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South Korea’s National Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to appoint a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as a resolution calling for Yoon’s immediate arrest over his botched martial law declaration. The bill, which was finally approved in a 210-63 vote with 14 abstentions, calls for an investigation…
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Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, US prosecutors said on Wednesday (Nov 20). With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the chairman of Adani…
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……Will food, fuel prices drop? •Resort to prayers not solution to Nigeria’s economic woes — MBF•Prayer alone ‘ll not solve our economic woes —Archbishop Opoko Last week, the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu and Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu led a National Prayer at the National Mosque in Abuja where Muslims gathered for…
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“He has broken my trust too many times”, the chancellor said of his Finance Minister Christian Lindner. The ruling German coalition has collapsed: Social Democrat (SPD) Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the liberal FDP party. The leaders of what is known in Germany as the “traffic light” coalition – SPD,…
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against the Managing Director of Dana Air, Hathiramani Ranesh, over alleged refusal to appear in court to stand trial. In a Ruling, Justice Egwuatu held that the arrest of Ranesh is necessary following his refusal to appear in court after he…
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As we near the end of a “mega election” year in which as many as 2 billion people will cast ballots globally, concerns about the health of democracy are growing. Among the most frequently cited threats to democratic systems are increased discontent with political parties, the spread of disinformation, despair about the future, and a…
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday pleaded not guilty in appearance at a federal court in Manhattan, one day after unsealing an indictment against him. Federal prosecutors charged Adams with five counts of bribery, wire fraud and solicitation, primarily related to his mayoral campaign in 2021. Adams, a Democrat, entered the court in…
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An employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, who returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft, has said that his motivation is to please Allah. The sum, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the…
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Public outrage continues to trail the purchase of a new presidential jet by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The government’s decision to allocate over N150 billion for the purchase of the aircraft, at a time when Nigerians are grappling with a tough economic environment and a lingering cost of living crisis, has angered many. Mr…
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Politician and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has called on the Federal Government to give an account of its dealings and operations regarding the old and new presidential jets. Obi’s stance comes following recent controversies around the Ogun State government’s contract with a Chinese company over…
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The accounting giant PwC has been fined £15m by the financial conduct regulator in its first-ever financial penalty on an audit firm. One of the so-called big four accounting firms, PwC was said by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to have missed a number of audit red flags and failed to act immediately to report…
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On Monday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, sacked a powerful ad hoc committee probing NNPC Limited after weeks of infighting among members. In the past couple of weeks, the House had been divided between lawmakers supporting the Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, and the anti-Kyari team, forcing the…
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Some opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives staged a walkout from the Green Chamber on Wednesday over the increment of the controversial Central Bank of Nigeria ways and means lending to the Federal Government. The protest happened during the debate on the amendment of Section 38 of the CBN Act to increase the borrowing…
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Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha and her son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, have dragged the President, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and two others before the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking recovery of an alleged unlawfully revoked property of former Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha. The property located in…
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A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Gagdi has come under heavy criticism for gifting his daughter, Aisha, a new Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, after her graduation from secondary school. Reports had earlier emerged online stating that the lawmaker gifted his daughter who graduated from the Lead British International School, Abuja,…
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In reports over the weekend, allegations were made that Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross may have used parliamentary expenses to travel to one of his other jobs – working as a football linesman. Now, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has said that it is “reviewing” the claims. Mr Ross refutes the allegations. IPSA said it…
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