Wife of ousted Syrian President Asma al-Assad files for divorce, unhappy in Moscow ―Report

Asma al-Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has reportedly filed for divorce and is seeking to relocate to London. According to Turkish and Arab media sources, cited by the Jerusalem Post, Asma has submitted her divorce request to a Russian court and is awaiting approval to move to the UK. Asma, who […]

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Naira may fall to N1,993 per $1 ―Report says

Nigeria’s Naira is forecasted to depreciate to N1,993 against one United States dollar ($1) by 2028, posing a significant challenge to Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry, particularly in importing essential medical devices, a new report by BMI, a Fitch Solutions subsidiary, has revealed. The report themed, “Weak Naira and Structural Challenges to Constrain Nigeria’s Medical Devices Market […]

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Over 600,000 Nigerians sought asylum abroad under Buhari ―Report says

Over 600,000 Nigerians filed for asylum in other countries between 2016 and 2023, which were years under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was Nigerian President from 2015 to 2023 and handed over to President Bola Tinubu who was sworn in on May 29, 2023, after winning in the general elections the same […]

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Japa: Two-third Nigerian professionals willing to work abroad ―Report says

Nearly two-thirds of Nigerian professionals and three-quarters of Ghanaian professionals are willing to work abroad, a new report by Boston Consulting Group and The Network has shown. The report, Decoding Global Talent 2024, surveyed over 150,000 workers in 188 countries and found that younger professionals and those from fast-growing populations were more likely to seek […]

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Hilda Baci cook-a-thon viewed 4.8 billion times worldwide ―Report

The audience reached from Hilda’s Baci (Hilda Bassey Effiong) recent attempt to enter the Guinness World Records as the person with the record of the longest cooking period was over 4.8 billion, a media intelligence report said The report was published by Media Intelligence Consultancy, P+ Measurement Services, which claimed to have done a media […]

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Former Osun Governor, Oyinlola, set to drag the IGP to court over non-release of Report on MTN

Former Governor of Osun State, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola has threatened to institute legal action against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), for refusing to release the IG Monitoring Team Report in respect of his petition against MTN Nigeria and others. In a letter dated January 27, 2023, which Oyinlola addressed to the Inspector General of […]

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IGP submits probe report to PSC on DCP Abba Kyari’s alleged involvement in Hushpuppi’s fraud case

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has finally submitted disciplinary recommendations on the alleged role of the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to the Police Service Commission (PSC). Kyari was indicted in an FBI investigation in a $1.1 million internet scam carried out by […]

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Justice Salami submits Panel report on Magu

Presidential Panel of Inquiry which was set up to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, submitted its report to the President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, according to reports. Retired Justice Ayo Salami who chaired the Panel submitted the report to Buhari at the Presidential Villa, […]

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Almost one-third of capacity petrol smuggled out of Nigeria ―Report

A publication by the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday showed that Nigeria had been subsidising petrol for neighbouring nations for many years. In the publication, which was signed by the MOMAN Chairman, Adetunji Oyebanji, and sighted by The Punch correspondent in Abuja, the oil marketers stated that the continued payment of subsidy […]

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More than 14 million Nigerians on illicit drugs –Report

World Drug Report 2019 has put drug use prevalence in Nigeria at 14.4 percent of the population, representing 14.4 million Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years. This was revealed on Thursday in Kaduna by registrar of the Pharmarcists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Elisha Mohammed, when critical stakeholders gathered to brainstorm on alarming statistics on drug […]

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310 Nigerians killed by kidnappers, bandits in May – report

At least 310 Nigerians were killed in various security crises across the country in May 2019, just as Zamfara, Borno and Katsina states tops the three states with highest number of victims according to a report released in Abuja on Thursday. The report was prepared by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, and it noted […]

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IGP submits report of probe of DSS siege of NASS to Osinbajo (See Interim Report)

  Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has submitted his report about the Tuesday’s DSS siege at the National Assembly to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Daily Post reports that it obtained a copy of it on Thursday night. The report stated the obvious about the sacked Director General of the Department of […]

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