Why we didn’t invite Jonathan for questioning – EFCC

Why we didn’t invite Jonathan for questioning – EFCC

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s investigating officer Shehu Shuaibu, on Thursday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the N4.6bn allegedly transferred into a Joint Trust account was used to finance the 2015 presidential campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Shuaibu stated this while testifying before Justice Daniel Osiagor in the trial of former Minister of Finance,…

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Pentagon: Despite Russia's war, China still top threat to US

Pentagon: Despite Russia’s war, China still top threat to US

China remains the greatest security challenge for the United States despite Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the threat from Beijing will determine how the U.S. military is equipped and shaped for the future, according to a new Pentagon defense strategy. While the document released Thursday says that conflict with China “is neither inevitable nor desirable,” it describes an effort to prevent…

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Ayade, Umahi visit Wike in Rivers

Ayade, Umahi visit Wike in Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday played host to his counterparts from Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade and Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi. The two governors met Wike in his country home in Rumueprikon, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday night. Umahi and Ayade are members of the All-Progressives Congress while Wike is a People’s Democratic Party…

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Russia undertakes nuclear drills as fighting heavy near Bakhmut

Russia undertakes nuclear drills as fighting heavy near Bakhmut

Russia’s strategic forces carried out drills Wednesday, including a test launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine, further stoking concerns that a nuclear weapon could be deployed in the Ukraine war. Civilians who pulled out from the city of Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed, waiting in the town of Dzhankoi in the annexed Crimean peninsula Russian President Vladimir Putin…

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2023 budget: FG plans N1.35tn war chest against B’Haram, bandits

2023 budget: FG plans N1.35tn war chest against B’Haram, bandits

• To acquire fighter jets, ammunition, budgets N1bn for terrorists’ prosecution As the battle against insecurity continues, the Federal Government has earmarked N1.35tn to prosecute the ongoing anti-insurgency fight in the country. This was contained in the N20.51tn 2023 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on…

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Ethiopia Science Museum Key to Avert Anti-Africa Narratives: African Journalists

Ethiopia Science Museum Key to Avert Anti-Africa Narratives: African Journalists

Addis Ababa October 9/2022 /ENA/The Ethiopian Science Museum can change the erroneous narratives against Africa, African journalists said. Journalists of different African countries including from Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa and Niger visited the recently inaugurated Ethiopian Science Museum. The journalists stated that the museum depicts that Ethiopia has given due attention to the science…

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Kogi claims Obajana plant ownership, Dangote, Man Kick

Kogi claims Obajana plant ownership, Dangote, Man Kick

The Kogi State Government has said that it will be ready to enter negotiations once Dangote Group is ready to admit that Obajana cement plant does not belong to it.

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PDP crisis: Aggrieved govs report Atiku to BoT, list peace conditions

PDP crisis: Aggrieved govs report Atiku to BoT, list peace conditions

Fresh details have emerged about the meeting between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and select members of the People’s Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees when the latter visited him in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

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AutoRussian forces pull out of Lyman, a key city in Ukraine’s Donetsk region Draft

AutoRussian forces pull out of Lyman, a key city in Ukraine’s Donetsk region Draft

Russia has withdrawn troops from the city of Lyman in Ukraine’s Donetsk region Saturday, one day after announcing the annexation of the area and three other regions. Ukrainian officials said earlier that their soldiers had surrounded the city. The Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported that the Russian Defense Ministry said its forces retreated to more advantageous lines to avoid the risk…

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Arsenal and Liverpool seasons will be transformed by absolutely huge injury boosts

Arsenal and Liverpool seasons will be transformed by absolutely huge injury boosts

Liverpool will be thrilled to finally drop Trent Alexander-Arnold for Calvin Ramsay. Arsenal are about to be transformed by Reiss Nelson.

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Cambodian team hunting looted treasures visits UK

Cambodian team hunting looted treasures visits UK

Two major British museums are opening up their collections to archaeologists and officials from Cambodia, in response to allegations that valuable items are sitting illegally in the UK.

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Atiku, PDP dare Wike, Makinde, begin campaigns Wednesday

Atiku, PDP dare Wike, Makinde, begin campaigns Wednesday

The People’s Democratic Party has finalised plans to inaugurate its presidential campaign council on Wednesday, September 28, regardless of the withdrawal of some party heavyweights and prominent campaign council members led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

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Will King Charles III be an active investor or step aside and let others take the reins of his newly inherited fortune?

Will King Charles III be an active investor or step aside and let others take the reins of his newly inherited fortune?

As longtime heir to the British throne, Charles professionalized a sleepy business and did well financially. Now he is set to inherit even more. Will he be an active investor or step aside and let others take the reins? When most people think of King Charles III, they picture the former Prince of Wales playing polo, shaking hands, giving toasts or praising organic gardening. But while he was…

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Donald Trump could be barred from doing business in New York for five years under attorney general fraud lawsuit

Donald Trump could be barred from doing business in New York for five years under attorney general fraud lawsuit

Donald Trump could be barred from doing business in the city and the state of New York under a new lawsuit filed by top prosecutors, accusing him and his adult children of fraud.

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ASUU to appeal ruling, parents want strike ended

ASUU to appeal ruling, parents want strike ended

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday said it will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, which ordered the union to call off its ongoing nationwide strike and resume work.

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PDP rules out mini-convention, BoT to meet Atiku

PDP rules out mini-convention, BoT to meet Atiku

The People’s Democratic Party has said it is possible to remove its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu through a mini convention.

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 Wike’s group pulls out of Atiku’s campaign council

 Wike’s group pulls out of Atiku’s campaign council

The crisis rocking the nation’s main opposition party, People’s Democratic Party deepened on Wednesday as Governor Nyesom Wike’s team reportedly pulled out of the campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

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