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It’s been a major day for the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. On Friday morning, a judge sentenced Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to Donald Trump and prominent right wing media figure, to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine for failing to comply with the committee’s subpoena. A few hours later, the House January 6 committee issued its most dramatic subpoena yet – to Mr Trump himself. After building to this moment all year, the committee has laid the blame for the violent siege of the US Congress directly at…
Lt Gen Abdulrahman B. Dambazau (rtd) had a robust service in the Nigerian armed forces culminating in his appointment as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) in August 2008. Dambazau disengaged from the military in September 2010. After his disengagement, he joined the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011 and became its Director, Security for the presidential election same year. In 2014, he joined then mega opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and was subsequently appointed the APC Director, Security, APC Presidential Campaign Council for the 2015 presidential election. He was also Director of Security of the APC…
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Saturday said two suspects have been arrested in connection with the physical abuse of a young lady by a group of persons in the state. A viral video posted by Twitter user, @Sanchezbig17, showed a group of persons assaulting the unnamed lady who was stripped naked, battered with sticks, and her clothes cut with scissors by her abusers who drove her to the middle of a bush. The incident escalated from a disagreement between the young lady and her friend over who has the right to the phone number of a certain manIn a…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fixed the reserve price for its new 5G spectrums at $273.60m for a 10-year licence tenure. In a memorandum titled ‘Information Memorandum on 3.5 GHz Spectrum Auction’, the NCC said it will auction two 100MHz in the 3.5GHz Spectrum Band. “The Reserve Price (RP) is the minimum price for one Lot of 100MHz TDD for a ten (10) year licence tenure fixed at Two Hundred and Seventy-Three Million and Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (US$273,600,000.00) or its equivalent in Naira at the prevailing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rates at the time…
Abisola Afuye, daughter of the late speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly Funminiyi Afuye, on Saturday got married to Babatunde Adebayo. The wedding in GRA Lagos comes three days after her father’s sudden death. The couple held an engagement ceremony before heading to church for the white wedding. High-profile personalities including Oba Adedokun Abolarin, the Orangun of Oke-lla in Osun State attended the ceremony. Oba Abolarin was the friend of Afuye from 1975 till his death. They were also business partners and ran a law chamber together in GRA, Ikeja. Afuye represented Ikere Constituency 1 at the assembly. He died on…
A popular Catholic Missionary priest, Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has picked holes in the testimony of Apostle Suleman, founder of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide. Recall that Suleman while reacting to alleged assassination attempt on his life on Friday evening, said “my life is in the hands of God, nobody can kill me.” His testimony was preceded by an attack on his motorcade on the Warake road in Auchi, Edo State, leading to the death of at least seven persons, including four police officers. Reacting, Fr Kelvin faulted Suleman’s testimony, saying it was wrong to “use other people’s misfortune to elevate your…
Former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, says Nigeria is being brought to ruin by heavily armed “useless” criminals who are overrunning the country. The former defence minister, who insisted on self-defence to drive out country’s common “enemy”, said Nigeria will be finished if this is not done. The octogenarian spoke on Saturday when he delivered a goodwill message in Wukari, Taraba State, where Governor Darius Ishaku presented staff of office to His Majesty Manu Ishaku Adda Ali, the 25th Aku Uka. He knocked the military for living in denial over Nigeria’s aggravating security challenges, saying the “evidence” of…
A year on from landing a USD 765 K pre-seed to build a multi-channel commerce solution for African businesses starting in Nigeria, Kloud Commerce has closed its doors following a protracted period of disputes that left the startup crippled for months. A series of internal squabbles between the startup’s founder Dr Olumide “D.O” Olusanya and the executive team contributed to the demise, WeeTracker learned from interviews with 10 persons associated with the company, coupled with an impasse between the founder and investors who are now understood to be seeking the intervention of Nigeria’s anti-graft body against D.O over allegations of…
