Friday, August 21, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

August 16, 2024

Putin’s War: Russia jails citizen 15 years for donating $52 to Ukraine

Ms Karelina’s sentence mirrors several cases of Western citizens being convicted of minor misdemeanours.

Vladimir Putin and Razom for Ukraine
August 16, 2024

Argentina: Former President Fernández charged for beating up first lady

Ms Yañez said Mr Fernández often struck her across the cheek, pummelled her face, leaving her with a black eye and kicked her in the stomach.

Former President Alberto Fernández of Argentina and his partner, Fabiola Yañez
August 15, 2024

Dapo Abiodun backs down from N7.5 billion demand from Nigerian Navy, announces free allocation of land for new naval base

The governor’s aide Kayode Akinmade insisted that the payment advisory was only “standard protocol” to show “the geographical location of the land.

Dapo Abiodun
August 15, 2024

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik quits over campus pro-Palestinian protest

Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik
August 15, 2024

U.S. appeals court compounds Tinubu’s woes, authorises Chinese investors to proceed towards seizing Nigeria’s assets abroad

An appellate court in the United States has rejected Nigeria’s sovereign immunity and authorised a Chinese consortium to proceed with its efforts to confiscate Nigeria’s assets abroad,

Joe Biden, Bola Tinubu and Xi Jinping composite
August 15, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: After dubious handover event, Dapo Abiodun demands N7.5 billion from Nigerian Navy for land allocation in Ogun

The governor’s demand has already stirred concerns and could strain relations between his government and the federal armed forces.

Dapo Abiodun and Chief of Naval Staff Emmanuel Ogalla at the handover meeting
August 14, 2024
Tajudeen Abass
August 14, 2024

NSA Ribadu, EFCC lied about seizing $37 million to smear #EndHunger protesters; crypto address shows zero balance, never operated

The EFCC listed four crypto addresses in its application for a warrant to an Abuja judge, claiming to have found large sums in the accounts and arguing it was in the national interest to confiscate

EndHunger protesters, Tinubu, Ribadu and transaction composite used to illustrate the story
August 14, 2024

Aisha Yesufu, Ezekwesili risk imprisonment as lawmakers propose 10-year sentence for Nigerians not singing national anthem

Nigerians found guilty of destroying national symbols (including the flag) as a means to undermine the government will risk 10 years’ imprisonment or a N5 million fine.

Yesufu, Tinubu singing anthem, Ezekwesili