The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed false reports by sections ofthe online media particularly Sahara Reporters.
Peoples Gazette and Jackson Udewho fed the public with misleading narratives and accusations against the Service.In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer Peter Afunaya, the servicerevealed that SaharaReporters wrote that the Service stormed the IndependentCorrupt Pratices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code ofConduct Bureau (CCB) and carted away certain files from […]
Court orders Nigeria’s Federal Governments torelease $5b Abacha loot details.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the governments of former PresidentsOlusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and MuhammaduBuhari to provide details on the spending details of about USD$5 billion allegedlyrecovered from funds looted by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.In a judgment, Justice James Omotosho also ordered the current government […]
President Tinubu emerges as new ECOWAS Chairman, harps on Regional Security.
President Bola Tinubu has emerged the new Chairman of the EconomicCommunity of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of theAuthority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.President Tinubu, who is the latest entrant into the exclusive club of Heads of Statein West Africa, accepted the honour, on behalf […]
Nigeria flares gas worth $485m as oil production rises
Oil and gas companies in Nigeria have flared gas worth $485.3 million in the first six months of 2023, a development hinged largely on improved crude oil production. Data gleaned from the Nigeria Gas Flare Tracker (GFT), a satellite-based technology, shows that Nigeria’s gas flares rose by 9.97 percent from $441.3 million in the same […]
Rwanda’s President aims to tackle witchcraft in football
Rwanda’s national football team have only qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations once, in 2004, and are currently bottom of their qualifying group having yet to win a match. President Kagame is a well-known football fan, and follows English club Arsenal. Despite substantial investment in the sports sector, the country’s teams have struggled to […]
Ethiopia’s Upper House Approves Creation Of New Regional State
Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved the creation of a 12th regional state after the latest referendum for greater self-rule in Africa’s second-most populous country. Voters in part of the ethnically-diverse Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) overwhelmingly supported carving out their own state in a referendum in February. The creation of […]
