House Of Reps, Senators To Receive First Batch Of N58 Billion Exotic Vehicles This Week
Members of the House of Representative are expected to receive their Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), this week, in which the first batch of exotic vehicles will delivered to Senators. Recall how the leadership of the National Assembly had announced that each lawmaker would receive an exotic vehicle valued at N160 million, and that principal officers […]
Mike Pence: Former US Vice President Withdraws From 2024 Presidential Race
Former US Vice President Mike Pence has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race, saying “this is not my time”. He made the announcement at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon. “We always knew this would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets,” he wrote in a statement. Mr Pence […]
Thousands Loot UN Aid Warehouses In Gaza As Desperation Grows And Israel Widens Ground Offensive
Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza over the weekend as […]
Adamawa APC Rejects Tribunal’s Judgement Sought Other Means
The judgment of the Tribunal, which upheld Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s victory over the party’s nominee, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, also referred to as Aishatu Binani, was rejected by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State. APC and its candidate, alongside other contestant, had filed a petition challenging the State’s declaration of Fintiri as the […]
First Female NACCIMA President, Alaba Lawson, Dies At 72
Chief Mrs. Alaba Oluwaseun Lawson, the Iyalode of Yorubaland, is dead. At the age of 72, Chief Mrs. Lawson passed away in the early hours of Saturday. Lawson, the Iyalode of Egbaland, was also the former president of NACCIMA and the Abeokuta Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ABEOCCIMA). Abdul Rahman Maku, the Executive Secretary of […]
Minister Of Petroleum Express Confidence That Kaduna Refinery Will Be Ready By The End Of 2024
The Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited’s ongoing quick-fix project would be back on stream by the end of 2024, according to Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil). This was revealed in a statement that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited posted on its official X handle on Saturday. In a […]
Donald Trump And Children To Testify In Fraud Case
Donald Trump and three of his children will soon take the stand in a New York business fraud case. A judge ruled on Friday that Mr Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, must testify in the case against her brothers and father. She was dismissed as a defendant in the case earlier this year – but her brothers […]
Maine Mass Shooting Suspect Found Dead
A man suspected of killing 18 people in a shooting in Maine has been found dead after a three-day manhunt, police say. Robert Card, 40, was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Maine Commissioner of Public Safety Michael Sauschuck said. The news comes hours after police lifted a stay-at-home order for the normally […]
Israel Expands Ground Operation In Gaza And Bombs Hamas Tunnels After Knocking Out Communications
Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea, including the bombing of Hamas tunnels — a key target in its campaign to crush the territory’s ruling group after its bloody incursion in Israel three weeks ago. The bombardment also knocked out communications […]
Kingsley Moghalu Bags An International Appointment
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Africa Private Sector Summit, APSS. Judson Wendell Addy, the founder and outgoing chairman of APSS, disclosed Moghalu’s appointment, stating that the “international leadership experience, credibility, and networks Moghalu possesses will help […]
