The Nigerian stock market closed the week on a bearish note as investors lost N14 billion on Friday. This followed a dip in the share prices of stocks like DEAPCAP, ROYAL EXCHANGE, and SOVEREIGN TRUST INSURANCE amongst others on the trading floor. After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalization crashed…
The federal government has denied allegations that President Bola Tinubu’s political appointments are biased in favour of the south-west region. The claims, which have sparked national debate, were recently raised by critics who argue that the president has failed to reflect Nigeria’s diversity in his choices for key positions. Among those who voiced…
Image by Kayla Velasquez. Journalists attacked, discredited, and labeled “enemies of the people.” Loyalty tests. Court rulings ignored. Judges harassed. Whistleblowers discredited. Protesters rebranded as “extremists” by people who actually are. Books banned. Curricula rewritten to serve a political agenda so thinly veiled it might as well be written in all caps. A sitting president…
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (TCN) — The wife of prominent hairdresser Fabio Sementilli has been convicted in the 2017 plot to kill him in the home they shared with their daughters. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced April 11 that a jury found Monica Sementilli guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and murder with special…
Founder of the Albinism Foundation, Jake Epelle has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s sincerity in declaring a state of emergency and appointment of a sole administrator in Rivers State. On 18 March, the president declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich state, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and the state lawmakers for…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the suspended Head of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants to enter their defence in the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on their…
