Top 5 Stories Of The Day | EFCC, ICPC Warn How Poor Funding Weakens Corruption Cases
02 Mar
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | EFCC, ICPC Warn How Poor Funding Weakens Corruption Cases

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EFCC, ICPC warn how poor funding weakens corruption casesEl-Rufai fears arrest as 2027 political tension risesCorrectional service reveals that 64% of prison inmates are yet to be triedTempers flare in senate as lawmakers clash at the budget sessionFG blames vandalism for coastal highway floodingAcross Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the top five Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss.Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption bodies have warned that inadequate funding is slowing investigations and court proceedings. At their 2026 budget defence, both the ICPC and EFCC told the Senate that partial releases of approved funds have disrupted operations and weakened staff welfare. ICPC chairman Musa Aliyu said only small portions of overhead and capital allocations for 2025 were released. He revealed that some prosecutors pay court expenses out of pocket, while cases are delayed due...
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NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Enters Isolation Ahead of Launch
02 Mar
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NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Enters Isolation Ahead of Launch

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The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait in their pressure suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Pilot and Commander respectively, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Mission Specialist Sophie Adenot. Credit: SpaceXSpaceX Crew-12 is in quarantine as NASA prepares for its next journey to the space station. The four astronauts selected for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission have begun a standard two-week quarantine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The isolation period started is part of routine preparations ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station. Sophie, Jessica, Jack, and Andrei entered quarantine on January 28 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,...
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Asian shares are mostly higher following a strong US jobs report
02 Mar
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Asian shares are mostly higher following a strong US jobs report

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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday as the market punished companies seen as potential losers from artificial-intelligence technology. The S&P 500 sank 1.6% for its second-worst day since Thanksgiving, though it’s still near its all-time high set late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 669 points, or 1.3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 2%. AppLovin lost nearly a fifth of its value and tumbled 19.7%, even though it reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Like other software companies, it’s come under pressure from worries that AI may...
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