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Local Stories
Uzodimma’s adviser resigns, demands N77m office-running cost refund
A former presidential candidate and Special Adviser to Imo state, on Political matters, Batos Nwadike, has tendered his letter of resignation. Read more…
Ekweremadu: FG probes organ donor’s data privacy breach
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, is investigating the breach of the data privacy of David Nwamina, a young Nigerian at the centre of an allegation of organ harvest against a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Read more…
Tinubu’s men woo parties without presidential candidates, others
Groups campaigning for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have started consultations and negotiations with other political parties without presidential candidates. Read more…
APC reacts to reports of voting N6.5 trillion for bribery, and vote-buying in the 2023 general election
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that it has set aside the sum of N6.5 trillion to rig the 2023 general election, accusing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being the brain behind the rumour. Read more…
Supreme Court crisis: NBA wants ex-CJN probed, Ariwoola sworn in, workers demand autonomy
A few hours after resigning from office, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, lawyers, civil rights groups and some branches of the Nigerian Bar Association on Monday called for the probe of the erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad. Read more…
Native doctor’s attire: Court declines hearing lawyer’s case
Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. Read more…
Tinubu jets off to France as APC refutes alleged N6.5tr budget for the flag bearer
Presidential candidate and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, travelled out of the country early yesterday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Read more…
Ekweremadu sues NIMC, says donor’s kidney not compatible with daughter
The Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have filed a suit against the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over the alleged organ harvesting victim’s age. Read more…
International Stories
Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens
Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Read more…
46 migrants have been found dead inside a semi-truck in San Antonio and 16 have been hospitalized, authorities say
At least 46 people were found dead inside a semi-truck in San Antonio Monday, according to authorities, in a scene that Mayor Ron Nirenberg called a "horrific human tragedy." Read more…
Amtrak derailment: Three killed in Missouri after train hits truck
At least three people have been killed and dozens more are reported injured after a passenger train derailed after hitting a truck in Missouri. Read more…
Japan tells millions to save electricity as record heat wave strains power supply
Japan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Read more…
Business Matters
NCC reveals that 83.3 million Nigerians are connected to broadband as of May 2022
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the number of Nigerians connected to broadband, that is, high-speed internet increased to 83.3 million in May 2022. Read more…
Customs seizes N1.3bn worth of smuggled goods in Ogun between May and June
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, stated that it seized N1.3 billion worth of goods between May to June around Ogun and its environs. Read more…
Proposed tariff hike may raise telcos’ voice revenue to N1.55tn – NCC report
Telecommunications companies’ voice revenue could jump by at least N442.57bn to N1.55tn in a year if the price floor of calls is raised by the operators from N6.4 to N8.95. Read more…
Fuel subsidy, refinery rehabilitation gulped N1.3tn in five months – NNPC
The amount spent as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and on refinery rehabilitation between January and May this year was N1.301tn, figures released on Monday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited showed. Read more…
FG rakes in over N2tn from marginal oil fields sale
Federal Government may have raked at least N2tn from the 2020/2021 marginal oil field bid rounds, according to findings by our correspondent. Read more…
Tech Updates
Volkswagen Nears Deal to Sell Stake in Electrify America to Siemens
Volkswagen is investing in electric vehicles more than other legacy car makers in the U.S. WSJ goes inside an engine factory that is being transformed into a battery plant as the German giant looks to change its image and become a rival to Tesla. Read more…
Metro
Four moments Nigerians stole the spotlight at the 2022 BET Awards
It was a night of pride for Nigerians at the 2022 Black Entertainment Television Awards ceremony which was held on Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Read more…
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