The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for Petroleum Resources and ex-governor of Bayelsa State, wanted over an alleged $14.85 million fraud.The commission announced the development on X on Monday, sharing Mr Sylva’s photograph.According to the EFCC, Mr Sylva is implicated in
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-Agency reportChimamanda Ngozi Adichie doesn’t live by a specific motto, except for a constant reminder to herself to read more books. Lately, she has also felt a growing desire to read more about – and be read by – the Arab world.“I definitely want to reach a wider audience in
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Agency reportsClashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia, and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group broke out in Dogon Chiku on the
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Opposition parties on Sunday condemned the conduct of the Anambra 2025 governorship election, warning that the level of vote-buying and institutional complacency witnessed during the exercise posed a serious threat to the credibility of the 2027 general elections.The incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo, won in all the 21 local government areas
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