In a 100-day span ending January 2024, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it recovered N70.6 billion, secured 747 convictions, mainly for cybercrimes, out of 2,657 accepted petitions. According to EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede, the recoveries Read more…
Month: February 2024
The UK economy has been hit hardest among its European peers by shipping disruptions in the Red Sea, an S&P Global PMI survey released this week shows. According to the findings, 12% of UK manufacturers report that delivery times have been Read more…
Pope Francis on Saturday reaffirmed Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism since the outbreak of the Gaza war in a letter to the Jews of Israel that he said was prompted by messages from Jewish organizations around the Read more…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Angola to advance into the semi-final of the ongoing 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday. The Eagles secured their semi-final place courtesy of a 41st-minute goal by Ademola Read more…
A Digital Money lending company operated by two Chinese nationalities in Lagos, Nigeria, Lucky Finance, has being accused of engaging in illegal activities and fleecing unsuspecting Nigerians of huge sums of money. They have also been accused of allegedly smearing desperate Nigerians Read more…
The Anambra State Government has banned the public display of caskets for fabrication and sale in the state. The government also banned the depositing of corpses in the mortuary or any other place beyond two months from the date of Read more…
Fresh facts have emerged that the killers of the Olukoro of Koro in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, perfected the murder plot in a pub, popularly called beer parlour, in the town. Oba Aremu-Cole, Read more…
There are strong indications that the Federal Government is mulling a policy that will result in the conversion of foreign currencies in domiciliary accounts of citizens to naira to stabilise the national currency, which earlier this week recorded its worst Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has branded Ukrainian neo-Nazis “scum,” recalling the crimes they committed against the local population of Ukraine’s Kharkov Region. The president made the remarks at the ‘Everything for Victory’ forum in Tula on Friday. During the event, Putin said Read more…
The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend. Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor In view of the rerun of House of Representatives elections in Nnewi North and Orumba North LGAs of Anambra State scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2024, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Commissioner of Police, Read more…
Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has hailed The Sun’s contributions to national development expressing happiness that such newspaper was honouring him . Obi will receive The Sun Political Icon of Read more…