Author: David Great

President Bola Tinubu has confirmed Adewale Adeniyi’s appointment as Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. Willie Bassey, Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made the announcement on Friday. He stated that Adeniyi’s confirmation would be effective on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Tinubu fires FRCN, NBC, VON bosses, names new NAN MD “His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the confirmation of the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service,” the announcement went on to say. “The appointment takes effect from 19th October, 2023 and his…

Stock markets slid and oil prices jumped Friday on worries that an expected ground invasion of Gaza by Israel would spark a wider conflict in the crude-rich Middle East. Risk aversion was compounded by US Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, who indicated a pause in interest rates at the bank’s next meeting but left open the prospect of a later hike. That helped boost the dollar, which was close to topping 150 yen after surpassing the psychological level at the start of October for the first time in a year. The pound dropped on weak UK economic data. Gold, a…

Preliminary investigations into the death of Master Adebola Akin-Bright, a 12-year-old boy with a missing intestine who died at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), began on Friday before the coroner, Magistrate Bola Folarin-Williams, sitting at Magistrate Court 4, Botanical Gardens, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. During the proceedings, counsel for the Lagos State Government, Ola Akinde, informed the court that essential tests and examinations on the corpse had been completed and that a post-mortem report was available. He further stated that the State Attorney General’s office is aware of letters from solicitors to the deceased’s father requesting that the corpse be preserved,…

Most of the 200 or so people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas militants and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, the Israeli military said on Friday. “The majority of the hostages are alive. There were also dead bodies that were taken… to the Gaza Strip,” an army statement said. The military said more than 20 hostages were children, while between 10 and 20 were over the age of 60. There are also between 100 and 200 people considered missing since the Hamas attacks, the army added. US Navy intercepts three missiles fired from Yemen ‘potentially’ at Israel –…

A US Navy ship in the Red Sea on Thursday shot down missiles and drones that had been fired by Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen, possibly at Israel, the Pentagon said. Three “land-attack cruise missiles and several drones” were intercepted by a destroyer, Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder told reporters. The attack was “launched by Huthi forces in Yemen” potentially toward targets in Israel, he added. The ship, USS Carney, was patrolling in the Red Sea as part of a heavily reinforced US military presence ordered by President Joe Biden to maintain stability in the wake of war between…

The lawyer of Karim Benzema has hit back at France’s interior minister after he accused the French football star, who plays for Saudi team Al-Ittihad, of links to the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin made the accusations after the reigning Ballon d’Or winner and former Real Madrid forward posted a message on social media about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “All our prayers are for the inhabitants of Gaza who are once again victims of these unjust bombings, which spare no women or children,” Benzema wrote on X, formerly Twitter. On October…

An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement received Thursday. The highly contagious respiratory disease can be fatal in five-10 percent of cases, and even higher among children. WHO reported well over 500 suspected cases since July centred on the Siguiri prefecture. Symptoms usually start with a sore throat and fever. Diphtheria: Disease kills 600, affects over 14,000 in 19 states Guinea’s health services do not have the capacity to cope with the outbreak, WHO said, noting that vaccine coverage against the respiratory…

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday pressed Israel to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza as he stepped up a campaign by Western leaders to reinforce support for Israel after attacks by Hamas. Sunak, following visits this week by US President Joe Biden and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, expressed strong backing for Israeli action after the October 7 raids in which at least 1,400 died and more than 200 people were taken hostage. But he said after talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog that it was also important to get food, water and medicine to…

A patrol squad from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT caught 11 stowaways aboard the GWANGZHOU HIGHWAY PANAMA ship en route to Ghana. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, H.A Collins, the individuals were apprehended on Tuesday at 7 p.m. during a routine patrol of the Navy Ship BEECROFT patrol team. He stated that the Western Regional Control Centre (WRCC) was quickly notified, prompting the vessel to come to a stop within the Lagos harbour. “Initially, 4 stowaways were apprehended from the stern of the vessel. However, information provided…

A Lagos Federal High Court has ordered First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Plc to pay the sum of N2,937,925,388.52 billion, to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) being an interest for not disclosing under-payment of credit interest on deposits in 14 different current accounts domiciled with the bank. Justice Ayokunle Faji, while delivering judgment in suit numbered FHC/L/CS/67/2021 filed by FAAN, also held that First Bank breached its own professional Code of Ethics, by not disclosing all information on goods and services offered, including the interest rate payable by the bank. Justice Faji made the above orders and declarations…