Tuesday, August 4, 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
December 9, 2021

Nigeria still among repressive countries attacking, jailing journalists: Report

CPJ noted that Nigeria was a new entry under its worst jailers, behind Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Benin and Somalia.

Nigerian Journalists used to illustrate the story
December 9, 2021

WhatsApp activates new feature to allow users trade cryptos

Users will be able to receive USDP via WhatsApp, which can then be withdrawn to a bank account in its equivalent value in U.S. dollars.

WhatsApp/Crypto
December 9, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes seventh child

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of a baby girl at a London hospital.

PM Johnson and wife Carrie
December 9, 2021

New Zealand set to ban smoking for future generations

With the new regulations, smoking is being phased out and New Zealanders who are 14 years old and below will never be legally able to buy tobacco.

Cigarette smoker
December 9, 2021

Adultery not most serious of sins: Pope Francis

The Pope’s comments followed the resignation of an archbishop, who quit over a relationship with a woman earlier this month.

Pope Francis
December 9, 2021

Naira crashes again, now N572 to dollar

The naira now exchanges for N572 to a dollar, per rate on the forex trading platform, Aboki Forex.

Dollar and Naira
December 9, 2021

Nigeria among most considerate nations in ’50 Most Thoughtful Societies Index 2021′

Data collated by MyPostcard has revealed Nigeria to be among the most thoughtful countries in the world according to the ‘Most Thoughtful Societies Index 2021’.

Nigerians and Buhari
December 8, 2021

I acquired N9.7 billion assets from my travel allowance, ex-Air Force chief Dikko Umar tells court

Mr Umar made his statement on Wednesday while fielding questions from the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Former Chief of Air Force, Mohammed Dikko Umar
December 8, 2021

European countries donated soon to be expired COVID vaccines: FG

The federal government said it does not dispense vaccines with a validity extended beyond labelled expiry date as it contravenes its standards.

Osagie Ehanire
December 8, 2021

Visa launches crypto services for retailers, banks

Visa stated that it set out to assist financial institutions, retailers, and central banks in rolling out cryptocurrency offerings, including NFT projects and CBDC.

cryptocurrency