6 days after creating new Facebook account, Nnamdi Kanu hits friends’ limit
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, opened another Facebook account, following the sudden deactivation of his official page by the social network giant, Facebook a week ago.
UK’s Supreme Court allows Niger Delta spill claims against Shell
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 40,000 people in the Niger Delta region can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell, in English courts. The ruling overturned a 2017 decision against the Ogale and Bille communities, who brought legal claims for clean-up and compensation following decades of repeated spills in the […]
Buhari approves creation of $2.6bn company, Infra-Co, to tackle infrastructure deficit
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the creation of a company, Infra-Co, to fast-track development of critical infrastructure, with around $2.6 billion in initial financing. Nigeria slipped into recession in its third-quarter in 2020, for the second time in four years, hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a fall in oil prices, and faces a huge […]
Fani-Kayode lacks values for APC membership— PGF DG
Dr Salihu Lukman, Director- General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), says former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, lacked values required for All Progressives Congress (APC) membership. Lukman said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “The issue of Fani-Kayode’s drifted attempt to join the APC is a clear instance of attempts to manipulate some of our […]
Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow prepared to break with EU
Russia is prepared to break with the European Union (EU) if Brussels imposes further sanctions on Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “We don’t want to isolate ourselves from life in the world, but we have to be prepared for it,’’ Lavrov said during a broadcast by journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Should Europe reimpose […]
Defense lawyers to make case for Trump’s acquittal on inciting Capitol riot
Donald Trump’s defense lawyers will make their case on Friday why the former president is not guilty of inciting last month’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, as the Senate races toward a final vote in his impeachment trial as soon as Saturday. Trump’s lawyer David Schoen said the defense team would take “three to […]
Court jails Corps member over gift card, love scam
A Kwara High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, has convicted a serving corps member in Kogi, Sam Abiola, over offences bordering on attempted cheating and love scam. Convicted along with Abiola was one Sodiq Adebiyi. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 1 arraigned the convicts, […]
Oyinlola: Prince, soldier and politician @70
IN truth by any socio-economical–political classification, the man Olagunsoye Oyinlola, himself is of blue/royal blood as a Prince, but by the experience/history of his life as an orphan from childhood, he has definitely had to learn to climb to the top.
2023: No Igbo man will vie for vice president – Igbo group
Ahead of 2023 general election, an Igbo group, National Forum for South East Presidency has banned Ndigbo from aspiring for the post of vice president in any political party, saying “Igbo Presidency is not negotiable”.
Nigeria to achieve 30% power supply from renewables by 2030 – Osinbajo
…Inaugurates 1.12MW solar power in Bauchi By Chris Ochayi Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria was planning to have at least 30 per cent of its total electricity supply from renewable sources, majorly solar power in the next nine years Prof. Osinbajo spoke yesterday at the inauguration of a 1.12MW Solar Hybrid Project […]
Alleged workers’ abuse: IGP prays court to allow police investigate Gbagi
The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to allow the police to investigate a former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, over alleged staff abuse. Gbagi was alleged to have ordered four of his staff to be stripped naked and photographed over a theft case […]
