The Police Command in Lagos state on Saturday warned Point of Sales (POS) operators against using their trade to promote extortion at police stations and other areas. The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, sounded this warning in a tweet. Hundeyin said the warning was part of directives from the Force headquarters, Abuja, against extortion and Read More…
Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts. Shares of Twitter were down 7% in extended trading. Musk had offered $54.20 per share in Read More…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to sustain the campaign against polio, warning that the disease is “very crafty.” Osinbajo handed down the warning on Thursday at Presidential Villa, while receiving the Nigerian Biker, Kunle Adeyanju, who embarked on a polio-inspired charity ride from London to Lagos. Adeyanju, who arrived in Lagos on Read More…
A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc affiliates leave to enforce a part of a ₦747 billion ($1.8 billion) arbitration award against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in a dispute concerning oil extraction near the African country’s coastline. In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Read More…
AFRICA for centuries has been entangled in European conflicts and wars in which they suffer from both sides. The most terrible for Africans was the Second World War for which youths, including high school kids from various parts of the continent, were conscripted and many never returned home. In Nigeria, it was known as the Read More…
Our friends, Tamuno, Dike and Hadi are exercising their right to freedom of speech: Tamuno: By now, Buhari should have visited Owo to commiserate with the people over the killings. Dike: He should have visited Anambra and Imo for the same reason too. Hadi: He can’t be everywhere. The VP already visited Owo Tamuno: If he can’t be everywhere, Read More…
In my part of the world, it is said that when the address on the envelope is longer than the content of the letter, it means there is nothing substantial to say. This was the conclusion I arrived at when I read the Kigali communiqué of the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference which was held Read More…
Political will was the missing ingredient at the Bonn climate meeting earlier in June, which was supposed to lay the groundwork to make progress at COP27, the next global climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in November. But it wrapped up with little tangible progress, not only on reducing emissions but in helping vulnerable nations cope Read More…
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies (G7) on Monday agreed to work together to accelerate the fight against climate change while ensuring their energy security, a statement at a summit in Germany said. The G7 also discussed ways of phasing down coal and scaling up clean and renewable energies in a way that is “socially Read More…
Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian President, considers it an insult for an unknown group to purchase an All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential nomination form for him, his spokesman has said. Also, the Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), a Fulani socio-cultural organisation has denied they bought President Jonathan an APC presidential nomination form. Read More…
