INTERPOL ISSUES RED NOTICE FOR GHANA’S EX-FINANCE MINISTER OVER ALLEGED CORRUPTION The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red notice on Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s former finance minister, for allegedly using public office for personal gains. A red notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar …

PERM SEC, FOUR OTHERS ELECTROCUTED IN GOMBE A Permanent Secretary in the Gombe State Civil Service and four other people were electrocuted, while 13 others sustained varying degrees of injuries, following a high-voltage surge of electricity supply in the early hours of Saturday. Muhammad Yusuf Kulani was the Permanent Secretary at the state’s Ministry of Special Duties and Regional Integration. …

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERS ADDING NIGERIA TO US TRAVEL BAN LIST The United States is weighing a significant expansion of its controversial travel ban, with Nigeria among 36 countries now under consideration for new visa restrictions, according to a State Department memo reviewed by The Washington Post. The internal communication, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and dispatched to U.S. …

YOU SUPPORT TINUBU & WANT A SIDECHICK IN ATIKU’, WHAT A MOCKERY! IBE TACKLES RENO Reno Omokri, you are a classic case study in psychological projection — an insecure man so desperate to escape his own failures that he accuses others of the very flaws that define him. Credibility and Reno Omokri in the same grammatical environment? Oh, what a …

$84B SAVED FROM PETROL SUBSIDY, NOW FINANCING 40 KEY ROADS The Federal Government has revealed that the elimination of the petrol subsidy under President Bola Tinubu has resulted in savings of over $84 billion, which are now being channelled into the construction and rehabilitation of 40 key road projects across the country over the past two years. This was disclosed …

WIKE, FAYOSE, ORTOM, IKPEAZU MEET PRESIDENT TINUBU IN ASO ROCK President Bola Tinubu met with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Those present at the meeting include the former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose; former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom; and former governor of Abia State, …

NO KING LASTS FOREVER, MY VICTORY WILL COME – FUBARA The suspended governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has declared that no king lasts forever. Speaking at a gathering in Bonny, Fubara declared that his victory will come back to him at the end of the day. He stressed that he does not consider himself to be losing anything, noting …

,200 KILED IN BENUE HERDSMEN ATTACK About 200 persons, including five security personnel and internally displaced persons, IDPs, as well as children and women, have been reportedly killed in a bloody attack by suspected terrorist herdsmen on Yelewata and Daudu communities in Guma Local Government Area, LGAs, of Benue state. The attack, which came days after the people of the …

NIMET PREDICTS THREE-DAY THUNDERSTORMS, RAIN FROM TODAY The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja envisaged early morning thunderstorms on Saturday over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa states in the northern region. According to it, thunderstorms with rains are anticipated …

NIMET PREDICTS THREE-DAY THUNDERSTORM, RAIN FROM TODAY

NIMET PREDICTS THREE-DAY THUNDERSTORMS, RAIN FROM TODAY The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja envisaged early morning thunderstorms on Saturday over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa states in the northern region. According to it, thunderstorms with rains are anticipated …

TINUBU AWARDS LOWER ‘OON’ HONOUR TO LABARAN MAKU, YEARS AFTER JONATHAN AWARDED HIM ‘CON President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred a national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on Labaran Maku, former Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence, raising questions about the integrity and record-keeping processes of Nigeria’s national honours system. The award, conferred …

AGRIC MINISTRY DECLARES THREE-DAY PRAYER, FASTING FOR FOOD SECURITY The federal ministry of agriculture and food security has declared a three-day fasting and prayer programme for divine intervention in the country’s agricultural sector. In an internal circular dated June 11, the ministry’s director of human resource management, said the spiritual exercise is intended to seek God’s guidance for Nigeria’s food …

ELECTED AUTOCRACY IS REPLACING REAL DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA – JEGA WARNS Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, has lamented that despite Nigeria witnessing nearly three decades of uninterrupted civil rule, democracy is still dangerously underdeveloped. Presenting a paper titled “Required Reforms for Stronger Democratic Institutions in Nigeria” at The Platform Nigeria: June 12, …

MANY KILLED AS SUSPECTED HERDSMEN ATTACK BENUE COMMUNITY Tragedy struck Yelewata on Friday night as suspected armed herdsmen launched a deadly attack around 10:00 pm, leaving several people dead and many others injured. According to early reports received around 4:00 am Saturday, at least 16 individuals sustained varying degrees of injuries in the assault. The exact number of fatalities is …