Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Youth Wing, yesterday, attacked Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, for calling on political parties not to give their 2023 presidential tickets to members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, after the church established the Directorate of Politics. National Chairman of CAN Youth Wing, Belusochukwu Enwere, who spoke in Owerri, argued that MURIC’s statement was an insult to Christians and an abuse of the freedom of the people. The Chairman of MURIC in Bauchi State, Idrees Safiyanu Gambo, had, in a statement, Friday, told political parties to pick their presidential candidates from the RCCG and…
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Who would you choose to judge you long after your death? How about a professional historian? How about Felipe Fernández-Armesto? Much lauded and read, this professor of history at Notre Dame, Indiana is the author of many books including short histories of humankind and the world and longer ones of exploration, Hispanic America and the year 1492. As you begin Straits, his account of the life and voyages of Fernando de Magallanes, known in English as Ferdinand Magellan, the explorer credited with the first European navigation from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the straits at the tip of South America…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, arraigned a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Edor Obi (rtd) and two others, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged fraud and forgery. Lt. Col. Obi, who was a Military administrator of Bayelsa State from July 1998 to May 1999, during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) was arraigned alongside two others, Felix Onyakhamoh, a former staff of Oceanic Bank and one Adewale Mesioye by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were arraigned on an 11 count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery,…
Witnesses have further confirmed before Justice Ambrose Allagoa of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State that the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eunisell Limited, Kenneth Amadi made customers pay for purchases based on the company’s invoice through an account nominated by him. Amadi’s trial before the court continued on Thursday and Friday March 24 and 25, 2022. When the matter came up for hearing, a third prosecution witness and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, Ada Uche Anya, while answering questions from the counsel for the Federal Government, Aderonke Imana, informed Justice…
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), has been flown abroad for immediate medical attention. Hameed Ali, learnt slumped on Wednesday during prayers in Abuja. A reliable anonymous government source familiar with the development told that the DG was flown abroad for medicals in a customs jet on Wednesday night from Abuja after the incident.
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Friday elevated nine chiefs from the Balogun line, even as he urged them to see their elevation as a call for more service to the ancient city. The occasion, his first official function since his coronation, was held at the Olubadan’s ancestral Ali-Iwo palace in Ibadan. Oba Balogun, who was crowned on March 11, 2022, urged the newly-promoted chiefs to justify the confidence reposed in them by Ibadan people for whom they hold their titles in trust by rededicating themselves to the service of Ibadanland. He said: “I charge you all to…
Nigeria’s billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola has described the Dangote refinery as a remarkable project which will be a game-changer for the country. Otedola who spoke with so much excitement after the commissioning of the refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, expressed how enthused he was, seeing a project that began as far back as 2012, come to fruition. His words, “This is a remarkable project. I’m excited today. Today is the happiest moment in my life to see this project come to reality. This is a project I’ve been visiting with Aliko since 2012″.He added that refining crude oil locally is…
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed has said that the balance in Nigeria savings account popularly called excess crude account stood at $35,876,615.68 as at the end of March 2022. Stabilisation account has a balance of N31,298,533,315.68 while the balance in the Development of Natural Resources account stood at N55,539,568,212.67 as at March 2022. Zainab made the report to the National Economic Council in Abuja. The balance had fallen drastically by $2billion from the $2.1 billion left by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account (ECA) balance as of October 2021 was $60, 857,773.43. According to Nigeria Economic…
