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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refused to clarify the recent internal scandal involving an officer in charge of the Kaduna Zonal Office’s exhibit room who allegedly absconded with over thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) and other valuable exhibits. Earlier in January, the country’s flagship anti-corruption agency said it had detained 10 officers in…
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About 22 deaths and 143 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded out of 484 suspected cases across seven states and 32 local government areas. from December 30, 2024, to January 12, 2025. According to the Lassa fever situation report obtained from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the deaths occurred in…
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The management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) on Wednesday, disclosed that over 3, 000 students of the institution have benefited from the National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). FUNAAB’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Olushola Babatunde Kehinde, made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, during a press conference held to herald the institution’s 32nd…
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Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country’s strict Islamic dress code in order “not to put women under pressure”. Covering the neck and head and dressing modestly became mandatory for women in Iran following the Islamic revolution that overthrew the US-backed Shah in 1979. “If…
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Two girls were forced to have sex “with multiple men on the same day, in filthy flats and on rancid mattresses,” the jury in the UK’s latest grooming trial heard Wednesday. Prosecutor Rossano Scamardella told a court in Manchester that the eight men on trial had abused the two girls from the age of 13…
