Author: Anthony Mariano

The National Assembly, which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives, passed the student loan bill. The bill, which went through first, second, and third readings in both parliamentary sessions, became law on Wednesday. The Senate decision came after reviewing the report from the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The chairman of the […]

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Former footballer Dani Alves, who played for Brazil, will be released from prison as he awaits his appeal against a rape conviction, after posting a bail of one million euros ($1.08 million), according to a Barcelona court on Wednesday. The decision was made one day after his lawyer asked for the 40-year-old's release, citing that he had already spent a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence in pre-trial detention since his arrest in January 2023.

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The pan-Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the killing of 17 soldiers from the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Delta State. The soldiers were on a peace mission to the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area on Thursday when they were attacked. In a statement called “Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Unleashed […]

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Following disruptions to subsea cables on Thursday, Bayobab Group, a subsidiary of MTN Group, has announced the successful restoration of its operations. The telecom operator shared this in a statement on Tuesday. MTN mentioned that despite the challenges posed by the cable disruptions, its subsidiary swiftly recovered over 3 Terabits per second […]

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