Twitter Blue: Osibanjo, Tinubu, Davido others lose verification badges on Twitter

Twitter has officially removed the blue badge from legacy verified profiles. All celebrities and other high-profile figures will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue for $8 monthly to be verified again. Following his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022, Elon Musk revamped the verification process on the micro-blogging platform by announcing an optional paid verification plan that unlocks additional features for users. Twitter had given verified users till April 1, 2023, to sign up for...

Zelenskyy asks Tinubu to visit Ukraine

Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited President-elect, Bola Tinubu on an official state visit to the war-torn country. According to Tinubu’s media adviser, Tunde Rahman, Zelenskyy, in a letter, congratulated Tinubu on his electoral victory and reiterated his commitment to strengthening the Ukraine-Nigeria bilateral relations. The Ukrainian president said the invitation was for the two heads of state to dialogue on how to solve the challenges bedevilling the two countries, especially in the area of...

Ferocity Claims 214 In Three Months In Kaduna State

No fewer than 214 persons were killed in separate violence such as terrorist attacks, communal clashes, and reprisals across the Kaduna state from January to March 2023. The figure was contained in the First Quarter 2023 Security Quarterly Report presented to the State Security Council by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. The commissioner gave the breakdown of the casualties as 196 males, 14 females, and four minors, while...

Former NPA Staff Bag 14 Years Imprisonment Over N24.3m Fraud

Former staff of Nigeria Ports Authority, Nasiru Ogara has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment over N24.3m fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Nasiru Ogara before Ikeja Special Offences Court on a four-count charge and his company, New Age Motor Waste Basket Ltd. Nwandu Ukoha to the Commission’s counsel said Ogara induced the Director of Kelly Newton Nigeria Ltd, Usman Ademoye, in 2017, to confer a benefit on him by delivering 8,000...

Police Welfare: IGP directs immediate commencement of promotion process for inspectors, rank and file

Usman Alkali Baba, (CFR), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIGP) in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration to coordinate the Force Secretary for the setting up of Departmental Selection Board (DSB) for the screening and selection of deserving members of the Inspectorate cadre for recommendation to the Police Service Commission (PSC) for promotion to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police II (ASP II). According to...

FEC approves billions of naira road contracts, less than 40 days to go

Less than 40 days to its exit, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, approved a number of road contracts running into billions of naira. According to reports, the contract awards were approved following memos presented by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, under the purview of Babatunde Fashola, including an augmentation cost for the Ogun Shagamu road project. While giving an insight into the projects, Fashola...

Osun: Timi Frank warns that desperate politicians plan to upturn Adeleke’s victory

…Urges Supreme Court judges to resist inducement, maintain integrity, Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Supreme Court Judges to maintain integrity and resist any attempt of subversion through inducement as regards the Osun governorship election, even as he raises alarm that desperate politicians are on the are strategising to upturn the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Appeal Court. The former APC...

Zelenskky, Ukraine president congratulates Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu on victory at presidential poll

…Invites Tinubu on state visit after inauguration Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine,  has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory at the presidential poll. The Ukraine leader in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, expressed gladness at the peaceful conduct of the just-concluded 2023 general elections and particularly praised the victory of Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria, stressing that his country is determined to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria. Zelenskyy...

Kogi Guber: I’ll run inclusive government if elected – Dino Melaye

…Igbos, others will be involved The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has said that if he emerges the governor of the state, he will run an inclusive government. The former lawmaker said that Igbo people and other nationalities like Idoma, Tiv, etcetera, will be part of his government., Melaye while speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday said, “We are going to run an inclusive government. It is not...

Africa ranks low in global business environment rankings

Singapore, Canada and Denmark will be the three countries with the best business environment over the next five years, according to the latest business environment rankings, BER, by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. EIU’s BER measures the attractiveness of the business environment in 82 countries quarterly, using a standard analytical framework with 91 indicators. The latest ranking for the second quarter of 2023 shows that North America and Western Europe continue to be the best...

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