. However, with the crisis around, most lending facilities like other businesses faced an array of challenges like declining profits in return impacting market capitalization.
Read More »Gunmen kill Bauchi lawmaker, kidnap wives and child
A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, is dead.
Read More »Ireland and Nigeria sign MoU to return €5.5m Abacha Loot
The Federal Government of Nigeria and Ireland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the return of funds misappropriated by the late former military dictator, General Sani Abacha.
Read More »More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several US schools
For many US schools welcoming students back, a return to in-person learning was abruptly halted after new Covid-19 cases.
Read More »VIDEO: Police apprehend soldier caught on camera beating a Police Woman
Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested a 32-year-old dismissed soldier, Yemi Ayeni, pictured above, for beating up a female police officer in the Shibiri area of the state last weekend.
Read More »Lai Mohammed amended broadcasting code alone, his action is illegal – NBC Board
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) board has accused Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed of amending the country’s broadcasting code alone without due consultation.
Read More »Amnesty wants Kano singer’s death sentence overturned
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the authorities in Nigeria’s Kano state to overturn the death sentence imposed on a singer for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. An Upper Islamic Sharia court in the northern city of Kano on Monday ordered 22-year-old Yahaya Aminu Sharif to die by hanging for derogatory expressions against the Prophet in one of his songs. …
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