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S’African Johann Rupert Overtakes Dangote To Become Africa’s Richest Man
South African billionaire Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote to become Africa’s richest person. This is according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires...
Brain Drain Reduces Abuja National Hospital Workforce to 2,500
The National Hospital in Abuja said the health sector’s brain drain has reduced its workforce from 3,000 to 2,500—about a 17 per cent...
Lagos: Nurse Arrested After Woman Dies Following Buttocks Enlargement Injection
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman identified as Abiola. The command’s...
Edo Police To Begin Arresting Drivers Of Tinted Glasses, Unregistered Vehicles
The Edo State Police Command has ordered the arrest of drivers operating vehicles with tinted glass, unregistered cars, or vehicles with covered plate...
Deportation: Dream Of Permanent Residency Shattered For Africans, Others Studying In Canada
Thousands of Africans and other nationalities studying in Canada risk deportation as a result of a series of immigration reforms by the Canadian...
SCAM Alert: Don’t Fall For ‘Anitha Jacobs’ E-Mail
One of West Africa Weekly’s reporter on Monday, August 26, received a phishing e-mail from one “Anitha Jacobs” who want a donation to...
Kenya Police Officers In Haiti Yet To Receive Deployment Allowance
Kenyan Police Officers on a multinational mission in the Haiti Republic have yet to receive their deployment allowance two months after they arrived...
26-Year-Old Photographer Freed After 10 Months In Keffi Prison For Resignation Text To APC Stalwart, Oluwole Mike
A 26-year-old graduate and photographer simply identified as ‘Nicholas’ has just been released from a Keffi prison after spending 10 months in detention...
PIDOM: Deji Adeyanju Files Exparte Motion To Compel Police To Produce Isaac Bristol In Court
An exparte motion has been filed at the Federal High Court Abuja between Isaac Bristol, the detained person alleged by the Nigerian police...
Atiku Blasts Tinubu Govt’s Age Restriction on Tertiary Admissions, Calls It Absurd, Anti-Scholarship, and Stone Age Policy
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the federal government’s directive that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates below...
ALERT: NEITI Website Unsafe For Visitors As Govt-Owned Extractive Agency Fails To Renew Its Security Certificate
The Nigeria Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) official website is unsafe for visitors and vulnerable to attacks. Following a visit to netit.gov.ng,...
South Africa Probes $7 Billion Corruption in State-Owned Companies
The Special Investigative Unit (SIU) on Tuesday revealed that it is investigating over $7 billion in alleged corruption across major state-owned companies in...