The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on “all remaining Iranian airlines” that have yet to face such penalties, as Washington pushes to step up economic pressure in its war with Tehran. The US Treasury Department said its latest action takes aim at “36 targets for supporting Iran’s aviation sector, which the regime uses to move [&helli...
•CP Ahmed Sanusi The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Ahmed Sanusi, has issued a stern warning to Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and supervisory officers against unlawful detention of suspects, extortion, and systemic lack of oversight within their jurisdictions. Addressing senior officers today at the Comman...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has issued what it described as a final summons to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, over his repeated failure to honour invitations and submit documents required for the committee’s oversight functions. The committee, chaired by the ...
•Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu The federal government yesterday declared that it is displeased with the South African government’s failure to respond firmly enough to the renewed wave of xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerian nationals, warning that retaliatory diplomatic gestures, including a review of bilateral privilege...
•Trump and a vessel near Strait Of Hormuz The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, Tehran’s new agency that collects fees for travelling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the ...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has warned lawyers against instituting court actions aimed at drawing the judiciary into internal disputes within political parties, vowing to impose disciplinary sanctions on erring practitioners. The association, in a statement issued today, expressed concern over what it described as a gr...
•Timi Frank and Tinubu A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the United States and the international community to impose sanctions on key officials of the federal government over alleged actions undermining Nigeria’s democracy. In a strongly worded statement, Frank urged ...
•US Congress A lobbying firm in the United States, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., has stated that it will brief congressional leadership and senior members of the U.S. National Security Council on the alleged weaknesses displayed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in safeguarding free, fair, and credible elections. The fi...
•Venezuela’s Leader Delcy Rodriguez The United States yesterday lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power after Washington ousted her predecessor Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January. Rodriguez’s name was deleted from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to a post on the...
No fewer than 100 lawyers are currently under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This revelation coincided with the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) imposing sanctions on 17 others for various acts of professional misconduct, reports Vanguard. Established under the Legal Practitioners Act, the LP...
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