Obi-Atiku Alliance Could Threaten Our Victory, APC Chieftain Warns • Channels Television

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dominic Alancha, has warned that a possible alliance between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi could weaken... Read more »

Junet faults banks as MPs demand answers on Ruto’s graft claims

National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed. [File, Standard] National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has criticised banks for demanding explanations from customers withdrawing large sums, insisting no law bars anyone from accessing... Read more »

Binance, Coinbase, others team up to tackle $47 billion crypto fraud with new Beacon Network 

Global crypto giants, including Binance, Coinbase, PayPal, and Kraken, have joined forces with law enforcement agencies to launch Beacon Network, a new real-time crime response system aimed at combating the growing wave... Read more »

Kenya: No, Kenya’s Ex-Deputy President Gachagua Didn’t Link Cash Rewards for National Football Team to Ethnic Favouritism

No, Kenya’s ex-deputy president Gachagua didn’t link cash rewards for national football team to ethnic favouritism IN SHORT: According to this graphic, former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua said president William Ruto’s... Read more »

Inside Odugbemi’s New Creative Hub BLACKBox

Vanessa Obioha For a while now, the renowned filmmaker Femi Odugbemi has been working on his new outfit, a creative hub where, as he tells me on a recent tour, he plans... Read more »

Kenya: Fake Graphic Falsely Claims Kenya’s Former Chief Justice Maraga Condemned Ex-Deputy President Gachagua’s ‘Reckless’ Remarks in the US

Fake graphic falsely claims Kenya’s former chief justice Maraga condemned ex-deputy president Gachagua’s ‘reckless’ remarks in the US IN SHORT: A graphic going viral on social media appears to quote former chief... Read more »

Astronaut Owolabi Salis reveals how he tried to save Nollywood’s ‘Karan’

United States-based lawyer, Astronaut Owolabi Salis, has narrated a pathetic account of his last minute effort to save the precious life of Kehinde Olusegun Akinremi, the renowned Nollywood actor whose demise was... Read more »

Africa urged to up sustainability reporting as global meet kicks off

ICPAK Chairman Dr Elizabeth Kalunda with Economic Planning PS Dr Boniface Makokha and PAFA vice president Prem Govender. [ICPAK] Calls for coordinated global action and strengthened governance to help Africa fully... Read more »

Military alone can’t defeat terrorism, says Nigerian governor

The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said that military operations and law enforcement measures alone cannot end violent extremism and terrorism in Nigeria’s North-west. Speaking in Kaduna on Tuesday at the... Read more »

Young Kisumu women snapping their way out of unemployment

Monica Sharon prepares soft box before starting shoot of the day. [Rodgers Otiso/Standard] On the streets of Kisumu, where the rhythms of matatus, hawkers, and hurried footsteps compose the city’s daily... Read more »