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Flo Eshalomi MP appointed UK Trade Envoy to Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka A new ‘global growth team’ of UK Trade Envoys has been appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment as the Government pulls every lever available to drive economic growth under its Plan for Change….
NCDMB pledges full utilization of oilfield service capabilities
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its resolve to support for local service companies in creating jobs in the economy by providing them with greater opportunities in the oil and gas industry. The Executive Secretary,…
Trump to end race and gender ‘indoctrination’ in schools
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday demanding an end to racial ‘indoctrination’ in K-12 schools he accused of spreading ‘anti-American’ ideology. The order is just the latest effort to combat what Trump and his allies term ‘woke’ ideology,…
Wars may escalate as France orders Rwanda out of DR Congo
France’s Foreign Ministry said that Congo’s territorial integrity was “not negotiable” after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the eastern city of Goma and vowed to march “all the way to Kinshasa.” The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
Abolore Lawal extradited to US, faces ‘sextortion’ scam charges
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Twenty four year old Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, who is indicted for alleged sex extortion scam that claimed the life of a 17 year old American student, has been extradited to the US to face the…
Israeli hostage says Hamas tortured, raped her in captivity
Former Hamas hostage who detailed horrors of captivity said she was repeatedly tortured and raped by the terrorists after she was abducted from her home in Southern Israel and marched across the border into Gaza. She added that a kidnapped…
176 escape death as fire razes Airbus A321 before flight
Some 176 people including 169 passengers and seven crew members escaped death by whiskers when an Airbus A321 plane operated by South Korean Air Busan sparked fire and razed down as it prepared for takeoff. The fire spread across the…
US launches investigation United Airlines flight from Nigeria
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew. The NTSB…
Olu Verheijen’s flawed investment appraisal
Sopuruchi Onwuka The calculation by the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, that the Nigerian energy industry attracted impressive $6.7 billion investments in 2024 has found players in the industry looking around in surprise. In presenting the…
Budget crisis forces WHO on hiring freeze, as U.S. quits
The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization has triggered a hiring freeze, suspended investments and a travel reduction within the organization, according to a staff email. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in…
