On a hot, humid East Coast day this summer, a massive container ship pulled into the Port of Baltimore loaded with sheets of plywood, aluminum rods and radioactive material – all sourced from the fields, forests and factories of Russia. Read more…
Month: August 2022
Nigerians in seven cities, including Lagos and Abuja, will get a taste of how 5G internet connectivity works in a few weeks as MTN begins a formal open pilot of the technology. “Customers with certain enabled devices will be allowed Read more…
Pope Francis called Daria Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian philosopher who applauded the war on Ukraine, an “innocent” victim of the war on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from Ukraine’s ambassador to the Vatican. “The madness of war,” Francis said Read more…
Russian forces have detained two employees of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, who have been providing information on troops and hardware locations to Kiev’s forces, the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) said on Wednesday. “Apart from that, a Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested the director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Eno Ubi Otu, for his alleged involvement in N25billion fraud. A highly placed source, who confirmed the development to Read more…
The Federal Government Wednesday ruled out the possibility of resuming the Abuja-Kaduna train service now saying it will be insensitive on its part to do so. Addressing newsmen at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided Read more…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, Anambra State chapter, has warned its members against anti-party activities, especially indulging in campaigning for candidates of other political parties. The warning is coming few weeks ahead of the commencement of campaigns for the 2023 Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged the people of the South-East to be burying their dead ones within three days as it was done in the olden days. The group noted that keeping the corpses for too long, as Read more…
The United States Department of State has honoured slain Sokoto student, Deborah Samuel. Deborah, a 200 Level student of Home Economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was murdered by Islamic extremists and set ablaze after she advised her Read more…
Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, has said local governments must employ and pay their staff for financial autonomy to be strictly implemented. He also said the state government owed pensioners over N14 billion. The governor stated this while Read more…
Rivers State government has flayed the former governor of Jigawa State and supporter of the Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, for casting aspersions on Governor Nyesom Wike. The state government through the Read more…
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Read more…