How Bulgaria votes for Fifth time in Two Year Bulgarians vote on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, a record in the European Union, amid deep divisions over the war in Ukraine.Russia’s invasion of its neighbour has deepened the political crisis that has engulfed Bulgaria since 2020, the worst instability since the fall of Communism. The poor Balkan nation of 6.5 million people is a member of the EU and NATO. But it is historically and culturally close to Russia. The country witnessed massive anti-corruption rallies three years ago but, contrary to protesters’ hopes of a clean-up…
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Ibom Air Apologies to Passenger over Anti-Tinibu Flight Disruptio The Management of Ibom Air has apologised to the Airline’s passengers on an Abuja-Lagos flight on Friday evening, March 31, 2023, over the disruptive and unruly attitude of a passenger onboard, which caused a one-hour delay of the flight. There were viral reports and videos on the social media of a scene caused by the unnamed passenger referred to as ‘Obidient’ onboard the Ibom Air plane where he was addressing fellow passengers on the just-concluded February 25 presidential election outcome. The ‘Obidients’ refers to members of a political movement, which was…
Open Letter to Bayo Onanuga by Sir Richard Akinnola My dear Bayo, I hope you are now happy and satisfied, that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned CHANNELS with a N5 million fine, following your petition over the Datti Ahmed’s interview on CHANNELS. Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Dr Olu Onagoruwa ( both of blessed memories) were the best of friends for several years but that friendship was truncated when the latter decided to join the Abacha junta as the Attorney-General, churning out despicable Decrees. Their relationship ended and Gani publicly upbraided his erstwhile friend. You and l have been…
A ward in the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, over alleged anti-party activities. At a press conference, Martins Osigbemhe, the Ward Chairman, said Abure was suspended by the executive, pending the determination of the numerous petitions and cases against him in courts. “They also made some spurious allegations against him which is untrue and concocted by the sponsors of the Press Conference. We however deemed it fit to make some responses. “The Young men we saw on that visuals are apparently not anybody from Labour Party in…
The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos State, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been arrested. Speaking in a video that went viral on Friday, Nwajagu threatened to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to secure the properties of Igbo people in the state. “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilise for that. “We have to do that. We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning, and…
First Bank has denied allegation of forgery filed against the company by the Federal Government after one of its managers allegedly colluded to dispose a school proprietor of his property. The government filed the lawsuit against First Bank and four other defendants, informing the court that the proprietor of Whiteplain British School, Francis Chukwumah Nwufor, was disposed of his property with a forged tripartite legal mortgage. In the case no: CR/266/2023, without Nwufor’s consent, the tripartite legal mortgage was allegedly initiated by the branch manager of First Bank in Utako, Abuja. The govt said the tripartite legal mortgage was executed…
A yet-to-be-identified man was on Friday evening carried off an Abuja to Lagos flight. The middle-aged lone protester was said to have announced that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must never be sworn in as President on May 29. In the video obtained by our correspondent, it took the efforts of no fewer than six airport security officers to evacuate him after holding up the aircraft for more than an hour as the 6pm flight had yet to move as of 7pm. In the video, the man could be heard shouting, as he was being carried off the aisle, “Obidients you’re…
The Eze Igbo, Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has vowed to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state. Nwajagu, in a 49-second video, shared on Twitter on Friday by @DeeOneAyekooto, said the move became necessary in the wake of attacks on some Igbo people in the state. The Igbo leader said he stood by his words, insisting that his people must have a stand in Lagos. “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops.…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned. There have been reports on Sylva’s resignation since early Friday but Bashir Ahmad, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aides, confirmed that the minister resigned to contest the next Bayelsa governorship election. The Bayelsa gubernatorial primary election is slated to hold about 30 days from now. Sylva has been the minister of state for petroleum since 2019 when Buhari was reelected. The former minister was expected to vacate office by May 29 when Buhari and other cabinet members would leave for a new administration to take charge. Sylva was governor…
Afrobeat superstar Davido’s much-awaited album, ‘Timeless’, on Friday amassed one million streams on Boomplay in just six hours after it was released on the streaming platform. The album is also currently the No. 1 album on Nigeria’s Top Albums Chart, UK’s Top Albums Chart as well as in 17 other countries on Apple Music Davido announced the release of the 17-track album on his social media pages in the early hours of Friday. He talked about the process he went through from his previous album to the latest and also gave Chioma Rowland, his wife, a shout-out while appreciating his…
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has invited the Minister of State, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, to assist the agency in its investigations into a petition brought against the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on allegations of money laundering and criminal breach of trust. In a letter dated March 28, 2023 and marked CCB/HQ/ II&M/007/2301, the agency said the invitation was in pursuant to the mandate and powers of the Bureau as enshrined in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Paragraph 3(e)to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. Director, Investigation,…
Neymar‘s poor injury luck has carried over to online gambling, as he lost £900,000 in just one hour of online casino which he streamed on his Twitch channel. The Paris Saint-Germain star – who earns £3.2m-per-month – has been left to his own devices after he was ruled out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury, Mail Online reports. Though he is more known for his love of poker, Neymar often tries his luck in online games on his Twitch platform. The 31-year-old pretended to cry as a mock Titanic theme began to play when his…