BREAKING: Again Nigeria Weeps As Former Chief of Naval Administration Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu Dies Of COVID-19

Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu A former Chief of Naval Administration, Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu (retd), has allegedly died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 65. It was gathered that he died on Thursday morning in Abuja. The late Joe who was a younger brother to former military Vice President, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (retd), was until his death, the chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), a company his late brother founded with business mogul, Captain Hosa Okunbo. He was also a member of the investigative panel on arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 was set up by President Muhammadu Buhari during his first term in office. Sources have told The Nation that his death has thrown the navy community into mourning as Aikhomu was considered a mobile encyclopedia on

Panic In Nigeria As Boko Haram Issues FG One Week Deadline To Secure Release Of Pastor In Its Captivity

Abubakar Shekau led faction of the terror group Boko Haram has given a week ultimatum to the Federal Government to secure the release of Pastor Bulus Yakuru who was abducted on Christmas eve in Borno State. The Pastor was abducted in an attack in which about seven people were killed at Pemi village of Borno state on December 24, 2020. Hum Angle reported that Pemi is located approximately 20 kilometres from Chibok, where Boko Haram insurgents had abducted hundreds of schoolgirls. The pastor had previously appeared in two Boko Haram videos days after the abduction in December and early January 2021, where he also pleaded for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention, Babagana Zulum, Governor of Borno State and church leaders to rescue him. In a new

Stock-fish Dealers Urge FG To Grant Importers Access To Foreign Exchange

The Stock-fish Dealers Association on Thursday urged the Federal Government to grant importers of Stock-fish, access to the Foreign Exchange (FOREX). The group made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a two-day Seafood Seminar in Lagos. Chairman of the association, Mr Gregory Ilobinso, said access to FOREX ensures ease in conducting their businesses. “Stock-fish is one of 43 products that cannot access foreign exchange. “If importers want to bring in Stock-fish, then we have to have an approved ‘Form M’ from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with evidence of U.S. dollars to finance the import. “It takes from six months to one year to get a Form M approved, and because of this, we cannot stock up

BREAKING: Biden Delivers Another Blow To Trump, Revokes His Order Suspending Visas For Temporary Foreign Workers In United States

President Joe Biden President Joe Biden has revoked former President Donald Trump’s order that limited the number of new work visas for temporary foreign workers in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic.“The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014… does not advance the interests of the United States. “To the contrary, it harms the United States, including by preventing certain family members of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents from joining their families here,” Biden said in the order provided by the White House on Wednesday.In June 2020, Trump signed a proclamation that suspended certain categories of non-immigrant work visas as part of an effort to revive the U.S. economy amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.The list includes H-1B visas for

BREAKING: Court Sentences Colonel To 4½ Years

A German Court on Wednesday sentenced Col. Eyad Al-Gharib, 44, to four and a half years in prison for his role in the Syrian state torture regime. The sentence was in the first verdict of its kind worldwide. Al-Gharib, was found guilty of acting as an accessory to crimes against humanity by the higher regional court in the city of Koblenz. He was a member of the General Intelligence Directorate in Syria before later fleeing to Germany, where he was arrested in February 2019. The man brought at least 30 demonstrators to a Damascus prison for torture in autumn 2011, as President Bashar al-Assad was cracking down on protests in the early stages of the Syrian civil war. Another verdict in the landmark trial is

Seek Psychiatric Help Before Your Case Becomes Unmanageable- Governor Ikpeazu Hits Back At Senator Adeyemi Who Called Him A ”Drunkard”

Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has blasted Senator Smart Adeyemi who during the plenary of the Senate on Tuesday, February 23, described him as a “drunkard”. The Kogi senator who contributed to a motion on Safe School Initiative in Nigeria alleged that while Abia state is governed by ''durnkards'' and a “champagne drinking man”, some Governors are working hard to make the lives of residents of their states better. Adeyemi seemingly said this in response to a social media post allegedly linked to Abia-born Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, which cast aspersion on Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state. Reacting to Adeyemi's comment, Governor Ikpeazu in a statement released, said if Senator Adeyemi was of sound mind, he should have known that when it comes to education, Abia is

University Of Abuja Lecturer Meets His Waterloo, Beaten By Banking And Finance Students For Collecting Answer Scripts 45 Minutes Into 3-hour Exam

University of Abuja lecturer allegedly beaten by Banking and Finance students for reportedly collecting answer scripts 45 minutes into a 3-hour exam (video) A video making rounds online captured moment a University of Abuja lecturer was allegedly beaten by Banking and Finance students for reportedly collecting their answer scripts 45 minutes into a 3-hour exam. It was alleged that the exam which was supposed to last for 3 hours was cut shut to 45 minutes for no reason, provoking the students to anger.

“Someone Who Came Through Supreme Court Must Obey Rule Of Law”, Okorocha Drags Uzodinma

Moment after he was released, Former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has warned his successor Hope Uzodinma, to desist from intimidating and arresting Imolites. The Senator who is representing Imo West Senatorial district at the 9th Assembly, said that anyone who came through the court must obey the rule of law. Addressing his followers, Okorocha cautioned Uzodinma not to take his calmness and peaceful disposition for granted, noting that he should stop displaying criminality and thuggery in governance, but should govern Imo citizens peacefully. His words: “Governor Hope Uzodinma is moving in a wrong direction that he may not end up well with. With what happened on Sunday, Hope simply displayed criminality in governance, thuggery in governance. “He is creating unnecessary tension, when

Tension As Cattle Dealers Association Threaten Federal Government, Nigerians, Issues 3 Days Ultimatum

The Amalgamated Union of Food and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN), has given the Federal Government till February 24 to address their demands or face total withdrawal of services nationwide. In a press briefing on Sunday, the leadership of the union said since the #ENDSARS protest in October, there has been incessant attacks on their members and their properties across the 36 conditions of the nation, including Abuja. The Secretary General of AFUCDN, Ahmed Alarama, alluded to the new violence that erupted in Sasa in Ibadan, Oyo State, where he asserted that a portion of their members were slaughtered and their properties annihilated. He said the union had kept in touch with the government, state governments, first class emirs, among others about their

BOMBSHELL! Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom Names Northern Governor Who Is ‘A TERRORIST’

Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, on Monday accused Bala Mohammed, his Bauchi State counterpart, of being a terrorist based on his utterances supporting herdsmen from carrying AK-47 to defend themselves. Governor Ortom who made this accusation while addressing journalists in Makurdi, Benue State capital said Governor Mohammed must be a terrorist for supporting illegal arms wielding by foreign herdsmen. “I wouldn’t want to be joining issues with my brother, friend, and colleague Bauchi Governor. But since he has continued to vilify, intimidate and blackmail me. It is said that silence is consent. I am compelled to respond to him. “I am beginning to think that my brother, the governor of Bauchi State is part of the terrorist Fulani organisation that is terrorising this country. “Why