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Russian Firm Drags Germany To Court Over Refinery Seizures

Russian Firm Drags Germany To Court Over Refinery Seizures

October 15, 2022 3:27 am

Popular Russian oil giant Rosneft on Friday announced that they have filed a complaint against the German government for taking control of its German-based refineries, as energy tensions continue to run high following Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Africa Daily New York reports that in September, Berlin had taken control of Rosneft’s German subsidiaries, which account for about 12 percent of oil refining capacity in the country, and placed them under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency.

‘We can confirm the complaint has been received,’ the Federal Administrative Court in the eastern German city of Leipzig told reporters.

Lawyers …

AK-47 Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

AK-47: Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

October 15, 2022 3:21 am

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has asserted that no Nigerian state governor has the authority to acquire high-caliber weapons for use by quasi-security outfits.

He made this assertion while reacting to questions in the company of the Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi after the National Security Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

His reaction came barely few days after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State gave the administration one-month deadline to approve his request to obtain an AK-47 licence or he …

Musk Quits Funding Of Starlink In Ukraine Indefinitely

Musk Quits Funding Of Starlink In Ukraine Indefinitely

October 15, 2022 3:14 am

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk on Saturday disclosed that SpaceX would not be able to pay for Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine indefinitely, while the US military confirmed it was communicating with the billionaire’s company about funding for the key network.

The discussions come as Musk has been embroiled in public spats with Ukrainian leaders who were angered by his controversial plan for de-escalating the conflict, which included acknowledging Russian sovereignty over Crimea.

Starlink, a constellation of more than 3,000 small satellites in low Earth orbit, has been vital to Ukraine’s communications as it fights against Russia’s invasion, with SpaceX donating …

Turkey Announces Jail Terms For ‘Fake News’

Turkey Announces Jail Terms For ‘Fake News’

October 14, 2022 7:09 am

The parliament of Turkey on Thursday approved a tough new media law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading ‘fake news’.

The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip on the media eight months before elections that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters trailing in the polls.

The legislation — comprised of 40 amendments that each required a separate vote — was proposed by Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted AKP party and furiously opposed by Turkey’s main opposition groups.

The approved law imposes a criminal penalty for those found guilty of spreading false or misleading …

You Failed Woefully In Oil And Gas - El-Rufai Lambasts FG

You Failed Woefully In Oil And Gas – El-Rufai Lambasts FG

October 14, 2022 6:14 am

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has criticised the Federal Government of Nigeira accusing them of failing in the oil and gas sector, and should immediately hands off control of the sector.

Speaking at KADINVEST, an economic summit in Kaduna, yesterday, he stated that government does not have any business managing the oil sector.

‘Any sector that the Federal Government tries to get into gets messed up. Any area that the government can get out of it should.’

He added that the Federal Government has no business in oil and gas and should privatise the oil and gas sector.

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Chimamanda Adichie Refused National Honour - Team

Chimamanda Adichie Refused National Honour – Team

October 13, 2022 8:13 pm

Foremost writer and actor, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who is an award-winning Nigerian author and had been recently decorated with Harvard University’s iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, which had managed to break her silence over her non-appearance at Tuesday’s conferment of national honours by President Muhammadu Buhari.

While perusing through the report, one of the members of Chimamanda’s communications team, Omawumi Ogbe, told had revealed to Newsmen that the author declined the honour.

Read Also: Buhari justifies national honours on Okonjo Iweala, Chimamanda Adichie,

Ogbe said in a statement: “Following the recent conferment of national awards by the President, there have …

Osinachi Begged Me Not To Report Husband’s Abuse - Neighbour

Osinachi Begged Me Not To Report Husband’s Abuse – Neighbour

October 13, 2022 7:42 pm

As more testimonies emerge which surround the abuse and subsequent death of the late gospel singer Osinachi, one of her neighbours, Grace Nnaji has on Thursday opened up to an FCT Court in Abuja, that the singer had on several occasions begged her not to report her husband, Peter Nwachukwu’s abuse.

Nnaji, who had been identified as a tailor, had told the court that she had met the singer when her husband had approached her to make a dress for her.

Read Also: Osinachi’s Husband Brutalized Her – Nigerian Minister

Nnaji while giving her testimony which had been led by …

Court Discharges, Acquits Nnamdi Kanu Of Terrorism Charges

Court Discharges, Acquits Nnamdi Kanu Of Terrorism Charges

October 13, 2022 2:00 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the secessionist group.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be discharged and acquitted. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017.

However, the Court of Appeal on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from …

13 Reported Dead In Two Days Of Syria Rebel Clashes

13 Reported Dead In Two Days Of Syria Rebel Clashes

October 12, 2022 9:26 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that up to thirteen people who are mostly fighters have been found to have been murdered in the two days of ongoing clashes between some of the rival factions competing for power in northwest Syria, a war monitor said Wednesday.

The terrible fighting between the two pro-Turkish Syrian rebel groups began in the town of Al-Bab in northern Aleppo province before spreading to other areas and drawing in other factions, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Read Also: Russia Lashes Out At Continued Israeli Strikes

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EFCC Arrests, Quizes NDDC’s Account Director Over N25bn Fraud

Siemens Scandal: Arrest Big Men Too – CACOL Urges EFCC

October 12, 2022 9:25 pm

Coming on the heels of numerous  corruption and financial crimes, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has charged all the anti-corruption agencies in the country to make sure that they prosecute all suspects in the Halliburton and Siemens bribery scandals irrespective of class.

Debo Adeniran who is the Chairman of committee had revealed that the authorities had been taking too long in their findings into some of the high-profile cases.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had also in 2016 announced the reopening of the investigation …

UK Moves To Cut Excess Dependents From Nigerian Migrants

UK Moves To Cut Excess Dependents From Nigerian Migrants

October 12, 2022 7:05 am

The United Kingdom is presently looking at the possibility of tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country.

According to Daily Mail, UK, it has been discovered that Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when compared to other groups of migrants.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the UK Home secretary, Suella Braverman is presently considering tightening the rules on dependant.

This is coming after Home Office immigration figures recently indicated a startling inconsistency across different nationalities coming to the UK to work and study.

Its report shows that Nigerians accounted …

Panic As Lightning Kills 2, Leaves Four Injured In Imo

Panic As Lightning Kills 2, Leaves Four Injured In Imo

October 12, 2022 6:47 am

The people of Ndegwu community in Owerri West LGA of Imo State have been thrown into anguish and mourning following the horrendous lightning that struck and allegedly left no fewer than two persons dead and injured four others after a heavy rainfall yesterday. 

The names of the victims were given as Mr.Emeka Gerald Mbah, a 39-year-old from Umuejekaubi Umuahum Ndegwu, and his friend, Mr.Chigbumkpa Ernest Odionyenma who is a 36-year-old from Umuadi Umuogwuta in Ndegwu Community, died instantly when the thunder struck during heavy rain at about 5 pm.

Mr. Stanley Opara, an eyewitness, told reporters that the deceased were …

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