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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 16, 2022

Turkey’s Erdogan rejects Finland, Sweden’s NATO applications

Turkey is asking both countries to stop supporting Kurdish groups on their territory, and to lift the ban on sales of some arms to Turkey.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Credit: BBC)
May 16, 2022

2023: State petroleum minister Timipre Sylva drops out of presidential race

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered all political appointees serving in his administration to resign from office.

Chief Timipre Sylva
May 16, 2022

Crypto: SEC introduces new regulations on digital assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a new set of rules to guide digital assets traders and investors in Nigeria.

cryptocurrency
May 13, 2022

Atiku mourns UAE’s Sheikh Zayed, sympathises with family

The Nigerian opposition politician said the late Emirati leader, who died on May 13 at 73, represented a great transformation of his country.

Atiku Abubakar
May 13, 2022

Twitter buyout deal temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter has been placed temporarily on hold, citing pending investigations on spam and fake accounts.

Elon Musk and Twitter Logo Credit Disclose TV
May 12, 2022

NATO: Russia could cut gas supply to Finland on Friday

Between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of Finland’s natural gas is supplied by Russia.

Finland President and Vladimir Putin
May 12, 2022

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal fires two top executives ahead of Musk acquisition

The internal restructuring comes as Twitter’s board of directors accepted Mr Musk’s offer of $54.20 per share in cash, valued at about $44 billion.

May 12, 2022

Deborah Samuel: Amnesty International seeks immediate arrest, prosecution of killers

“The Nigerian authorities must curtail the impunity that has led to an increase in mob violence and arrest all those involved in this reprehensible act.”

Amnesty International