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An agent, who claims to be working under the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the national government of United States has alleged that Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi has received fresh charges as US prosecutors submitted court documents showing that he committed fraud and laundered over $400k while in prison. The documents which were presented before the United States District Court of …

Professor Charles Soludo who was on Thursday sworn-in as Governor of Anambra State, has vowed to end the activities of touts and revenue collectors in the state. Soludo, a former Central Bank of Nigeria governor said this during his inauguration as the governor of the state. Pic 2. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo taking Oath of office before the Chief Judge of …

Drama ensued on Thursday at the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the governor of Anambra State when the wife of the outgoing Governor Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu, slapped Bianca Ojukwu at the event. Mrs Ojukwu is the widow of the late Biafran leader, Odumegwu Ojukwu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who was at the scene of the event reported that the incident occurred immediately …

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader on Wednesday, met with the APC Senate caucus over his plan to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, saying that his ambition is not for power. “This (presidential ambition) is not about gaining power. It is about securing good government for the nation,” Tinubu told the senators. On the reason …

*VP adds: Africa will need world-class young people who have strong interpersonal, innovative, entrepreneurial, critical and creative thinking skills Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has called on the West African Examination Council to design its curriculum further to test for and support core skills, such as Critical Thinking, Creativity, Imagination which are imperative for the future of young Nigerians. …

President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” Wednesday, a rhetorical leap that came as civilian deaths mount in Ukraine. It was the harshest condemnation of Putin’s actions from any US official since the war in Ukraine began three weeks ago, the CNN reported. Previously, Biden had stopped short of labeling atrocities being documented on the ground …

Suspended Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, DCP Abba Kyari, who is remanded in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over his involvement in a 25kg cocaine deal, has refused to officially respond to the query issued him by Force Headquarters.This is even as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, threatened to strike …

Russia has lost up to 40 per cent of the units it sent into Ukraine when Moscow invaded its neighbour in February, the Ukrainian military’s general staff said on Wednesday. . The troops were either completely destroyed or had lost their combat capabilities, he said at the daily bulletin but did not give concrete numbers. The information could not be …

• Headline inflation rose marginally to 15.7 per cent in February• Figures deceptive, politically influenced, Owoh insists• Experts seek removal of import duties on imported petroleum products • Resuscitate moribund refineries to boost availability, FG urged • Last year’s trade deficit hits N1.94tr, 96% higher than that of 2020 Rising energy costs both in electricity and fuel segments, geopolitical tension and fiscal …

• Akpanudoedehe insists party crisis-free, united• Bello not on ground for daily briefing• Governors relocate to Abuja as Ganduje assures of hitch-free convention• Party commences sale of N20 million chairmanship form• Amount placed on exco form counterproductive, outrageous, youth group cries out In what appeared a patching up of the crisis that has enveloped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the …