The Twitter launch of Ron DeSantis’s 2024 bid for the White House was struck by early tech issues with the sound repeatedly dropping out. The Twitter Spaces event crashed several times on Wednesday evening, with Twitter owner Elon Musk saying the servers appeared to be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people trying to listen. Donald Trump took aim at Mr DeSantis, writing on Truth Social: “Wow! The DeSanctus TWITTER launch is a DISASTER! His whole campaign will be a disaster. WATCH!” Mr DeSantis officially entered the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday, after months of speculation, having filed paperwork with…
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A 25-year female woman (name withheld) on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a Hishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, allegedly raped her while praying. The alleged rape, according to the female Pastor, occurred at the cleric’s residence in Lekki area of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Bishop is standing trial on an amended three-count charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The alleged victim/survivor testified at the resumed trial of the defendant. The witness, who was a member of a church founded by the defendant, was…
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the First Lady has said that her office has handed over relevant documents to the wife of the President-elect, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu. Speaking at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Wednesday, the outgoing First Lady revealed that the office documents will serve as pointers towards the success of the office. Being the chief host of all the spouses of the African heads of state, Mrs. Buhari also handed over the seal of the African First Ladies Peace Mission to the incoming First Lady. “As you are all aware, the role of the First Lady is unconstitutional, but…
The Federal Government has revealed a web portal to engage older citizens across the country. Dr Emem Omokaro, the Director-General, National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), made this known in Abuja, stating that the portal is known as the Continuing Engagement Bureau (CEB). Omokaro said the platform was created to collect data on retired civil servants and professionals, among others, to link them with agencies of government or organizations that may need their wealth of experience. “It is specially to sensitise and motivate both the senior citizens, private sector and the public to embrace the opportunities this initiative offers for job…
The State Security Service, SSS, has uncovered plans by subversive elements to disrupt May 29 inauguration and other programmes in parts of the country. The Public Relations Officer of SSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, their aim is to undermine security agencies’ efforts at ensuring peaceful ceremonies and create panic and fear among members of the public. “Based on these, citizens, the media and Civil Society Organisations are advised to adhere strictly to security and civil protocols during the events. “They are also urged to shun fake news, false alarms,…
Presidential aide Garba Shehu on Thursday said Nigerians should get used to President Muhammadu Buhari’s sense of humour. Buhari had recently said the Niger Republic is a safe haven for him if Nigerians give him issues after handing over next week. The comment did not go down well with many Nigerians who questioned the President’s loyalty to the country. But Mr Shehu has dismissed the insinuations that Buhari is not loyal to Nigeria. “That is absolutely not the case. He has a way of throwing banters, a form of easing tension around himself,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “Even…
For more than a decade, campaigners have asked Britain to repatriate the body of Prince Alemayehu, who was buried at St. George’s Chapel when he died at 18 in 1879. For centuries, the catacombs of St. George’s Chapel in Windsor have been the final resting place for monarchs and consorts, including Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the late queen’s parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother. But buried alongside the Windsors are a handful of royal friends, associates, and military heroes. In 2007, one of its inhabitants became a matter of international controversy, when Ethiopia’s then-president Girma Wolde-Giorgis asked the queen…
Article summary The NGF said that apart from stopping further deductions from the State Governments’ accounts for London/Paris Club obligations, the Finance Minister also promised to ensure the refund of what had been previously deducted from the respective states’ accounts. The Finance Minister promised to refund the amounts previously deducted from the respective states’ accounts. The NGF also underwent a leadership change, with the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, becoming the new Chairman, and the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, becoming the Vice Chairman. The 36 state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said…
The reopening of some refineries in Africa and the gradual commissioning of new facilities will mark the recovery of the continent’s downstream industry in 2023, according to Hawilti’s African Refineries report. While sub-Saharan Africa’s refining capacity is still under-utilised at some 40 per cent, Hawilti noted that recovery is on the horizon with the re-opening of South Africa’s Astron Energy Refinery (100,000 barrels per day and Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (45,000 bpd). “Once both facilities are back in operations, the sub-continent will be able to utilise about half of its installed refining capacity,” it explained. However, the report stated that…
Thirty tons of ammonium nitrate, a powerful explosive, vanished on a two-week rail shipment from to . A railcar laden with the chemical left an explosives plant in Cheyenne on April 12 but on arrival in Saltdale – an old mining town in the Mojave Desert – the cargo was gone. Manufacturer, Dyno Nobel, informed the National Response Center the product was missing. The firm makes explosives for a variety of applications including mining, construction and oil and gas exploration. Ammonium nitrate, which can also be used as a fertilizer, is notorious for its use in the Oklahoma City bombing which killed 168 people…
