Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. EFCC grills ex-Women Affairs Minister, Kennedy-Ohanenye, for alleged funds diversion The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday detained the former Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, for alleged corruption.Read more 2. My suspension unjust, against principles of natural justice –…
The Islamic cleric, AbdulRahman Bello, accused of killing and dismembering a final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal of Adefalu compound, Okelele, Ilorin, on Thursday, March 6, told the court that he singlehandedly committed the crime. Bello who was in court alongside his alleged four accomplices pleaded with the…
March 7, 2025 Richard Schulman Martin Puryear in Madison Park. Everyday nature beckons: My lenses focus on the irrational natural: The universes’ cities beckon: I focus: Mark Twain’s “Two Ways of Seeing a River” comes to mind: A beckoning for answers: The episodic rivers’ rhythm plays tricks on my eyes: Two views of nature flows:…
This present homily focuses on the Sacrament of Confession. St. Philaret of ChernigovPhilaret of Chernigov, St. “>St. Philaret of Chernigov was a Holy Hierarch of the nineteenth century, at a time when the laity typically didn’t commune at the Presanctified Liturgies in the The First Week of Great Lent“>first week of Lent, but rather spent…
The Nigerian currency, the naira, shed N12 off its value against the American dollar at the official window while also slumping massively at the black market on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The naira traded at N1, 512.30/$1 at the official window against the N1,500.80/$1 the previous day. This represents a loss of N11.5 for the…
A Nigerian national living in Mexico, Matthew A. Akande, has been extradited to the United States for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ computer networks and to file fraudulent tax returns. The US Department of Justice announced this in a statement released on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. …
