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Former President, Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday, August 1 by special counsel Jack Smith, who charged the president with four counts in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. According to Smith, the 77-year-old former president “pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results” in a desperate bid to stay in power after he lost to Joe Biden. Prosecutors led by Smith charged that the 45th president’s incessant claims of election fraud …
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed a special investigator, Jim Osayande Obazee, to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Related Activities. The President made the appointment via a letter addressed to Obazee who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). The letter in part reads “In accordance with the fundamental objective set forth in Section 15(5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), this …
Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has given more details about the ban on Indomie Instant Noodles. Adeyeye told reporters that a particular flavour of the brand, ‘Special Chicken Flavour’, is not registered by the agency for sale in Nigeria. The NAFDAC DG also said that the agency has commenced random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, for the presence of cancer-causing agent ethylene oxide, which …
Davido has replied a Twitter user who took to his comment section to offer unsolicited advice. Earlier today, Davido disclosed that he will be gifting N20 million to 20 Nigerians with business ideas or start-up ideas on Friday. March 18. He stressed that Nigeria is hard at the moment and that it will be nice to give out some money. A Twitter user @DanielRegha saw his post and decided to advise him on how to spend his money. …
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad across the country. The police chief gave the order hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, and others were arrested and presently in NDLEA custody over their alleged involvement in drug trafficking. All serving officers in the satellite units have been …
Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker has finally been captured after evading arrest for more than a decade. Dairo Antonio Usuga David, known by his alias Otoniel, is accused of sending dozens of shipments of cocaine to the United States and orchestrating a ruthless drugs empire, killing police officers, recruiting minors, and sexually abusing children among other crimes. He was arrested on Saturday October 23, in the Uraba region of Colombia when a military force of over 500 soldiers descended on his …