His win means the award remains in Nigeria after teammate Victor Osimhen won it last year. By Donatus Anichukwueze Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year in a historic event that confirms his status as one of the best players in the world in the current calendar year. The Super Eagles of Nigeria forward shook off competitions from South Africa’s Ronwen Williams, Cote d’Ivoire’s Simon Adingra, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, and Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy to win the prize. His win means the award remains in Nigeria after teammate Victor Osimhen won it last year. The…
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By Shadrach Okon Foreigners are taking advantage of the spike in unemployment in the country to to lure the teaming unemployed youths into Cyber crime. The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this at the Commission during a press briefing on a landmark raid and arrest of 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. According to the EFCC’s boss, the young Nigerians who were selected based on typing proficiency by their foreign criminal syndicate were assigned Whatsapp accounts linked to foreign telephone numbers to engage victims in…
The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja fined Ambrose Albert Owuru, a former presidential candidate, N5 million for harassing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a frivolous and vexatious suit. Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), was ordered to pay N5 million to Tinubu. Justice Uwani Musa Aba-Aji issued the order against the former presidential candidate while dismissing his fresh suit, praying for the removal of Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. Apart from the N5 million fine, the apex court ordered its Registry not to accept any…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has described report that the French military has established or is planning to establish a base in Nigeria as totally false and mischievous. The Defence Headquarters said this in a statement by its director of media operations, Major General Edward Buba on Monday. Buba said the clarification was in response to reports doing the rounds, that French soldiers had arrived in Nigeria. “The attention of Defence Headquarters has been drawn to online reports alleging the arrival of the first contingent of French soldiers in Maiduguri towards establishing a French Military base in North East Nigeria. “The…
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision dismissed a suit seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. The apex court also awarded a N5 million cost against Chief Ambrose Owuru, the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the 2019 general election, who filed the suit. Owuru had asked the Supreme Court to sack Tinubu over the claim that he was an active agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He argued that this made Tinubu unfit to continue to occupy the presidential seat. He also argued that Tinubu ought to be…
By Paul Melly, Africa analyst West African leaders are holding a crucial summit in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, focusing on the morale-sapping departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from their 15-member bloc Ecowas. Few think the military rulers of the three dissident states can be persuaded to pause or reverse their decision. While faced with this blow to regional unity, West Africa is also poised to start work on a 1,028km (689 miles) highway from Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan – through Ghana, Togo and Benin – to Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos. Construction is supposed to start in 2026 and…
Yoruba Nation youth leaders have commended Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, for her stance against entrenched corruption in Nigeria’s governance. The leaders also praised her vocal opposition to the violent acts perpetrated by herdsmen and Boko Haram, which include kidnappings and attacks targeting Yoruba communities in the Southwest. In a joint statement issued by Prophet Ayodele Ologunloluwa and Comrade Oyegunle Oluwamayowa Omotoyole, the youth leaders expressed their support for Badenoch, hailing her as a courageous voice for justice and integrity. They particularly acknowledged her advocacy for greater accountability and her commitment to stating the challenges faced by…
The Economic Community of West African States will on January 29, 2025 begin the process for Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to formally withdraw their membership of the regional bloc. It declared a six-month transition period lasting until July 29, 2025, within which it would engage withdrawal protocol. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced this at the close of the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The development follows the elapse of the one-year statutory period since the three countries first filed their decision…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, said it was not threatened by the weekend visit of ex-presidential flag-bearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, to the Abeokuta, Ogun State home of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo “to discuss the political future of Nigeria.” In the past few weeks, there have been increasing debates about the 2027 generation elections after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, canvassed for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu for second term. According to Akume, there will be no vacancy in…
By Shadrach Okon The four Tax Reform Bills before the National Assembly have generated intense debate across Nigeria. The bills which were forwarded to the National Assembly following approval of the Federal Executive Council in October, the Federal Government says are aimed at overhauling the nation’s tax system. The four bills include: the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill. The proposed legislation seeks to consolidate existing tax laws, establish clearer frameworks for tax administration, and create bodies like the Tax Appeal Tribunal and the…