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The third batch of stranded Nigerians, numbering 132, are expected to arrive in the country today (Saturday), The PUNCH learnt. The first batch of 376 evacuees arrived Nigeria from Egypt on Wednesday night. The second batch of 130 evacuees arrived in the country from Port Sudan on Friday. According to the Spokesperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abdulrahman Balogun, said the …

Shehu also said that the victory of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively and the established control of the APC in 21 out of 36 states in the last general elections, firmly established the party as a dominant national Political Party.  Speaking while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum, AYLF, the presidential spokesman said: “‘This …

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and an associate, Oladipo Eludoyin, have been allegedly linked to 20 properties bought in the United Kingdom when he (Tinubu) was serving as Lagos State governor. According to an investigative report published on Friday, May 5, …

London, May 6, 2023 (Reuters/NAN) King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, slowly placed the 360-year-old …

A group of House of Representatives members-elect has endorsed the chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Muktar Betara, for the speakership of the Green chamber in the 10th assembly. The members-elect, on the aegis of New Vision, after a meeting, in Abuja, said Betara, who currently represents Biu/Bayo/Shani Federal Constituency of Borno state, is the most qualified among the contenders for …

KYIV, Ukraine— Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles. Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a Telegram post that the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile had been intercepted in an overnight attack …

LONDON — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. At a coronation with displays of royal power straight out of the Middle Ages, Charles was presented with an orb, a sword and scepter …

Edo State Waste Management Board has cleared a perennial refuse dump site at Ibiwe, in Benin City, Oredo Local Government Area of the State. The General Manager, Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Charles Imariagbe, who addressed journalists during the evacuation exercise, said the exercise was carried out as part of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s agenda to promote a …

New York (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky’s last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. Associated Press reports that she sent a …

David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and the doctor-middleman, …