Saturday, October 3, 2026

HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
July 1, 2021

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey’s endorsement jerks up value of new crypto

An endorsement by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has seen the value of joke cryptocurrency Hamstercoin rise sharply to challenge Dogecoin.

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey
July 1, 2021

Nnamdi Kanu: AGF Malami addresses national press conference in Hausa

Analysts say Mr Malami’s action was in faithfulness to the Buhari regime’s brazing preference for pandering to Mr Buhari’s northern base in matters of national concern.

Malami and Kanu
July 1, 2021

Iraq War ‘architect’ Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

Donald Rumsfeld, two-time U.S Secretary of Defence, died on Tuesday at his home in Taos, New Mexico.

Donald Rumsfeld
June 30, 2021

Court discharges Bill Cosby of sexual assaults convictions

The court held that some of the evidence used to secure the conviction of Mr Cosby had violated his due process rights.

Bill Cosby
June 30, 2021

Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu not arrested in UK: British govt

The British government has said Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in the UK.

Buhari, Kanu and Ben Llewellyn-Jones,
June 29, 2021

UK provides Nigeria, others £12.6 million to fight ISWAP terrorists

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Monday that the UK would provide £12.6 Million to fight the threat of terrorism in West Africa.

Dominic Raab
June 28, 2021

U.S. consulate opens ‘Windows on America’ in Enugu, Benin City

So far, the Consulate has launched 13 American Spaces in southern Nigeria.

U.S. Consulate Public Affairs Officer Stephen Ibelli
June 28, 2021

Facebook, YouTube, Instagram to hit 6.5 billion users by 2023

The report attributes the growth of these social media platforms more people are spending time online due to COVID-19 induced global lockdown.

Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
June 28, 2021

FLASH: UK bans Binance

Binance has garnered global scrutiny over the past couple of months.

Binance
June 28, 2021

Social media must be regulated: Femi Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has insisted the federal government must regulate social media to protect the national interest.