Russian President Vladimir Putin hass given African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv. The African leaders were seeking agreement on a series of “confidence building measures”, even as Kyiv last week began a counteroffensive to push back Russian forces from the swathes of southern and eastern Ukraine that they occupy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting them in Kyiv on Friday that peace talks would require Moscow to withdraw its forces from…
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Suspected bandits have killed a traditional title holder, the Ardo of Birni and Kewaye of Zazzau Emirate, Alhaji Shuaibu Mohammed and his four children. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 10pm in Dorayi village of Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The bandits numbering five also rustled 100 cows belonging to the deceased. The wife of the deceased, Malama Halima Shuaibu told newsmen after the funeral of the victims that the bandits shot her husband in the head. “Ardo was brought out of his bedroom and shot twice on his head, and he died instantly. “The bandits went…
The police in Lagos State said it arrested a security man who allegedly conspired with another one to carry out robbery attack against his boss in Ikoyi area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the Ikoyi Police Division got a distress call on Friday at about 1.00 a.m., from the command’s control room alerting it about the robbery incident taking place in an apartment at Parkview Estate. He said a team of detectives moved immediately to the scene and surrounded…
NDLEA has arrested two Qatar-based drug kingpins, following the interception of their methamphetamine consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that those arrested were Eyah Nnamdi, alias Murphy and Ugwuoke Oluchukwu. He explained that Oluchukwu was the first to be arrested on June 9 during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers at the Lagos airport. He added that NDLEA officers accosted Oluchukwu travelling to Doha with an Ivorien passport in the name of Hien Narcisse. Babafemi stated further that a scrutiny of his black carry-on…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 30.9 hectares of cannabis farms in Delta, Edo and Ondo in the past week. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that 18 hectares of cannabis farm was destroyed on June 12 in Umuchime village, Ogume, Ndokwa West LGA in Delta by NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers. He said that four suspects arrested on the farm included two men and two women: Kingsley Atuola, 40; Okikiolu Adekunle, 44; Osai Doris, 40, and Ublenu Joy, 28. According…
The Chief Executive Officer of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has declared Nigeris’s subsidiary of the global cryptocurrency exchange platform as a scam. Zhao made this known via his Twitter handle on Sunday, saying, “Binance Nigeria Limited a scam entity.” “Binance has issued cease & desist notice to the scammer entity “Binance Nigeria Limited”. Don’t believe everything you read in the news,” he wrote. Recall that The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria declared Binance Nigeria is operating illegally in the country as it is not registered or regulated by the SEC. Details later…(PUNCH)
Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works to recover from abroad antiquities looted from its territory. The tablet — whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet — bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled the region of Nimrod, in present-day northern Iraq, from 858 to 823 BC. The circumstances surrounding the tablet’s arrival in Italy remain unclear, but the Italian authorities handed it over to Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid during a visit to Bologna over the past week. “I would like to thank the…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has voided the suspension of its Imo chairman, Chief Charles Duruimo by the local government chairmen of the party. The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Dr Agbo Major stated this at a news conference in Abuja.Major said that the decision was taken by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. “Recently, there was a leadership disagreement in the Imo Chapter of our great party in which the State Chairman, Duruimo was purportedly suspended by aggrieved officers in the state over alleged anti-party activities. “ Duruimo dismissed his removal, stating that his leadership had earlier…
The former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says he will forever be grateful to former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu for the successes he achieved in his political career. Aregbesola stated this during a civic reception organised in his honour by Concerned Muslim Scholars and Clerics in South Western Nigeria on Sunday in Oyo town. He said the Buhari and Tinubu made the achievements that facilitated the grand reception in which people were praising him for today possible. Aregbesola said that Tinubu mentored him in Lagos State and facilitated his emergence as Governor of Osun State. He said…
By Adeboye Ado, AKURE The Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, has urged the fresh students of the Institution to take full advantage of the conducive environment to achieve academic excellence and enhance their personal growth, broaden their horizons and equip themselves with the necessary skills to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. Prof. Ige gave the advice on Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Matriculation Ceremony for fresh students for the 2022/2023 Academic Session. The VC said, “Without mincing words, it is our solemn resolve to train and produce graduates who…