Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun state, and Edward Oluwasanmi, a pastor, have pleaded guilty to swindling the United States government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds.…
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Our reporter/ Amnesty International on Saturday criticised President Bola Tinubu for failing in his constitutional role of protecting Nigerians, lamenting the killing spree by Boko Haram, while bandits impose levies on…
Read More Amnesty International says Tinubu failing as bandits embark on killing spree
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called for stronger international collaboration to advance Nigeria’s Human Capital Development 2.0 (HCD 2.0) strategy. Mr Shettima made the call virtually at a high-level roundtable on…
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Our reporter/ The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has blamed poor leadership for the rising poverty levels in Nigeria. He lamented…
Read More Nigeria’s poverty rate higher than China, Indonesia, Vietnam’s combined – Peter Obi
Our reporter/ Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu has the highest number of extremely poor people globally, according to the World Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report of April 2025. “Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest…
Read More Nigeria has highest number of “extremely poor people globally” – World Bank