The US attorney general named an independent prosecutor Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, after a furor over secret papers found at his former office exploded with the discovery of a second batch. The new find — like the original, from Biden’s time as vice president — was uncovered in the […]
Zenith Bank and Guarantee Trust Bank have suspended international transactions on naira cards. Zenith Bank in a notice said its customers will no longer be able to carry out any international transaction on their naira Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards effective from January 9th, 2023. This is coming barely a week after Guarantee Trust […]
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed on Sunday were special guests on the Peoples Townhall. At the event which held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the LP flagbearer and his compatriot discussed their plans for the country if elected. Obi spoke on a couple of issues […]
By Rotimi Ijikanmi The Federal Government on Monday projected that by the first Quarter of 2024 Nigeria will put an end to the importation of petroleum products into the country. The Minister of state Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said by the first quarter of 2024 the rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt refinery would be partly […]
President Joe Biden assailed Sunday’s attacks by supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as “outrageous,” as condemnation poured in from around the world against mobs that smashed their way into the halls of power in Brasilia. Biden issued his one-word verdict to reporters before later tweeting to assure his support to Brazil’s new leader, […]
By Jenny Hill BBC News, Lützerath From her tiny wooden treehouse, which sways precariously in the winter wind, a young woman watches an enormous mechanical digger tear into the earth below, its jaws edging ever closer to the village which she’s determined to save. Lützerath, in western Germany, is on the verge – literally […]
Prince Harry has claimed his brother William physically attacked him, according to the Guardian, which says it has seen a copy of the Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare. The newspaper reported that the book sets out an argument between the pair over Prince Harry’s wife Meghan. “He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and […]
By Adenike Ayodele A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly defiled his wife’s 16-year-old niece. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaleye, the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, is facing a two-count charge of defilement […]
By Ijendu Iheaka An early morning fire, which escalated into a warehouse, near the Ariaria International Market, Aba, on Tuesday, has destroyed goods estimated at over 50 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the warehouse is situated at No. 5 Market Crescent/Umuode Road, opposite Ekumi Plaza. A NAN correspondent, who visited […]
By Temitope Ponle The Federal Government said it spent N12.87 trillion against the N17.126 trillion budgeted for 2022 as at Nov. 30, 2022. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this at the Public Presentation and Breakdown of the Approved Federal Government 2023 Budget on Wednesday in Abuja. Ahmed said […]