The Labour Party candidate in the 2022 Presidential election and former governor of Anambra state, Peter obi in a post has questioned the knowledge of the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and vice president Kashim Shettima’s absentia from the country at a crucial time.Obi opined that at the moment when Nigeria is experiencing financial and economic hardship should not be the time that the president and his Vice would leave the nest empty, pondering on when expiration of Tinubu’s 14-day leave stating, arguing that he could as well had gone to the summit in Sweden in place of V.P Shettima, which...
UPDATE: MALE CITIZEN LAGOS POLICE PERSONNEL ALLEGEDLY CHASE INTO CANAL, CONFIRMED DEAD
The young man identified as Bidemi who was allegedly chased by Police Personnel in mufti, into a canal a canal, seizing his personal effects has been confirmed dead.@ogunmusi posted the update on his X timeline stating: “He’s Dead. He died. It’s time people start taking matters into their hands. Nobody is coming to save you. Nobody.”Recall In a post and video posted by @Omorhemi on the X, a close person to the family of the young man, she narrated that Bidemi who had been on a bike was stopped by the alleged officers in mufti and concluded that he was...
‘The Economic Growth Of BRICS Members Will Increasingly Depend Less On External Influence Or Interference’ President Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed participants of the BRICS Business Forum ahead of the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan due to open early next week.President Putin on Friday affirmed that the BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years due to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations.He hopes to build up BRICS – which has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates as well as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – as a powerful counterweight to the West in global politics and trade.“The...
GOLD TRADES AT ITS HIGHEST PRICE IN HISTORY
Gold price is sitting at the highest level on record above $2,700 early Friday, with the latest uptick led by China’s stimulus optimism and a broad-based US Dollar (USD) pullback. The focus now shifts to the Middle East geopolitical updates and Fedspeak for further trading impetus. Gold price eyes Mideast tensions, FedspeakThe USD retreats from over two-month highs against its six major rivals in Asian trades on Friday, as buyers take a breather after the recent rally back by the market’s optimism that Republican nominee Donald Trump is set to win the 2024 US presidential elections. Trump’s fiscal and trade policies are...
Musk Offers Pennsylvania Registered Voters $100 To Sign Petition Pledging Support For Free Speech And Right To Bear Arms
The CEO of X and Telsa Elon Musk, in offering support for Donald Trump in the coming election, is hoping to sway in favor of the Republicans the trust of the residents of Pennsylvania who are yet to be registered by offering them the sum of $100 to sign a petition.Musk who is a Republican faithful had tweeted on X: “If you’re a registered Pennsylvania voter, you & whoever referred you will now get $100 for signing our petition in support of free speech & right to bear arms. Earn money for supporting something you already believe in! Offer valid...
Video: Obama Campaigns For Harris Says ‘She’s Going To Keep Fighting For You. That’s The Kind Of Person I’m Proud To Vote For’
The former president of the United State in a conversation with Eva Longoria established in his campaign talk that the Vice President Kamala Harris combines passion and cares deeply about people and would make a good president‘Kamala Harris has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a chance – and she’s going to keep fighting for you. That’s the kind of person I’m proud to vote for and that’s the kind of president that we need.’
‘THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF KNOWS THAT NIGERIANS ARE SUFFERING AND HUNGRY HE KNOWS THE STREET VERY WELL.’ — KALU
The senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Kalu has claimed that President Bola Tinubu move around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja to access the situation and hardship the citizens are currently dealing with in his administration.The lawmaker and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress revealed this on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today:“The president himself knows that Nigerians are suffering and hungry. He is a street person; he knows the street very well.“The president some nights uses his car to go around and know what is happening in Abuja here.“He is not a president that...
EUROPEAN COUNCIL REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE’S SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
The European Council on Thursday reiterated its continued support for Ukraine, stressing that “no initiative about Ukraine can be taken without Ukraine.” This came following a council meeting in Brussels, also attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to present his five-point “victory plan.” “The European Council addressed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in all its dimensions and reviewed progress on the Union’s comprehensive support to Ukraine and its people as Ukraine exercises its inherent right to self-defense,” said a statement issued following the meeting. Reiterating its “resolute condemnation” of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the leaders also reaffirmed their continued...