The US Coast Guard authorities have revealed that the debris found during the search for the submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel”. Authorities made this known during a press briefing on Thursday. According to OceanGate, the vessel’s operator, its pilot, and chief executive Stockton Rush, along with passengers Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet “have sadly been lost”. US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger disclosed during the press conference that the wreckage of the submersible was discovered on Thursday morning by…
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More witnesses were called on Thursday in support of the Labour Party’s case at the Presidential Election case Court, which is run by Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate. The petitioners are protesting the outcome of the last presidential elections wherein the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Bola Tinubu as the elected president. Tinubu contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. During the resumed hearing in the matter, Ugwuoke who was led in evidence by the petitioners’ counsel, Patrick Ikweato, SAN, insinuated that the Amazon Web Service could not have shut down as it was the responsibility of…
The United States Coast Guard on Thursday said that a “debris field” has been discovered in the Titanic wreck search area. According to BBC, the US Coast Guard said, “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.” Fears of the oxygen supply on the vessel running out have led rescuers to conduct a frantic international search for the missing tourist submersible. The search for the submersible, which went missing Sunday after embarking on a mission to survey the wreckage of the Titanic, has been focused on an area where Canadian aircraft detected “underwater noises.” U.S. Coast Guard officials…
Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has become the first African music artiste to hit one billion streams on Audiomack. Burna Boy made the great feat as the global streaming platform announced it via a Twitter post on Thursday. Audiomack tweeted, “CONGRATULATIONS #BURNABOY ON BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO HIT 1 BILLION AUDIOMACK STREAMS!” CONGRATULATIONS #BURNABOY ON BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO HIT 1 BILLION AUDIOMACK STREAMS! ???????????? pic.twitter.com/vvUaIGxAY6 — Audiomack (@audiomack) June 22, 2023 The ‘Last Last’ crooner achieved the feat with the combined streams of his last…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized a total of 999.33 kilogrammes of drugs between June 2022 and June 2023, in Jigawa. The Jigawa state Commandant of the Agency, Mr Mu’azu Aliyu, made this known on Thursday at a Press conference to commemorate the World Drug Day 2023. He said that the command also arrested a total of 422 suspected drug traffickers comprised of 409 males and 13 females within the period. Aliyu further said that the command secured 94 convictions and counselled 186 drug addicts. The commandant said that while 15 persons were rehabilitated, four were still under…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a reward of N10m for the overall best-graduating student of the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf. The beneficiary graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 from the varsity’s Faculty of Law. “As a token of her brilliance, I will be giving her a token donation of N5 million and the state government will give her an additional donation of N5 million,” Sanwo-Olu said while announcing the reward at the convocation ceremony in Ojo on Thursday. He congratulated the university on its 40th anniversary and 26th convocation while recounting its achievements…
The Benue State House of Assembly Wednesday suspended the 23 local government chairmen over what it described as “outright disregard to procedure and crass mismanagement of local government funds since they took over office”. The state assembly also directed the chairmen to hand over the affairs of the local government areas and properties in their possession, including official vehicles to the DGSAs with immediate effect and proceed on suspension pending the completion of investigation into their books of accounts and other related matters. In a sitting held Wednesday presided over by the Speaker Aôndona Dajoh, the House urged the…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has justified its recommendation of an upward review of political office holders’ salaries in the country. The commission had recommended a 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected public officials, including President Bola Tinubu, his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, federal and state legislators, governors, as well as judicial officers. This, however requires approval from the president and other cabinet members and thereafter it would be sent to the National Assembly through an executive bill for passage. While Nigerians expect the government to cut cost at a time of fuel subsidy…
Newly reinstated chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, Barrister Muhuyi Magajin Rimin-Gado, has pledged to reopen the investigation against former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on some controversial videos. Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-Governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored. But speaking on Trust TV’s Daily Politics, monitored by Meridian Spy, Rimin-Gado, who was removed by Ganduje after some altercation, but was reinstated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, said the probe was necessary. Reminded of what he said on…
Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting, organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, Musa said the development followed complaints by freight forwarders operating at the Seme border. The director, who spoke at the ECOWAS Monitoring Team’s visit to the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, said: “I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation when the Freight Forwarders pleaded that the border should be…
The oil Marketers on Wednesday have said compressed natural gas will be more than 400% less expensive than premium motor spirit, or gasoline, if completely implemented. After President Bola Tinubu stated during his inauguration address on May 29, 2023, that the payment of the PMS subsidy had ended, the gasoline subsidy was eliminated in less than two days. The pump price of petrol spiked from N198/litre to an average of over N540/litre across the country, a development that also led to an increase in the cost of goods and services nationwide. Since then, oil marketers have been making efforts to…
UEFA slams Four-match ban on Mourinho for Abusing Refere UEFA has handed Roma manager Jose Mourinho a four-match ban after he hurling abusive language at referee Anthony Taylor during the Europa League final. An enraged Mourinho after the match, could be seen on footage on social media accosting Taylor and his team in the car park and labelling their performance a “disgrace.” The former Manchester United and Chelsea boss would extend his criticism to the post-match conference, calling out the officials. Taylor and his family were also harassed by Roma supporters as they made their way home from the…