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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arraigned 16 foreigners for offences bordering on conspiracy, stealing, attempt to deal in crude oil and false pretences. The foreign nationals were caught onboard a vessel, MT Heroic Idun. According to the charges, the foreigners had, in August 2022, at the Akpo […]
Due to the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians, Air Peace has suspended their flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recalled that weeks ago the UAE authorities placed a visa ban. Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds in addition to the reduced passengers […]
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has won the award for the best African act at the 2022 MTV European Music Awards. In the award show which took place on Sunday, Burna Boy was nominated alongside Ayra Starr, Musa Keys, Tems, Zuchu and Black Sheriff. He was announced winner but he […]
Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo-Lanre had on October 27 filed the originating motion on notice before a […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will declare lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to express its reservations about non-payment of its salaries. Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, confirmed the development to TheCable on Sunday. ASUU had embarked on strike in February, which was later suspended […]
A yet-to-be-identified suspected fraudster, alongside his herbalist, one Ike, aka Ogenesu, have been arrested after policemen attached to the Obiaruku Police Station recovered suspected human parts at the herbalist’s place in Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH gathered that the fraudster was driving to a destination in Obiaruku […]
Six persons have been confirmed dead and 53 others wounded after the explosion that rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul. According to a report on Al-Jazeera, ambulances rushed to the scene on packed Istiklal Avenue, which police quickly cordoned off. The area in the city’s Beyoglu district had been crowded with […]
Mike Ozekhome, the lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of the Biafra agitator. Ozekhome said Nigeria would disintegrate if Kanu is not released from custody soon despite the court order. He issued the warning during a meeting with Igbo leaders in Atlanta, the United States […]
Oil prices jumped on Friday after health authorities in China, top crude importer, eased tight COVID-19 rules. At 09.00 GMT+1, Brent crude futures rose 2.34 percent to $95.87 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 2.61 percent to $88.77 a barrel. Years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China […]
Some Nigerian netizens have taken to social media to express their anger over the comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in which he denied having a house in the United Kingdom. Buhari had revealed while responding to a question in a 25-second Twitter video posted by his Special Assistant […]
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