Lagos State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, ordered the withdrawal of letters given to government appointees who took up
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Despite being charged with crimes, former US president Donald Trump decided not to withdraw from the 2024 run for the White House. The Republican real estate tycoon, who is accused of paying an adult film actress hush money and is currently facing 34 felony counts in New York, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that nothing would stop him from running for office, not even a conviction. “I’d never drop out,” he said. “It’s not my thing. I wouldn’t do it.” Trump, 76, in his first major interview since being arrested and fingerprinted last week, cast doubt on whether…
The Mark Gbillah-led Ad Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives, probing the stolen of 48 million barrels of crude oil, has threatened to take legal action against members of the George Uboh-led Whistleblowers Network over spurious allegations against the committee. George Uboh-led Whistleblowers Network had in the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja, stormed the main entrance to the National Assembly for protest against the Ad hoc committee set up by the House to investigate the alleged stolen crude subsequently sold n China for proceed of $4.8bn. The protesters led by Peter Umoh denounced the setting up of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 elections says Nigeria has become a
In the ongoing inquiry into the suspected unlawful sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil valued at $2.4 billion, senior officials of the Federal Government failed to appear before the House of Representatives. The House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Loss of Over $2.4 Billion in Revenue from Illegal Sale of 48 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Export in 2015 Including All Crude Oil Exports and Sales by Nigeria from 2014 Till Date commenced its three-day investigative hearing on Tuesday. The committee was to grill ministers and other heads of ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government…
South Korea’s competition watchdog on Tuesday imposed a fine of 42.1 billion won ($32 million) on Google.
Don Jazzy, an iconic beatmaker, has share words of wisdom for Nigerian musicians. Michael Collins Ajereh is better known by his stage name Don Jazzy. The head of the Mavin record company pushed artists to sell their goods regardless of how successful they believe they are, using multi-award-winning musician Davido as an example. Also Read : Don Jazzy Celebrates Funke Akindele As His WCW, Says He Has More Respect For Her After COVID-19 Ordeal A few weeks ago, Davido, after a hiatus on social media announced the release of his fourth studio album, Timeless. Ever since the release of the…
Jandor wants Sanwo-Olu, Rhodes-Vivour sack over ‘fake WAEC result, electoral act breach The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Bababjide Sanwo-Olu and the Labour Party, LP, candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in the March 18, 2023, election have been disqualified due to alleged violations of the Electoral Act 2022, according to a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Lagos State, Dr. Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor. In the petition marked: EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023, and made available to newsmen on Monday, the petitioners; Adediran and the PDP are challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election on grounds of substantial…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has rubbished Senator Dino Melaye’s alleged governorship ambition, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain does not have what it takes to contest for the Kogi state’s governorship. Wike disclose this during a live media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He stated, “Why would Kogi people say they would vote for a candidate like Dino? Are we joking? “When you give Dino that ticket, you know he won’t win in Kogi State,” Wike said during the parley. According to Wike, the mere fact that someone is from a place…
A Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday, denied to grant a passenger debarked and handed over to the Police for making sensitive statement about President-elect, Bola Tinubu bail. The court denied the passenger, Obiajulu Uja who was onboard an Ibom Air Abuja-Lagos bound flight penultimate Friday, bail on the ground of that the defendant has a sound mind. Ruling on the bail application filed by Uja, though his counsel, Senior Magistrate Mohammed Abdulazeez Ismail, sitting at Zuba, Abuja, held that the application was premature. According to him, the exhibits attached to the application did not…
22 Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Get N5bn Grant from ASR Afric Twenty-two tertiary institutions in Nigeria have received a disbursement of N5.5 billion grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative. In a statement, the Social Development Specialist of ASR Africa, Edidiong Idang, said each of the institutions got N250 million, under the ASR Africa Tertiary Education Grant Scheme. ASR Africa, an initiation of the African Industrialist and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, is aimed to provide solutions to developmental issues affecting health, Education, and Social Development within Africa through its annual $100 million Africa Fund for Sustainable Development…
Over N20bn was earmarked for presidential committees supervised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation between 2015 and April 2023, findings by The PUNCH have shown. Experts have frowned at the amount the current administration had spent on funding committees. Speaking with our correspondent, Research Director, Centre for China Studies, Abuja, Charles Onunaiju, said although committees were ad-hoc vehicles to address evolving issues, most had only usurped roles belonging to existing agencies while failing to deliver results. “We do not see what they have achieved in terms of results and service delivery. Committees, in…