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Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities by firms operating on the state’s mining licences.  Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to Ademola Adeleke, the Osun governor, announced the development in a statement on Wednesday. Rasheed said the affected operators are to report to the state’s assets recovery […]

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 12-year-old Nigerian refugee who won the NY State chess championship in 2019, and his family have been granted asylum by the government of the United States of America. Source: Top Stories

Eligible teachers in Nigeria can apply to work in schools in the United Kingdom, courtesy of a programme by the department of education. To stand a chance, applicants will be required to have qualified teacher status (QTS), a qualification awarded by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA). The UK’s department of education listed […]

The whistleblower policy has lost momentum due to fears about safety, the federal executive council (FEC) said on Wednesday. The policy, launched in December 2016, encourages Nigerians to disclose information on fraud, bribery, looted government funds, financial misconduct and any other form of corruption to the ministry of finance. Speaking on the […]

Ghana’s inflation rate rose to 50.3 percent in November, up from 40.4 percent in October — the highest rate since 2004. Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician for Ghana, announced this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after Ghana secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund […]

A federal high court in Abuja has set aside its order committing Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), to imprisonment for contempt. The court had on November 29 sentenced the IGP to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. Mobolaji Olajuwon, the presiding judge, convicted the IGP following a suit […]

The number of journalists jailed around the world has reached a record-breaking figure. A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found that 363 reporters were deprived of their freedom as of December 1, 2022 – a new global high that overtakes last year’s record by 20%. According to the report, […]

Nduka Obaigbena, the publisher of THISDAY newspaper and founder of Arise Television, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council is using blackmail to intimidate the media. He said the campaign organisation’s “bullying” of the press is an exercise in futility. In a publication on Monday, editors of THISDAY/Arise had called […]