Paris Synagogue Bomber Convicted After 43 Years
More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted the motorcycle bomb in the Rue Copernic on 3 October 1980. Four people were killed […]
Australia To Fast Track Citizenship For New Zealanders
Australia has announced plans to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in the country to become Australian citizens. From 1 July, they can apply for citizenship as long as they have lived in Australia for four years or more and arrived after 2001. They will also no longer need to […]
Serving Armed Forces Member Charged Under Official Secrets Act
A serving member of the UK’s armed forces has been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act. Thomas Newsome, 36, was charged on Friday with offences contrary to section 2 and section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, Scotland Yard said. Prosecutors allege he made a “damaging disclosure of information relating to defence” […]
10th Senate Leadership: Buhari, Tinubu, Others To Meet In Aso Rock After Sallah Break
After the Sallah break, President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima, President-elect Bola Tinubu, and senators-elect running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are expected to hold a meeting in Aso Rock. The Senate President and Deputy President of the Senate will be announced, unless there is a special intervention, according to […]
“It Will Take A Strong King To Get Me; I Am Single” – Queen Naomi
The possibility of reconciliation with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has been ruled out by Queen Naomi Silekunola, the monarch’s estranged wife. Naomi revealed this in a PUNCH interview where she called living in the palace a “bittersweet” experience. The prophetess claims that her life has been shaped by the lessons she […]
Sudan Conflict: Over 1700 Nigerian Students Have Express Interest In Early Evacuation
The Federal Government may have dashed their hopes of an early evacuation as he explained that the tense situation in Sudan was making it difficult for stranded Nigerian citizens to be evacuated from the country, despite the fact that 1,700 Nigerian students had expressed a willingness to return to the country from war-torn Sudan. Although […]
CBN Draft New Directives Over Dormant Accounts
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently released a proposed guidelines that would compel commercial banks and other financial institutions (OFIs) to transfer funds in customers’ accounts that have lain dormant for up to ten years into a trust fund account. This is intended, according to the statement, to recover money from customers’ dormant and […]
Nigerian Senate Moves Resumption Date To May 2nd
The Nigerian Senate has moved its expected resumption date by one week as announced by the clerk, Chinedu Akabueze, on Friday that the lawmakers would now resume plenary on Tuesday, May 2. Recall that the legislators on Wednesday, April 5 adjourned plenary till April 25 to allow lawmakers observe Easter and Eid-El-Fitr holidays but the […]
Hunter Biden Tax Probe Improperly Handled – Whistleblower
A US tax special agent has information about how a criminal investigation into the son of US President Joe Biden has been hampered by “political considerations”, says his lawyer. The attorney for the unnamed agent says his client is seeking whistleblower protections from Congress to speak out. He says the agent alleges “preferential treatment and […]
Ukraine War: Russian Warplane Accidentally Bombs Own City
A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet has accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod, around 40km (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine. The bomb left a 20m (60ft) crater and caused an explosion so large it blew a car on to the roof of a nearby shop. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said authorities had ordered the […]
