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President Bola Tinubu has asked foreign investors to report any Nigerian official that demands bribe from them before investing in the country.   Speaking during the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha on Sunday, March 3, Tinubu assured Qatar’s capitalists of the readiness of Nigeria to accommodate and do …

Media personality, Rufai Oseni, has decried the appointment of the special assistants to the President on social media.    While speaking on Arise TV this morning, Oseni expressed disgust at such appointments. He wondered if the aides find fulfillment in their jobs which entails ‘waking up every day to tweet …

President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and their aides at the Presidential Villa are to spend the sum of N15.961 billion on international and local travels in 2024   According to details in the 2024 Appropriation Bill now being considered by the National Assembly, the breakdown of the figure …

The United States is discussing terms of a mutual defense treaty with Saudi Arabia that would resemble military pacts with Japan and South Korea, according to American officials. The move is at the center of President Biden’s high-stakes diplomacy to get the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel. Under such …

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state and his aides reportedly survived an aircraft crash after the private jet they had boarded, caught fire just before take off.   According to a report by Leadership, by a stroke of luck, on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, a Bombadier Global Express 6000, owned …

Former Vice President Mike Pence has raised a paltry $1.2 million for his presidential campaign, according to two campaign aides, a sum that raises dire questions about Republicans’ appetite for Mr. Pence in 2024. Now Mr. Pence’s campaign is fighting to qualify for the first televised Republican presidential debate next …

A standoff between House Republicans and President Biden over raising the nation’s borrowing limit has administration officials debating what to do if the government runs out of cash to pay its bills, including one option that previous administrations had deemed unthinkable. That option is effectively a constitutional challenge to the …

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a Very Important Person (VIP) after attacking his convoy along East-West road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state.   The assailants also shot dead a driver and a personal aide to the VIP, who were in one of the vehicles that was part of …

The cyber cell of Lucknow police in Uttar Pradesh has arrested a Nigerian national and his two aides for allegedly duping man of over N2.4m on the pretext of sending a parcel.   The gang comprising Esowanne Emeka, Edward Pradhan and Chetan Nimbu, were arrested from Delhi, police said in …

A week after President Biden traveled to Ukraine to pledge American support in the fight to repel Russia, he has dispatched two senior cabinet members to redouble efforts to prop up the Ukrainian economy and to try to curb the Kremlin’s ability to skirt Western sanctions. The visits, by Treasury …