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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
May 28, 2022

EFCC deploys operatives to PDP convention over cash distribution to delegates

The officers were sighted at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium venue of the event in their fatigues on Saturday evening.

Efcc
May 27, 2022

Elon Musk’s Starlink licences approved for Nigeria

Starlink, a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, offers high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe.

Starlink
May 27, 2022

Supreme Court dismisses Ameachi’s appeal to stop N96 billion fraud probe by Wike

Mr Amaechi’s suit at the High Court of Rivers State and Court of Appeal had earlier been dismissed prompting his appeal at the Supreme Court.

Rotimi Amaechi and Nyesom Wike
May 27, 2022

FBI collects first tranche of $6 million from Mr Woodberry’s Bitcoin wallet

The forfeiture filing was dated April 29, 2022, when Bitcoin was trading at $39,457, bringing the value of the haul to $6 million.

Olalekan Woodberry/FBI
May 26, 2022

11 newborns die in Senegal hospital fire

Eleven newborn babies have died as a result of a fire outbreak in the neonatal section of a Senegalese hospital

Macky Sall
May 26, 2022

Amnesty International condemns killing of 45 villagers by Boko Haram in Borno

Insurgents laid seige on the Rann community last Sunday, wreaking carnage on the civilians on their farms.

Amnesty International
May 25, 2022

Nineteen primary school children, two adults killed in Texas mass shooting

At least 19 primary school children and two adults have been killed following an attack by a gunman at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde in Texas, the latest mass shooting in the U.S.

Robb Elementary School
May 24, 2022

EFCC arrests Rochas Okorocha

The arrest followed months of the former Imo state governor evading the commission and refusing to honour its invitations.

Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha
May 24, 2022

FG engages blockchain firms Algorand, Koibanx to develop national wallet

The deal allows Nigerians to upload any form of IP rights and trade, sell or exchange them abroad while collecting the royalties.

Algorand, Koibanx and Ben Oguntala
May 24, 2022

Nigerian battling cyber threats for U.S. Navy awarded ‘Sailor of the Year’

Petty Officer 1st Class Adebayo Adepoju attended Methodist Grammar School in Bodija Ibadan and graduated in 2001.

Adebayo Adepoju