No record Hushpuppi committed fraud in prison –US court
The US Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California on Thursday described as false, that alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, committed over $400,000 fraud while in an American prison. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, made this known in an email response to an inquiry by Newsmen on Thursday. According to […]
We didn’t suspend student, family visas, says UK
The British High Commission has clarified its earlier statement on the suspension of visas, stating that it suspended priority visas and not student, work and family visas for Nigerian applicants. The commission explained that the development was due to a re-prioritisation of resources in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the invasion of Ukraine […]
PDP presidential aspirant forms to cost N40m
FOLLOWING its 95th National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party has pegged its nomination and expression of interest forms for presidential aspirants at N40m. The party also approved the establishment of a 37-member zoning committee to make recommendations for the zoning of various elective positions for the 2023 general elections. The committee […]
Grid collapse: We’ve resolved nationwide blackout, says FG
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, claimed that it has solved the power outage being experienced across the country. However, the apex government blamed pipeline vandalisation, grid collapses among other challenges as causes of the recurrent nationwide blackout. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal […]
West Africa food economy to reach $480bn by 2030 -UN
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, says the food economy in the West Africa and Sahel sub-region is projected to reach 480 billion dollars in 2030. Schmale said this at the 13th Multidisciplinary Team Meeting of 15 West African countries and Sahel sub-region in Abuja to brainstorm on the way forward […]
Buhari mourns Zambian ex-leader, Banda
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday sent condolences to the government and people of Zambia on the death of former President Rupiah Banda, aged 85. Buhari’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled ‘President Buhari mourns former Zambian leader, Rupiah […]
Blackout worsens as national grid suffers second collapse within 48 hours
Some parts of the country were thrown into darkness on Tuesday following another system collapse of the National Grid. The Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, Mr Felix Ofulue, confirmed the development to Newsmen in Lagos. Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the partial collapse of the grid in a public notice. The Electricity Distribution […]
Wamakko facilitates establishment of UBEC special school in Sokoto
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto TO further drive the course for accessing better and quality education with encouraging enrolment level in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) has facilitated the construction of an all inclusive school in Sokoto state. The school otherwise tagged “UBEC Smart School Sokoto” is one among the numerous constituency projects initiated […]
America returns to containment to deal with Russia and China
Strategists are relearning the lessons of the cold war WASHINGTON, DC THE AIRSTRIKES that pummelled the Ukrainian military base near the town of Yavoriv early on March 13th were notable not just because they killed some 35 people, nor even because they expanded hostilities to the far west of Ukraine, a region previously largely unscathed […]
Abba Kyari: Revisit Nnamdi Kanu’s charges, lawyer tells Malami
Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says it has become necessary for the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to revisit the 15 counts against his client. In an open letter to Malami, the lawyer noted that the office of the AGF issued a legal opinion/advice […]