By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe immobilised 145 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region between May 2021 and Jan. 6. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this on Thursday in Abuja while giving an update on military operations in the region. Onyeuko said troops […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is certain the 2022 budget will accomplish the purpose for which it was created. Speaking exclusively to Channels Television on Wednesday, the president said he is confident that the budget will succeed because the National Assembly is led by trusted members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). When […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will miss Friday’s English FA Cup third-round match away to fourth-tier Swindon Town after testing positive for COVID-19, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Manchester City said that Guardiola returned a positive test on Tuesday along with assistant Juanma Lillo. “Both are now isolating, along with a number of […]
Funmilayo Okunade Ado-Ekiti, Jan. 6, 2022 (NAN) The police, on Thursday, arraigned two accused persons before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a gold necklace. The defendants, Marvelous Omolere (30) female and Oluwadare Martins (18) male, of unknown addresses, are facing a one count charge of stealing. The police prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday hit out at anti-vaccine campaigners’ “mumbo jumbo” and “nonsense” in his toughest attack yet on those opposed to Covid-19 jabs. “I want to say to the anti-vax campaigners, the people who are putting this mumbo jumbo on social media: they are completely wrong,” Johnson told journalists. “You haven’t […]
The Federal Government has projected a revenue target of N10.7trillion for the 2022 fiscal year. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation and breakdown of the 2022 Appropriation Bill in Abuja. She said the figure is 32 percent higher than the N8.1trillion projected in 2021. Debt servicing according […]
Walmart has been swept up in controversy in China after one of its retailers was accused of removing products sourced from Xinjiang. It’s more evidence of how difficult it has become for Western businesses to navigate international politics in China. The firestorm began late last month when people on Chinese social media began accusing Sam’s […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Tuesday said that Senator Rochas Okorocha wants to remain the governor of the state even after he has left office. Uzodinma made this assertion during the 2022 Imo Stakeholders meeting which was held at the Government House in Owerri, Imo State capital. While noting that Okorocha had become […]
Troubled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande is trying to reassure investors about the impact of an official order to demolish a few dozen buildings in China. Chinese media reported over the weekend that authorities in Hainan province – a tropical resort island off the coast of southern China – had ordered Evergrande to demolish 39 […]