Across a football career lasting almost two decades, John Barnes earned 79 caps for England before retiring. In 2012 he founded John Barnes Media Limited – a company which would fold less than a decade later and spend two years paying no tax whatsoever. John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company…
Togo’s opposition parties have filed a lawsuit with a West African court in an attempt to overturn a constitutional reform they say allows President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his grip on power. The amendment, which shifts the small West African state from a presidential to a parliamentary system, has fuelled political tensions ahead of April…
The E54 Bridge of Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal One suffered a fire outbreak in the early hours of this morning. Smoke was detected billowing from the E54 Bridge, leading electrical engineers to immediately cut off power to the airport’s E Wing. A statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports…
No fewer than 119 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, have escaped, following hours of heavy downpour which destroyed parts of the facility on Wednesday night. Spokesman of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, Adamu Duza disclosed this in a statement on Thursday morning. He…
The FCT Police Command is aware of a video clip circulating online depicting a robbery incident allegedly occurring in the Federal Capital Territory involving a “Right Hand Drive” vehicle. The Command wishes to clarify that contrary to the narrative, the incident did not take place within the Federal Capital Territory. Upon meticulous analysis of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja to withdraw the appeal it filed to set aside the interim injunction that barred it from arresting the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for trial. The anti-graft agency, in its notice of discontinuance dated April 22,…
Storms and flash floods turned roads into gushing rivers and swamped homes with waist-high muddy water across the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people. The East Africa region has been lashed by relentless downpours in recent weeks, as the El Nino weather pattern exacerbates the seasonal rainfall. Across Nairobi, vehicles were…
The Osun State chapter of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, TRWASO, has declared that Isese is not associated with money or killing ritual, urging law enforcement agencies to thoroughly investigate and prosecute anyone found guilty accordingly. Speaking on Tuesday during the fifth swearing-in ceremony of TRWASO State Excos in Osogbo, the Association’s President, Dr Oluseyi Atanda…
Multichoice Nigeria has announced a fresh increase in prices on the DSTV and GOtv packages. In a statement titled ‘Price Adjustment on DStv and GOtv Packages’, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, sent to its customers on Wednesday, said the increase was necessitated by the rise in the cost of business operations. According…
The bullied student of British Lead International School, Miss. Namtira Bwala has sued over the incident of bullying and attack meted out on her in the school. Bwala asked the school authorities to immediately investigate and pronounce the stiffest possible sanctions in the student’s rule book on Ms.Maryam Hassan, Miss Faliya, and nine other students….
