Pope’s health improving as hopes of leaving hospital rise
Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night in hospital for treatment of bronchitis, a Vatican source said Friday, as a senior cardinal said the 86-year-old could be discharged as soon as Saturday. Doctors late Thursday reported a “marked improvement” in the condition of the pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday, and […]
Video: Lagos commuters stranded as commercial drivers protest extortion by ‘agberos’
The inscriptions on the placards read, “we are tired of Agberos extortion”, “we can’t continue working for Agberos”, “we pay over N25,000 daily to agberos extortion”, “Extortion killing us,” among others.
US recovers $53m from illegal awarded contracts to Diezani, others
The former minister is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from the Nigerian government while she was a minister.
BVN fraud: Presidency probes 513 ex-agitators over 1,370 accounts
“The policy is one name, one BVN. But in a situation where you have more than 30 names linked to one BVN, it becomes an issue”
Stop funding Nigeria’s elections, Shehu Sani advises US, Canada, others
“Foreign donor agencies and Foreign Governments, particularly the EU countries, US and Canada should stop funding election activities in Nigeria.”
Opposition asks South African president Ramaphosa to arrest Putin
“If he is here, we have a legal obligation. The principle of the rule of law means equality before the law, and South Africa is obliged to execute that. We have not left the ICC. We’ve remained signatories. Putin must be arrested.”
