More than 200 defendants in one of Italy’s biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of 2,200 years in jail. The three-year trial saw individuals allegedly linked to the ‘Ndrangheta sentenced for crimes ranging from extortion to drug trafficking. Those sentenced included a former Italian senator, though the verdicts can still…
Aggrieved members of Labour Party in Imo State, on Monday, staged a protest at the state secretariat office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri, the state capital, over the alleged delay in the release of the Certified True Copy result of the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The LP Chairman in the…
Former Liberia’s Vice President Joseph Boakai has been officially declared winner of Liberia’s presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah. According to the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Boakai won with 50.64 percent of the vote, against 49.36 percent of the vote for former international football star Weah, Weah had already conceded defeat on Friday evening, based…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted the kind of democracy practiced in Africa. According to Obasanjo Western Liberal Democracy has not been a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent by the colonialists. He said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while delivering a keynote address at an high-level…
Aggrieved members of the People’s Democratic Party On Monday stormed the headquarters of the Party in Abuja demanding the resignation of the party’s National Working Committee. The group, under the aegis of the PDP National Back Up arrived at Wadata Plaza, the national secretariat of the party demanding the immediate resignation of the acting National…
Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been criticized for approving the sum of N44.8m for the clearing of vegetables within the Epe Mixed Development Scheme. According to records from the state’s Public Procurement Agency, the project was awarded in May by the Lagos State New Towns Development Authority. The governor has also been attacked for…
Six of the shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s World Cup-winning campaign are to be sold at auction. Messi captained Argentina to World cup glory after his side beat France on penalties in last December’s final in Qatar. His shirt from the final is included in the set, which are expected to fetch more…
Japan has condemned the hijacking of a Japanese-operated, British-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Yemeni militia claimed the vessel was Israeli, and a spokesman said the seizure was only the beginning of a “battle at sea”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Houthi’s backer, Iran, for the hijacking….
As calls for the resignation of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu increases over his continued stay in Ibadan some stakeholders in the state have added their voice calling on the governor to either return home or hand over the reins of government to his deputy Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ekweanaedo reports that governor Akeredolu has been in Ibadan since…
The police in Rivers state has denied reports of an assassination attempt on the factional speaker of the state House of Assembly Edison Ehie. Commissioner of Police Olatunji Disu says preliminary investigation did not reveal there was an assassination attempt on the factional speaker. While Ehie had alleged a murder attempt on him, the CP…
