•General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, Yakubu Gowon, has urged the regional political and economic union to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. Gowon made the call in an open letter to the Heads of […]
•Biden and Putin The United States will announce new sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, coinciding with the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. “At President Biden’s direction, we will be announcing a major sanctions package on Friday of this week [&...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has confirmed that it has sanctioned eleven Distribution Companies’ (DisCos) due to their non-compliance with capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. NERC confirming this in a press release today said the commission has also reaffirmed its commitment to regulatory compliance and...
•Bandits About six months after the imposition of economic sanctions on the Niger Republic, life in the border communities across seven Nigerian states is in dire straits. Checks across Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno, showed partly deserted border communities where smugglers and bandits alike claim territories, but muc...
•Ogun CP, Abiodun Alamutu The Ogun State Police Command has said the police officer whose shot accidentally hit a Nollywood actor and director, Azeez Ijaduade, in Iperu Remo in the Ikenne Local Government area of the state yesterday will face a disciplinary action. The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, exclusively made this known ...
•PDP acting chairman, Umar Damagun The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to sanction members, who worked against its corporate interests, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, at the appropriate time. Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amb. Umar Damagun, said this while re...
•FRSC officials on duty The Federal Road Safety Corps today disowned the Unit Commander, Central Business District Unit Command, Assistant Corps Commander IL Ibrahim, over his recent statement on Vehicle Inspection Officers, otherwise known as Directorate of Road Traffic Services. Ibrahim was quoted to have said that VIO officials do not have ...
•Ndume Senator Ali Ndume has explained why the current sanction imposed on the Republic of Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should be lifted. Ndume said the sanctions are biting hard on the ordinary people in the two countries, reports The Nation. ECOWAS had in July 2023 imposed economic sanctions on […]
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