September 2022

Putin Warns Of Danger In The Energy Market

Putin Teases Nuclear Arms As He Calls Up Reserve Forces

September 21, 2022 9:13 pm

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has made an open order for a partial military mobilisation for some of his reserve forces while also vowing on Wednesday to use “all available means” including Nuclear powers to protect Russian territory, after some of the Moscow-held regions of Ukraine had suddenly announced annexation referendums.

The votes which had already been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a “sham”, will also dramatically up the stakes in the seven-month-old conflict in Ukraine by giving Moscow the ability to formally accuse the Ukrainian forces of attacking Russian territory.

Read Also: ‘We Can Intervene In Ukraine

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Oil Theft: PENGASSAN Fingers Military, Other Top Security Officers

Oil Theft: PENGASSAN Fingers Military, Other Top Security Officers

September 21, 2022 9:01 pm

Comrade Festus Osifo who is the President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has on Wednesday revealed that some of the heads of the Nigerian Military, Police and other security agencies had also colluded to pilfer and embezzle crude oil in the Niger Delta.

He had also made this revelation while making his address at a one-day public hearing of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee to investigate oil lifting, theft and the impact on petroleum production and oil revenues headed by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan.

Read Also: Fresh Fuel Scarcity Looms As PENGASSAN Issues Fresh Threats

President …

Court Throws Out Baba Ijesha‘s Recent Bail Application

Court Throws Out Baba Ijesha‘s Recent Bail Application

September 21, 2022 9:00 pm

More woes for James Olarewaju AKA Baba Ijesha as an Ikeja Special Offences Court has recently refused his bail application which would also be pending an appeal which had been filed by the convicted Nollywood actor.

Baba Ijesha’s bail had also been rejected because he did not meet some of the exceptional circumstances and criteria with which to warrant the bail.

Read Also: Baba Ijesha Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault

According to Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the actor must show special and exceptional circumstances because the term given to him is five years which is to …

Nnamdi Kanu Must Not Die In Prison, Ohanaeze Warns FG

Nnamdi Kanu Must Not Die In Prison, Ohanaeze Warns FG

September 21, 2022 9:01 am

Apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndígbo has condemned the alleged continued detention of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, medical attention, despite the directive of the the court.

Ohanaeze sent a warning to the Federal Government of the implications of allowing any harm come upon Kanu by not allowing his personal doctor access to him nor allowing him access to required drugs for his ailment.

Reacting to the information released by Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor on Monday on the deplorable state of the IPOB leader’s health, Ohanaeze expressed worry that the Department of State Services (DSS) …

Outrage As Lagos Drivers Are forced To Buy Tinubu’s Stickers

Outrage As Lagos Drivers Are forced To Buy Tinubu’s Stickers

September 21, 2022 8:53 am

Ahead of the commencement of the 2023 campaigns, a video showing Lagos tricycle drivers being forced to pay for a sticker of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other candidates are presently trending on social media.

A tweep shared the video on Tuesday and said that the incident happened in the Ajah area of Lagos.

In the video which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, the drivers objected to having the sticker on their tricycle and paying for it.

One of the drivers insisted that rather than having the sticker placed …

How Oil Theft Is Pushing Nigeria’s Economy Into Coma – Lawan

How Oil Theft Is Pushing Nigeria’s Economy Into Coma – Lawan

September 21, 2022 8:42 am

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has asserted that the generation and collection of revenues have remained the country’s major challenges as well as the massive loss of revenue through oil theft, now  ‘debilitating and threatening to throw the economy into a coma.’

Lawan, while welcoming his colleagues from the long annual recess, lamented that revelations about the scale of oil theft shows that Nigeria could soon lose all revenues from that sector.

He charged his colleagues to ensure that everything possible was done to curtail this theft.

Lawan said the nation’s economy is still challenged,…

17 Boko Haram Terrorists, Family Members Surrender To Army

17 Boko Haram Terrorists, Family Members Surrender To Army

September 21, 2022 8:33 am

The Nigerian Army has revealed that seventeen Boko Haram terrorists, including their families have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion deployed to Banki-Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.

The Army made the revelation on Tuesday via its verified Twitter handle.

It twitted that the mass surrender of the terrorists and their families was due to renewed military onslaught by gallant troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North-East region.

Read Also: Why Over 200 Soldiers Applied For Retirement – Nigerian Army

“Profiling of the surrendered terrorists is ongoing”, the Army twitted.

According to reports, a …

2023 INEC Clears Umahi, Others For NASS Polls, Lawan Out

2023: INEC Clears Umahi, Others For NASS Polls, Lawan Out

September 21, 2022 8:27 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the list of 80 successful candidates, including Governor David Umahi, for the 2023 National Assembly elections in Ebonyi State.

The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Joseph Chukwu, made this known at a news briefing at the INEC headquarters in Abakaliki on Tuesday.

Chukwu further explained that the list had been displayed at the state headquarters and INEC offices in the 13 local government areas of the state.

According to him, the commission had actually cleared thirty-two presidential and vice presidential candidates from the eighteen registered political parties for the 2023 election.…

All Is Not Well With Nigeria, Sultan Of Sokoto Laments

All Is Not Well With Nigeria, Sultan Of Sokoto Laments

September 21, 2022 7:13 am

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III has asserted that all is not well with Nigeria and that the country could be headed for the rocks if nothing drastic is done to salvage it. 

The spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria made this assertion on Tuesday in Abuja.

The revered monarch went on to point out that the fear has been severally mentioned to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Abubakar spoke at the National Unity Conference of The Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (AANI).

The Sultan said the problem of Nigeria could only be addressed by …

Real Reason Tinubu Is Not Doing Live Interviews – Keyamo

Real Reason Tinubu Is Not Doing Live Interviews – Keyamo

September 21, 2022 6:28 am

Ahead of the commencement of campaingns, the spokesman of the Tinubu/Shetimma Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Festus Keyamo, has dismissed as fake news a report in which Tinubu said he was not doing live television interviews like his main opponents because he ‘is contesting for Nigerian President, not Media President.’

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that on the heels of report, the social media was awash with comments that the APC presidential flag bearer was shying away from living interviews because of ill-health and incapacitation.

Dismissing the report as fake news, Keyamo, in …

Atletico Blasted By Spain PM Over Vinicius Racism Incident

Atletico Blasted By Spain PM Over Vinicius Racism Incident

September 20, 2022 8:36 pm

Pedro Sanchez who is the Spanish prime minister has openly condemned and berated Atletico Madrid on Tuesday for not taking a full stand against some of the racist chants which had emanated from their supporters aimed at Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior.

Some sectors of the crowd chanted “You are a monkey, Vinicius, you are a monkey,” before and during Real Madrid’s 2-1 win at Atletico’s Metropolitano stadium on Sunday, while some of the missiles which had also included lighters had been thrown at him and Brazilian compatriot Rodrygo as they celebrated a goal.

 

Liga will report the events …

2023 Polls Osinbajo Clears Air Alleged Plans To Dump APC

Nigeria’s Biggest Challenge Is National Unity – VP Osinbajo

September 20, 2022 8:29 pm

The Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Tuesday revealed that one of the biggest challenges that the country is facing today is on national unity and other dividend factors.

Osinbajo had also made this statement at the one-day National Unity Conference which had been organised by the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (AANI) in Abuja.

Read Also: ‘We’ve Spent ₦21bn On 2023 Census’ – Osinbajo Reveals

And the Vice President who had been represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had also commended the alumni for always coming in …

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