Bitcoin has fallen as much as 12% in the past day, falling below the $75,000 threshold. The development comes amid the plunging of Asian and European markets in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin has fallen as low as $74,604 in the …

OBI, Otti fix LP NEC, stakeholders’ meetings for April 9The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and Gov. Alex Otti of Abia have fixed the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for April 9 in Abuja. Spokesman of Peter Obi Media Reach, Mr Ibrahim Umar, made this known …

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to strengthen operational partnership and tighten the noose on drug trafficking networks operating between both countries. Highlights of the MoU include: exchange …

Pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) – has urged the nation’s former first lady and wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, to be magnanimous and to show the rich Christian virtue of forgiveness which the Lenten season exemplifies by …

THE Presidency said on Monday that the report about the sack of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, which is doing the rounds on social media, was fake. President Bola Tinubu had reportedly sacked and replaced the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmud …

Northern Senators Forum, NSF, has condemned the recent attack on five communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The condemnation was contained in statement issued on behalf of the Forum by its Chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua. The statement, dated April 6, 2025, reads: “On behalf of the …

AN Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 33-year-old Oluwatuyi Bidemi to 84 years imprisonment for robbery, attempted murder and others. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on 21 July 2021 on a four-count charge of attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping, and rape. His alleged crime is …

THE “take-it-back” movement has insisted on staging a nationwide protest today, Monday, April 7, 2025, against the emergency rule in Rivers State as well as what it called human rights abuse and misuse of Cybercrime Act. The Nigeria Police Force has warned the organisers to shelve their planned nationwide protest, …

AHEAD of the Hajj season, Saudi Arabia authorities have imposed a temporary visa ban on 13 countries. According to diplomatic sources, the suspension applies to Umrah, business, and family visit visas. However, it may be lifted by mid-June. The report was published on Sunday by Pakistani media outlet ARY News. …

A United States court has sentenced a 47-year-old Nigerian, Imafedia Adevokhai, to 46 months in prison over his involvement in a multi-year stolen identity tax refund fraud amounting to $4,945,886. This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Abe McGlothin Jr., …