Nigeria Receives 158 Stranded Citizens From Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Wednesday, received 158 stranded Nigerians including 105 females, from Libya. The returnees were voluntarily repatriated to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). They arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7.47pm aboard Al Buraq Airline Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG from Libya. The 158 returnees […]
Sweden’s First Female PM Resigns Hours After Appointment
Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson, was announced as leader on Wednesday but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass. Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn-up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right. “I have […]
All 3 Men In Arbery Killing Found Guilty Of Murder
A Georgia jury on Wednesday found three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of multiple counts of murder. The jury found Travis McMichael, 35, who fatally shot Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, in a Brunswick, Ga., neighborhood, guilty of all nine counts brought against him, including malice murder. His father, Gregory McMichael, 65, who was with […]
NLC Opposes Planned Price Increase In Petroleum By FG
While opposing the anticipated petroleum price hike, the Nigeria Labour Congress has urged the Federal Government to examine measures to assist the country in embracing progressive governance and responsible leadership. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, made the demand in a statement to newsmen in Abuja headlined, ‘Nigerian workers refused to take […]
Car Bomb Explosion Kills Five People In Mogadishu, Somalia’s Capital
On Thursday, November 25, 2021, security forces and rescue personnel search for bodies at the scene of a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the morning rush hour, witnesses said a big explosion happened in a bustling district of Somalia’s city. A car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed five people and injured […]
Afenifere, Ilana Omo Oodua Slams DSS Over Igboho Extradition
Afenifere and Ilana Omo Oodua, IOO, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, yesterday slammed the Department of State Service, DSS, for bringing extradition charges against Yoruba Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, who is presently incarcerated in the Benin Republic. The DSS has stated that the extradition of Igboho to Nigeria was still […]
NDLEA Refute Reports Of Inflated N4.5b Budget
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has refuted reports that its budget for 2022 was inflated by N4.5 billion. The agency claimed it has been plagued with calls and messages since Tuesday, demanding clarity on a purported insertion of N4.5 billion for the construction of police barracks into its proposed budget being discussed by […]
NASA Launches Test Mission Of Asteroid-Deflecting Spacecraft
A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. The DART spacecraft soared into the night sky at 10:21 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday (1:21 […]
Paying N20b Damages To Igboho Will Have Negative Impact On Economy – DSS
The Department of State Services DSS has stated that paying the N20 billion damages granted against it by an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan to the Yoruba nation’s leader, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), will have a negative impact on the economy. The Yoruba leader is said to be under extradition procedure to Nigeria. These […]
EFCC Intensifies Odili N100b Fraud Probe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has intensified its probe against Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers State, for suspected N100 billion fraud, even as the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, is expected to hold on to the former governor’s passport on the EFCC’s orders. Odili, who is married to Justice Mary Odili, the […]
