Ecobank Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, has entered a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) to host the 2024 National Schools’ Team Chess Competition. The competition is scheduled to hold between 24th – 28th May 2024 at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) in Victoria Lagos. It is open to…
Nigeria said it recovered nearly $30 million from an ongoing corruption investigation at a key government agency. The entity being probed for fraud is the ministry of humanitarian affairs which is also charged with fighting poverty. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement that it had uncovered a complex ‘web of fraudulent…
The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from a school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children as they cried amid gunfire. One of them was Jennifer’s then 10-year-old cousin, Treasure. Paying a ransom…
The invaders who claimed to be members of the Yoruba nation agitators, were paraded alongside seized exhibits such as guns, ammunition, plaques with the Yoruba nation insignia, cutlasses, walkie-talkies, and other communication gadgets. The Oyo state commissioner of police, Adebola Hamzat told journalists that the suspects would be charged with treasonable felony and terrorism as…
In a judgment that lasted over 6 hours, the coroner also held that the death was however avoidable as the negligence of the parents and the medical team also contributed to it. Magistrate Kadiri absolved some students of Dowen college named in the incident as he concluded that they played no part in the death…
Nigerians have called on the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Paul Enenche, to apologise to a member of his church who was publicly embarrassed and accused of dishonesty during a testimony session. A video that went viral on Sunday showed Enenche questioning the credibility of the woman’s testimony at his church in…
Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon have reopened their airspaces after closing them over Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attacks on Israel. Jordan’s state TV on Sunday said the country had resumed air traffic operations, citing aviation authorities. The opening of its airspace came more than three hours earlier than scheduled. Lebanon said its airport will resume…
Nollywood actress, Adanma Luke, who was the producer of the movie titled “The Other Side of Life,” in which Junior Pope was starring before his death, has broken her silence on the incident. Junior Pope and four other crew members died when their boat capsized while returning from a movie location on the River Niger….
Iranian armed forces have seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions across the region after a deadly Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria. The ship was commandeered by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite force that lost seven members, including two generals, in the Syria strike, Iranian…
