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Employees and agents of Glencore, a British subsidiary of the mining and trading group, delivered cash in private jets to oil officials in West Africa including Nigeria, according to UK prosecutors. UK’s serious fraud office (SFO) made this known to the Southwark crown court on the first day of a sentencing hearing, […]
The authorities of Canada and Australia have issued travel advisories on Nigeria, warning their citizens to be on alert. This new warning is coming 72 hours after the US and UK said terrorists were plotting to strike in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. After this, the US authorised the evacuation of its citizens and embassy […]
The federal high court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia state has ordered the federal government to pay Nnamdi Kanu the sum of 500 million in compensation for damages on the infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu’s counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor had prayed to the court on […]
The Department of State Services has urged Nigerians to stay alert and assist security agencies with information on suspicious criminals in their neighbourhoods. This is coming after the United States of America Embassy in Nigeria issued an Advisory to its citizens on terrorists’ plan to carry out attacks in some parts of the […]
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency on Wednesday over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in the North central African country. Floods are not uncommon during Chad’s rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its southern regions. But this year the rains came early […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
The Federal Government said, yesterday, that it has conducted a major analytical operation that was focused on individuals financing the Boko Haram terrorist group and its affiliates in the country. The government, which disclosed this at the opening session of a five-day Compliance Summit organized by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering […]
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has released a fresh report on crude oil production of its member countries, indicating that six countries increased their crude oil output while seven countries declined in production. The information is contained in the OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for May 2022, which was […]
Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday. “The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the […]
Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria has disclosed on Monday that it generated N346.6 million from tickets sold across the country in March. This was made known by Mr. Patrick Lee, the National President of CEAN, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Lee said that the figure represented a […]
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