Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Imo State, has urged youths in the state to shun methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘mkpurummiri’ and other forms of illicit drugs. The governor gave the advice during an enlightenment on drugs organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in collaboration with Ikukuoma Sports Development Foundation, at Ezinihitte Mbaise council area of Imo, on Sunday. Uzodinma, represented by his Special Adviser on Narcotics and Illicit Drugs Monitoring, Chief EzechukwuObonna, described the use of illicit drugs as the bane of productivity among the youths. He further advised the youths to rather embrace the acquisition of…
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The Court of Appeal will, on Monday, December 18, pronounce its decision on the appeal before it by the Adamawa State Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Aishatu Ahmed (Binani). Binani is at the court challenging the victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election, Ahmadu Fintiri, who has since been functioning as the state governor. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which had earlier heard the case and reserved judgment, will on Monday deliver the awaited judgment, according to multiple sources in Adamawa on Sunday. Binani had gone…
María Ramírez This year, more people arrived by sea in Spain than in the UK. But most politicians and the public see migration as a benefit In the first 10 months of 2023, more than 43,000 migrants and refugees landed on the Spanish coasts. Most of them reached the Canary Islands in small boats known as pateras. The number far exceeds arrivals to the UK, whose shores have been reached by about 27,000 people in the same period. The disparity is even more striking considering Spain has a population of 48 million, in contrast with the 68 million in the UK. People arriving by small…
Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya… Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, a United Nations agency has said. The boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara, according to IOM. It said: “The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.” According to AFP, most of the victims of the latest incident were from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries. The…
It was on the platform of the Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) that intellectuals, business people and retired public functionaries debated which one performed better between the military regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and the civilian administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. While IBB was born on the 17th of August, 1941 in Niger State, Buhari was born on the 17th of December 1942 in Katsina State. Both of them not only served in the Nigerian Armed Forces as military officers and fought on the federal side during the Civil War of 1967 to 1970, they have both also been…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an effort to rid the Nigeria’s capital market of fraudulent capital market operators have shut down the facility of ‘Ready finance investors ltd’ for offering a range of financial investment services and schemes suggestive of a covert Ponzi scheme. The Commission in a statement sent to Businessday said that the company was not registered to conduct any activities in the capital market, rendering its operations and activities therein illegal. “The office situated at Flat 5, AYA Memorial Plaza, Nkwere Street, Area 11, garki, Abuja was sealed up and shut down for offering a…
A combination of insider abuse in banks and hoarding by customers has been identified as the cause of the scarcity of cash in the country ahead of the festive season. Although the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured the public of sufficient stock of currency notes in the country, many Nigerians are still struggling to have access to enough cash from banks. Point of Sale (PoS) operators have resorted to buying cash from traders and petrol station attendants to augment what they are able to withdraw from banks. A banking source who spoke with BusinessDay said racketeering in banks…
Terminal de regazéification de South Hook, le plus grand d’Europe, situé à Milford Haven, au Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni. Détenu et opéré par South Hook LNG, joint-venture réunissant Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil et Total, ce terminal traitera le gaz naturel liquéfié provenant du projet Qatargas 2, au Qatar. South Hook Mai 2009 Copyright : Mark Richards Nigeria is missing in the published 2024 spending plans of American oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil with several major projects in the country left in limbo. The two oil multinationals have recovered from the 2020 crisis with bumper cash flows in 2021 and are making…
PROMINENT ABUJA–BASED BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF TWO MINORS. The FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, presided over by His Lordship, Justice Samira Bature, has sentenced an Abuja–based businessman, Chika Adionye, 42 years old, to life imprisonment for the rape of two children, who are cousins and were 7 and 8 years old respectively at the time of the rape. The convict was arrested by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in 2016 at Kara Majiji Community of Airport Road, a suburb of the FCT, following a petition by…
Independent Monitoring Board also finds longer detentions and raises concern about treatment of vulnerable people Almost 80% of people held in UK immigration detention centres in 2022 were released into the community rather than deported, according to a report. The purpose of immigration detention is to prepare people for deportation from the UK, but the annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) on the immigration detention estate found that the vast majority were released. The Home Office is only supposed to detain people if there is a realistic prospect of removing them within a reasonable timeframe, but many are…