Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC), has launched an investigation into the purported six-week degree program at Cotonou University. According to the agency’s spokeswoman, Azuka Ogugua, the ICPC chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, met with the undercover reporter on the matter on Tuesday at the ICPC’s headquarters in Abuja. They addressed the outlet’s December 30th article on alleged fraudulent activities in rapid degree issuing at a Cotonou university, according to the statement, with a view to furthering the investigation and initiating related actions. The statement read: “The investigation into Ecole Superieure de Gestion et de…

Denmark has begun accepting visa applications from both qualified and unskilled foreign workers, such as teachers, welders, technicians, and others. Denmark is now grappling with a labor deficit in many areas, with officials stating that the country requires foreign workers to fill job openings. According to Schengen Visa Info, the initiative was aimed at assisting Denmark in addressing its current labor deficit, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI). “According to SIRI, the new Positive List includes a total of 110 job openings, of which 72 are part of the…

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has urged President Bola Tinubu to ban sports betting apps in the country. Omokri argued that a ban on sports betting apps could even help improve the value of the naira. In a series of tweets posted on his verified X handle on Wednesday, Omokri, who quoted the National Lottery Trust Fund, lamented that “$1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria.” His tweet read, “President Tinubu can immediately improve the economic conditions of most Nigerians and make the Naira grow by issuing an Executive Order authorizing the Nigerian Communications Commission…

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has named the immediate-past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, as his new Chief of Staff. He takes over as Chief of Staff from Chidi Amadi. Ehie, a close supporter of Fubara, resigned recently as Speaker of the State House of Assembly. Chronicle NG reported that the resolution signed by parties during the peace meeting held at the instance of President Bola Tinubu included the recognition of Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule as Speaker of the House. However, there was no provision requiring Ehie to resign as a member of the…

Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned in the wake of anti-Semitism claims leveled against her and other Ivy League presidents during congressional questioning regarding anti-Semitism on campus. According to the New York Times, Gay, who has been under fire for weeks for how she has handled debate at Harvard about the Gaza conflict, presented her retirement on Tuesday. Gay resigned over suspicions of plagiarism, as she failed to properly identify sources in her academic papers, making her the university’s shortest-serving president with only six months and two days on the post. She was Harvard’s first black president, taking office on…

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has barred Hannibal Mejbri from leaving on loan in January while the Red Devils await the return of Casemiro and Mason Mount. The Tunisian international will not be permitted to leave Manchester United on loan this month until Ten Hag is satisfied with his midfield options. Mejbri has withdrawn from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in order to settle his future. This season, he has made nine appearances for United. Ten Hag admires the 20-year-old’s persistence, but he wants him to earn more playing time to help him improve. However, with Casemiro and…

Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, a former Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), claims that Francophone West African countries benefit from the fake certificates issued to Nigerians. On Tuesday, Ramon-Yusuf made this accusation during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. His accusation comes after the Nigerian government suspended accreditation and examination of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. The ban came after the Federal Government announced on Tuesday a study showing how a degree was obtained from a university in the Benin Republic in less than two months. According to the former secretary of the NUC, “many of these francophone…

Armed robbers raided the popular Abdullahi Supermarket in One Man Village, near Mararaba, on Tuesday evening, killing four people, including a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Daniel Adefemi Okunade, identified by his identity card as CBN personnel, was shot in the head and died instantly. The other three victims are yet to be identified at the time of filing his report.According to eyewitnesses, the robbery lasted less than two minutes, during which the CBN staff, who is also the choir master of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in One Man Village, was gunned down. He was said…

Safiyanu Isah Andaha, the abducted chairman of Akwanga Local Government Council in Nasarawa State, has been released after a N10 million ransom was paid to the kidnappers. The council chairman was released together with his friend, Adamu Custom, and two other victims kidnapped along the Akwanga-Andaha route after a ten million naira ransom was paid. The victims were freed by their abductors outside a filling station along Bayan Dutse Road, on the outskirts of Andaha town, according to a source close to the victims who did not want his name publicized. “They were released around 9 p.m. behind Maigwona filling…

Sierra Leone charged 12 people on Tuesday with treason and other offenses for their roles in what authorities dubbed an attempted coup on November 26, according to a news release. Amadu Koita, who the government claims was one of the organizers of the coup attempt, was among those indicted.Koita, a former soldier and bodyguard for former President Ernest Koroma, was widely followed on social networks, where he criticized current President Julius Bio’s government.He was arrested on December 4 and is one of 85 people detained in connection with the November 26 incidents, the majority of whom are military personnel. According…