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Six Nigerians Wanted by the FBI: Investigation or Witch-Hunt? (Exclusive)
Reading Time: 3 minutes SWITZERLAND, JUNE 27 – The FBI’s public announcement declaring six Nigerians wanted in the United States for electronic fraud may have become a case of witch-hunting after discovery that 73 men from other countries are also on ...Lagos Residents Cry out as Flood Inundates Neighbourhoods
Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of several areas in Lagos state woke up on Thursday morning to find their communities inundated with water. An overnight rain has caused significant flooding in many areas. Today’s Echo gathers that areas affected include ...TE Editorial: Hushpuppi, Poverty, and the Allure of Fast Money in Nigeria
Reading Time: 7 minutes SWITZERLAND, JUNE 14 – As night falls in Agege, a densely populated area of Lagos known for its slums and gangs, street activities continue as usual, despite increasing cases of COVID-19. The street bars remain open here, ...Buhari Says Nigeria has Downgraded Insurgency, Banditry, Amidst Renewed Killings
Reading Time: < 1 minute SWITZERLAND, JUNE 12 – The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that the Nigerian military has considerably downgraded the threats of insurgency, terrorism and other forms of criminality across the country. This is coming amidst renewed ...Breaking: Senate Passes N10.810 Trillion Revised Budget after N5 Billion Padding
Reading Time: < 1 minute SWITZERLAND, JUNE 11 – The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion, after adding N5 billion, to increase it from N10.805 trillion to N10.810 trillion. The budget was passed at both ...We are all Rapists, Racists, and Murderers Too! (Opinion)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Media Practitioner and Today’s Echo contributor, Tony Usidamen examines the social prejudices that have allowed the recent horrible incidents of rape, racism and murder to happen. SWITZERLAND, JUNE 09 – Last Wednesday, news broke of the rape ...NCDC Announces 328 New Cases Of COVID-19, Takes Nigeria’s Total To 11,844
Reading Time: < 1 minute SWITZERLAND, JUNE 6 – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night announced 328 new cases of COVID-19 cases in 13 states, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11, 844. ...Nigerian Celebrities; Dbanj, Uti, Peruzzi Accused of Rape
Reading Time: 4 minutes SWITZERLAND, JUNE 04 – Many Migerian celebrities have been accused of rape as the advocacy against sexual molestation dominates the social media space following incidents of gruesome rape and murder of young women in the country. Today’s ...Another Student Is Raped to Death, in Father’s Compound
Reading Time: 2 minutes SWITZERLAND, JUNE 03 – Few days after Vera Uwa Omozuwa, a student of the University of Benin, was raped and killed in the church, Nigerians are fuming as reports of the raping and killing of another young ...TE Editorial: Adesina’s Ordeal and Persistent Western Neo-Imperialism in Africa
Reading Time: 6 minutes SWITZERLAND, MAY 29 – Despite receiving independence several decades ago. African countries have remained under the influence of powerful Western countries in the 21st century. Once again, this neo-imperialism has manifested in the undue influence certain countries ...