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A Croatian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Ivo Sanader to eight years in jail for siphoning millions of euros from public funds in a long-running corruption case. Sanader, who led Croatia into NATO during his 2003-2009 spell in office, organised a plot with other officials to “acquire significant financial gain” for himself and to finance their HDZ party, which was also accused in the case, the Zagreb court ruled. Sanader directed embezzlement involving illegal donations and fictitious deals involving state-run firms, according to the verdict. Petrol To Sell For N170 Per Liter The former prime minister, currently serving…

The Imo State House of Assembly has been impeached the Speaker, Chiji Collins. Collins was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday during a plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital. When the motion for the impeachment of Collins was supported by 19 out of the 27 members of the House, Channels TV reported Friday. El-Rufai Sues Reno Omokri, Chidi Odinkalu And Others For N1.5bn He was impeached over allegations of financial impropriety, high handedness, and gross misconduct, among others. The lawmakers immediately elected Paul Emeziem, member representing Onuimo Local Government Area as the…

The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which is popular referred to as petrol, is set to skyrocket again at the pumps for the third time in three months. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), disclosed in an internal memo that the ex-depot price of petrol has gone up, which will translate to the pump price of the product going up as well. The ex-depot price is the price at which the product is sold by the PPMC to marketers at the depots. China Finally Congratulates Joe Biden “The implication of the increase…

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has announced that the Nigerian army has inducted eight units of locally made combat vehicles Mine–Resistant, Ambush–Protected (MRAP), also called `EZUGWU’’ into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. Speaking at the inauguration of the vehicles in Kaduna, Buratai noted that the new equipment which was manufactured by the Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna and designed specifically to withstand improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes, has aided military operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East. A Smart Factory also called Additive Manufacturing Technology, Vehicles Assembly shop and Officers/Soldiers accommodation at Command Engineering Depot (CED) was…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has filed a N1.5 billion defamation suit against former presidential spokesperson Reno Omokri, Professor Chidi Odinkalu and others. Others joined in the defamation lawsuit filed by his lawyer  A.U. Mustapha (SAN) before the FCT High Court are Thisday Newspaper, Daniel Elombah, Elombah Communications, Barrister Joseph Onu and Auta Nyada. In the lawsuit filed against Reno Omokri, the Kaduna state Governor said the statements contained in his publication titled: ‘El-Rufai’s email saying southern women youth corpers are seen as whores’ which was published by Thisday newspaper on Sunday 14th of June 2020 is injurious to his reputation…

China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security. China, along with Russia, avoided joining the throng that congratulated Biden last weekend after he and vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris secured enough Electoral College votes to unseat President Donald Trump. “We respect the choice of the American people,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin. “We congratulate Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris.” Wang gave no reason for the delay but said, “the result…

Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday announced plans to revoke the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies in the state. “In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State,” Abdulrazaq tweeted. “Our state needs all the resources it can get to improve our human capital development.” 753 Nigerian Traders Beg For Evacuation From Ghana The governor said he believes that Kwara State’s…

After much preparation, to cap the year 2020, the Hilltop International Christian Centre has announced its prime watch yearly Top Life Convention. The programme will be hosted along with an array of events careful selected to impact people positively. This 2020 convention has been tagged Extraordinary and it will feature senior ministers from within Nigeria and internationally. Some of the ministers that will grace the super packed event are Papa Ayo Oritsejafor, Dr Ini Okpon, Dr. Joel Comiskey, among others. The programme hosted by Rev Chris and Dr. Stephanie Oarhe will hold at the church’s headquarters at Hilltop Drive off…

A man has narrated how former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi deployed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to destroy his business and by extension his life. Following his claims, Obi is expected to appear before the State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on police brutality, extra-judicial killings and other related matters. The panel hinted this on Thursday following allegations leveled against him by a victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and owner of the demolished Upper Class Hotel in Onitsha, Chief Bonaventure Mokwe. The hotelier alleged that Obi ordered the police to demolish his hotel without prior investigation indicting him.…

By Olushola Aderibigbe Romans 13:1-2 says: “Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. … There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.” Hello Pastor Sam Adeyemi, I come in peace. I have followed the whole #EndSARS process from the beginning to where it stands today and I must say that it is only a heinous, evil-filled person that will say there were no police brutality and human rights abuse in…