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  • Anti-Corruption

    South African Police officers

    Nigerian national nabbed for leading South African tax fraud syndicate

    A Nigerian national was arrested for using his company, Clemco Consult Biz Solution, to lead a tax fraud syndicate that scammed the South African Revenue Service of over R500,000.

    Rights

    Jos prison

    Jos resident jailed for threatening to kill trader

    A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Mustapha Musa, to one year’s imprisonment for threatening to kill his colleague.

    Agriculture

    police

    Police arrest four over murder of farmer in Bauchi

    The police command in Bauchi says it arrested four suspects following the killing of a farmer during a farmer-herder clash in Guda village, Ningi council area.

    OPINION

    Leadership and storytelling in election season

    Compelling stories create impact that shapes the future. And leaders who fail to tell honest stories shape nothing but frustration and disappointment.

    Only one of Nigeria’s 26 stadiums meets international standards; country needs a new model

    If Lionel Messi were to play in Nigeria tomorrow, there is only one venue in the entire country where the match could be sanctioned. One stadium. In a nation of 230 million people.

    Murder in Asaba

    There is something fundamentally wrong with treating the alleged killing of a citizen as though it were principally a disagreement within the public service.

    Incumbency power, religious sentiment can’t stop hungry, angry Nigerians from voting Tinubu out

    Across the country, the cost-of-living crisis is not an abstract economic debate.

    Azu Ishiekwene: Tinubu and his incredible ministers

    At a business lunch in December 2022, he said he shouldn’t be voted for a second term if he didn’t fix the electricity supply problem and end estimated billing in his first term.

    An open letter to a distressed priest

    Mr Soyinka said, “Public lies, like flies, beget maggots.”

    Abuja

    TUC, NLC, NULGE

    Abuja: Labour unions divided over FCT strike as TUC orders members to work, NULGE backs NLC

    The organised labour movement in Abuja has been sharply divided as unions expressed divergent views over the indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress.

    States

    police

    Police arrest four over murder of farmer in Bauchi

    The police command in Bauchi says it arrested four suspects following the killing of a farmer during a farmer-herder clash in Guda village, Ningi council area.