Former Guinea Military Leader Recaptured After Prison Escape
The former leader of Guinea’s military government, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been recaptured by the Guinean armed forces after escaping from the central prison in Conakry.…
Word News
Vote 15% of budget to health, doctors urge Tinubu
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the…
Two Nigerian Fraudsters Jailed 215 Months In U.S. For transnational Inheritance Scam
Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from Spain were sentenced to 128 and 87 months in prison for their roles in…
Rwanda President Announces Visa-free Travel For All Africans
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame walks along Downing Street to a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Rwanda…
Electricity: Policy flip-flop threatens $155m smart meters project
LAGOS — Inconsistent government policies, high annual turnover and cash flow requirements are currently threatening execution of the $155 million Phase 2 of Nigeria’s National…
Navy busts crude theft on Lagos vandalized pipeline
The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has discovered and halted the siphoning of petrol from an oil pipeline at Atlas Cove, Lagos belonging to the Nigerian…
Court orders Emefiele’s release from EFCC custody
Justice O. Adeniji of the High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the immediate and unconditional release of the immediate past…
Red flag on domestic borrowings as Tinubu considers N30tr fresh loans
Many African governments are currently caught in the crisis of refining domestic debts at cut-throat costs even as they overstretch the funding capacity of their…
Crude shortage delays Dangote refinery, five others’ take-off
The failure to supply crude oil to domestic refineries, including the multi-billion dollar Dangote Refinery, has stalled the production of refined petroleum products at the…
Michael Jackson named Forbes’ highest-paid dead celebrity of 2023
Late American singer, Michael Jackson, known as the ‘King of Pop’, has been ranked the world’s highest-paid dead celebrity of 2023. He was named the…
Internet, phones ‘completely’ shut off in Gaza
Internet and phone networks were down across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, in the second such blackout in the besieged…
Rivers: Tinubu wades in; Wike, Fubara meet, greet in Abuja
ABUJA— President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, waded into the rift between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and his immediate predecessor, Mr Nyesom Wike, which has…