Author: David Great

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that influential post, said on Thursday she will step down as the Democratic leader in the chamber a day after Republicans secured a narrow majority following the midterm elections. Pelosi, an 82-year-old liberal from California who has served two stints as speaker, said she will remain in Congress, representing San Francisco in the House as she has done for 35 years. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York may seek to take her place as the top Democrat in the House. Jeffries would be the first Black lawmaker to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 17, 2022, arraigned one Ijeboi Dennis and Obade Monday Christian, before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja. Dennis, (aka Andrew Tran huynh) and Monday, who also claimed to be a Commander with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, as well as a Diplomat Director, were arraigned on a five count- charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining the sum of Two Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty United States Dollars ($2, 822,860.00) by false pretense. According to the EFCC…

The Ghanaian Authority has withdrawn its earlier travel advisory issued on Nov. 16, warning its citizens against nonessential travels to Abuja, Nigeria over an alleged security threat, stating that the earlier publication was unauthorized. The Ghanaian High Commission in Abuja made this known in an updated Travel Advisory on Thursday, regretting all inconveniences the earlier advisory might have caused the government and people of Nigeria. The statement reads, “The Ghana High Commission in Abuja refers to the travel Advisory published in Accra on Wednesday, 16th November, 2022, advising against non-essential travels to Abuja. “And hereby states that the relevant authorities…

The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops eliminated more than 50 terrorists and rescued 50 victims in land and air offensives in North East and North West in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja. In the North East, Danmadami said the troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralised 13 terrorists, apprehended 10 and rescued 41 victims in land operations across the theatre during the period. He also said that more than 13 terrorists were eliminated in air…

The first house prize in Globacom’s ‘Festival of Joy’ promo on Wednesday went to a 200 –level student of Science Laboratory Technology of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti. The event which was held in Ibadan on Wednesday was the first prize-presentation exercise in the ongoing promo and saw an excited 19-year-old, Ibrahim Akindele, receive the keys to a three-bedroom house. Speaking at the event, Akindele who explained that the decision on how to use the apartment would be left for his parents to make, said, “I was in disbelief, I thought it was just someone playing pranks”. He however added…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Buhari administration will continue to push its business reform agenda for which the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC was established, so as to create an enabling environment for more investments in the country, including from Nigerians abroad. Prof. Osinbajo spoke at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday while receiving some of the participants at the ongoing Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit, NDIS, led by Chairman/ CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the acting governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa. He noted the contributions of Nigerians in the diaspora to…

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, Wednesday said the UK government has launched a $100 million program through the First Bank of Nigeria as direct funding to women owned enterprises in Nigeria. Laing, made this known at the ongoing Gender and Inclusion summit organised by the Policy Innovation Center, (PIC), an initiative of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) in Abuja. She said the investment is part of the implementation of the UK’ three Es projects, namely Educating girls, Empowering women and Ending violence against women and girls. “The UK has three areas focusing on Gender. The…

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has launched an investment fund that is hoped will be worth at least $25bn (£21bn) to help rebuild war-torn Ukraine. Mr Forrest and his wife have committed $500m to the fund, which its organisers say could eventually grow to $100bn. The Ukraine Green Growth Initiative plans to invest in primary infrastructure such as energy and telecoms networks. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the move. “We will take advantage of the fact that what the Russians have destroyed can readily be replaced with the latest, most modern green and digital infrastructure,” Mr Zelensky said. The fund said…

China’s Xi Jinping has been filmed accusing Justin Trudeau of leaking meeting details, days after they held talks at the G20 summit in Bali. President Xi told the Canadian PM, via a translator, this was inappropriate and accused him of lacking “sincerity”. He was likely referring to reports that Mr Trudeau discussed alleged Chinese espionage and interference in Canadian elections at the sit down. The talks, which happened behind closed doors, were the pair’s first in years. In the footage, filmed by journalists at the now finished gathering of world leaders, President Xi and Mr Trudeau can be seen standing…

Sporting Lisbon chief Frederico Varandas has denied reports linking the Portuguese club with a move for Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, saying a bid for the Manchester United and Portugal forward was never discussed. (RTP3, via Sun) A mural of Ronaldo was removed from the side of Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium hours before his interview with Piers Morgan was aired on Wednesday. (Mirror) Contract negotiations between England midfielder Mason Mount, 23, and the Chelsea owners are ongoing and a breakthrough has been made “in the past few weeks”. (Athletic – subscription required)  Eden Hazard’s admission that he may leave Real Madrid in January could be good news for Newcastle United, who have previously been linked…