Prince Andrew: Questions Over Payout After Settlement With Virginia Giuffre
There are calls for clarity over Prince Andrew’s role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after settling the US civil sexual assault case brought by Virginia Giuffre. The Duke of York agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as part of the settlement, and accepted Ms Giuffre had suffered as a […]
Presidency: Buhari Didn’t Query NMDPRA Boss Over Adulterated Fuel
President Muhammadu Buhari did not order that a query be given to the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, over the importation of adulterated fuel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a national newspaper on February 9 published a story, credited to an unnamed […]
Buhari Confirms The Appointment Of Bello-Koko As NPA MD
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko as the substantive Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). This confirmation was conveyed in a statement signed by the Director Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Eric Ojiekwe. With this confirmation, the speculation as to the status of the embattled erstwhile Managing Director of the […]
Buhari Journeys To Belgium For EU-AU Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organizations at the 6th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit in Brussels, Belgium. Participants at the summit, which holds from February 17 to February 18, 2022, will ponder on issues currently affecting the global community. In a […]
Putin Critic Navalny Put On Trial Again In Russia
A new trial against jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has begun inside the maximum-security prison east of the capital, Moscow, where he is held. Navalny is accused of fresh fraud charges. He has already spent a year behind bars after surviving a poison attack that he blames on the Kremlin. He is currently serving […]
Trudeau Vows To Freeze Anti-mandate Protesters’ Bank Accounts
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests. Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and proportionate” and would not see the military deployed. With no need for court orders, banks can freeze personal accounts of […]
Ukraine-Russia Tensions: Russia Pulls Some Troops Back From Border
Russia says it is pulling back some of its troops from near Ukraine after a build-up raised fears of an invasion. The defence ministry said that large-scale drills continued but that some units were returning to their bases. Ukraine warned to wait to see proof of the pull-out, saying “when we see the withdrawal, then […]
EFCC Arrests 26 Internet Fraud Suspects, Including Self-style PA To Gov. In Ibadan
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arrested one Babawale Daniel Olayinka, a self-style “Personal Assistant to the Oyo State Governor on Media Matters”, and twenty five others at Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, over alleged internet -related fraud activities. The arrests followed verified intelligence […]
Abuja Beggar Apprehended With N500,000, $100 In Cash
Hadiza Ibrahim, a beggar, was caught in Abuja with N500,000 and $100 in cash. Shaka Sunday, a spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Social and Development Secretariat, said that the lady was being held at the Bwari district council by the agency. He stated that the suspect has yet to explain how she came […]
Abdulmalik Tanko Pleaded Not Guilty, Denies Killing Hanifa Abubakar
Abdulmalik Tanko, the alleged killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, pleaded not guilty to the crime on Monday. Tanko, who was accused of kidnapping and murdering Hanifa, vehemently rejected the charges brought against him and two others in court. Hanifa was kidnapped and killed in Dakata, Nasarawa Local Government Area, Kano State, after the suspect demanded […]
