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SCAM Alert: Don’t Fall For ‘Anitha Jacobs’ E-Mail
One of West Africa Weekly’s reporter on Monday, August 26, received a phishing e-mail from one “Anitha Jacobs” who want a donation to...
Kenya Police Officers In Haiti Yet To Receive Deployment Allowance
Kenyan Police Officers on a multinational mission in the Haiti Republic have yet to receive their deployment allowance two months after they arrived...
26-Year-Old Photographer Freed After 10 Months In Keffi Prison For Resignation Text To APC Stalwart, Oluwole Mike
A 26-year-old graduate and photographer simply identified as ‘Nicholas’ has just been released from a Keffi prison after spending 10 months in detention...
PIDOM: Deji Adeyanju Files Exparte Motion To Compel Police To Produce Isaac Bristol In Court
An exparte motion has been filed at the Federal High Court Abuja between Isaac Bristol, the detained person alleged by the Nigerian police...
Atiku Blasts Tinubu Govt’s Age Restriction on Tertiary Admissions, Calls It Absurd, Anti-Scholarship, and Stone Age Policy
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the federal government’s directive that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates below...
ALERT: NEITI Website Unsafe For Visitors As Govt-Owned Extractive Agency Fails To Renew Its Security Certificate
The Nigeria Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) official website is unsafe for visitors and vulnerable to attacks. Following a visit to netit.gov.ng,...
South Africa Probes $7 Billion Corruption in State-Owned Companies
The Special Investigative Unit (SIU) on Tuesday revealed that it is investigating over $7 billion in alleged corruption across major state-owned companies in...
PROFILE: 12 Nigerian Journalists Detained Under Tinubu’s Junta
Since President Bola Tinubu took office, at least 12 Nigerian journalists have been detained, raising concerns about press freedom and freedom of speech...
How White House ‘Pressured’ Facebook To Censor COVID-19 Content – Zuckerberg
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has disclosed that the White House under President Joe Biden pressured Facebook to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic...
JUST IN: Labbadia Releases First Super Eagles Squad List for AFCON Qualifiers
Super Eagles Head Coach, Bruno Labbadia has unveiled his first 23-man squad list ahead of Nigeria’s upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers....
‘Undemocratic’ Macron Rejects Left-wing PM, While Seeking Democracy In Niger
President Emmanuel Macron of France has rejected the left-wing party’s right to form a government after his party’s defeat in the July election....
PIDOMNigeria Moved To NCCC For ‘Interrogations’ Despite Deteriorating Health
Isaac Bristol, the detained individual alleged by the Nigerian police to be behind the anonymous X whistleblower handle PIDOMNigeria, has reportedly been moved...