President Bola Tinubu has said the World Bank’s latest Nigeria Development Update confirms that his administration’s economic reforms are yielding results, citing improved economic growth, increased government revenues and the stabilisation of poverty for the first time since 2019. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser onContinue Reading
FREETOWN – Cheers, singing, and a massive security presence filled the streets of Freetown on Sunday as former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma landed back in the country following months of political exile in Nigeria. Tripod Times reports that his sudden return marks the dramatic conclusion to a high-stakesContinue Reading
The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has said Mr Chika Ibe, has allegedly been killed by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Thursday at Parksig Villas Complex, Bellville, Cape Town. Tripod Times reports that NICASA, which strongly condemned the alleged brutal killing, informed that Mr ChikaContinue Reading
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo on Monday announced a N1 million grant for each of the 41 returnees from South Africa who are indigenes of the state. Okpebholo who made the announcement on Monday while receiving the returnees at the Festival Hall of the Government House in Benin City, saidContinue Reading
Amid the controversy, Adeniyi Adeyemi urged President Bola Tinubu to inaugurate a separate independent panel to look into the allegations. ICPC spokesman, John Odey, confirmed on Monday that the commission had taken up the case and was capable of handling it alone or in partnership with other agencies. The ICPC’sContinue Reading
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man, Olawale Sikiru, and one of his accomplices for orchestrating his own kidnap. Tripod Times reports that the incident took place in Akure, where the suspect deliberately staged the abduction and succeeded in collecting ₦50,000 as part of the ₦1,000,000 demandedContinue Reading
In 2016, Lionel Messi retired from international football. In the aftermath of a defeat by Chile in the Copa America final, in which Messi missed a penalty in the shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years, he could not take any more pain. “For me, theContinue Reading
