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  The Kremlin has warned it could target military sites in the UK and other NATO countries because of their support for Ukraine.    Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, suggested that strikes could be authorised against NATO states who provide arms to Ukraine.  She warned: 'Do we understand correctly that for the sake of disrupting the logistics of military supplies, Russia can strike military targets on the territory of those Nato countries that supply arms to the Kyiv regime?    'After all, this directly leads to deaths and bloodshed on Ukrainian territory. As far as I understand, Britain is one of those countries.'   Her words came after Britain's Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said that the UK backed Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian infrastructure. He added that it would be 'completely legitimate' for British weapons to be used in such attacks, even though none are currently thought to be.   Heappey als...

  Nigerian singer, 2face Idibia, has taken to social media to celebrate his daughter, Ehi, who turned 16 years old today, Saturday, April 27th.   Sharing beautiful photos of his daughter, the proud father wrote;    "Feels like I just blinked and boom my little princess has grown into a very bright and beautiful young African Queen. Massive birthday blessings to u Ehikòwoichó. (Gift from God/ God's gift)." "I pray for continuous love, light guidance, and wisdom for u my beloved Daughter." Ehi is one of the three kids 2Face shares with Pero Osayem i  

  Vice president and 2023 Presidential hopeful, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that he owes no single individual any allegiance asides from the oath he swore to Nigerians when he came into office in 2015.   Osinbajo said this on Tuesday April 26, during his political consultations in Ogun state. He stated this amidst reports that his decision to run for President was a betrayal of his former principal and erstwhile political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who had also declared his presidential aspiration ahead of 2023.  Speaking to his supporters in Ogun, Osinbajo said   ' 'After all I have learnt, if called upon to serve the nation, should I say No? I have decided that I will run for the office. I have sworn an oath to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is an oath to our people; our children and the future of Nigeria. I owe nobody else any allegiance outside the oath.”

  The national mathematics centre of Nigeria (NMC) has crowned Miss Faith Odunsi of Ambassador College, Otta in Ogun State Nigeria as "MATHEMATICS QUEEN" for her outstanding performance in the National Olympiads Competition. Miss Faith Odunsi solved 19 mathematics questions in 60 seconds, and became the best girl in mathematics competition. 26 students of both senior and junior secondary Schools across the country were also given awards in different categories in mathematics science. Miss Faith Odunsi, 15 years old represented Nigeria at the Global Mathematics Competition, beats China, United States of America, United Kingdom and others and became the world best mathematics student .

  Nigeria’s currency, reversed its last two trading gains against the dollar, closing at N418.50/$1 on Tuesday at the official market. Naira had on Friday last week and Monday closed stronger to the US dollar in response to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) stance on continuing intervention in the forex market. However, it could not make it three trading days lucky as MDQ securities data showed the  Naira  closing rate on Tuesday was a N1.2 drop in value when compared to Monday’s closing rate of N417.30 to a dollar. The official market performance of the Naira happened as the forex supply declined drastically by 62.40 per cent to $109.43 million compared to the forex supply of $291.09 million on Monday. It was a different story for Naira against the British Pounds and Euro as it again appreciated. CBN data shows Naira to Pounds closed at N527.6/£1 as against N530.54/£1 on Monday. Another Massive gain for the Nigerian currency against the Euro as it closed at N444.03/€...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has marked six residential houses and one plaza allegedly belonging to the embattled former Intelligence Response Team leader, Abba Kyari, in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, for investigation.   The two-storey shopping plaza, Assurance Plaza, located along the Giwa Barracks Road in Maiduguri, has about 100 stores while six other residential houses within the Maiduguri New Government Residential Area allegedly belonging to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police had also been marked by the NDLEA. This is coming barely 48 hours after a suspected drug dealer allegedly linked to the N3 billion worth of tramadol intercepted by the then Kyari-led IRT team was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in Lagos.   Recall that on February 14, 2022, Kyari was arrested for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. He has since been in custody at the Kuje correctional center after his bail application was denied by an Abuja high court....

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, April 26, announced the outbreak of the Ebola disease in Africa following the demise of two people from the heinous disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report would mark the 14th outbreak of the disease that the country has seen since 1976, with WHO beginning preparations for a vaccine rollout in the country. The National Institute of Biomedical Research reported a 31-year-old patient had died on Sunday, April 24, in the north-western city of Mbandaka, with the man reportedly showing symptoms on April 5 but not seeking treatment until a week later. A 25-year-old woman has also died of the disease, with WHO confirming on Twitter that at least 145 people “came into contact with the confirmed cases”. The woman was said to have started experiencing symptoms 12 days prior to her death and investigations have shown she was the sister-in-law of the first deceased case. It is believed she contracted the disease after coming...

  Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, made a whooping N405.3 billion ($977.8 million) after the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, acquired the social media company on Monday. Ripples Nigeria had reported that the board of  Twitter  met with Musk early hours of Monday, but the deal was confirmed to have been accepted later in the day by the billionaire businessman. Musk had acquired Twitter with over $43 billion after sourcing $46.5 billion from banks to finance the deal. The Tesla and SpaceX boss is worth $268.2 billion as of April 25, 2022. Following the completion of the acquisition,  Dorsey made N405.3 billion (based on official market exchange rate) from the deal, as Musk paid $54.20 per share to investors holding Twitter’s stock. Dorsey held 18.04 million shares in Twitter before his exit as CEO in November last year, making him one of the top ten largest shareholders in the social media platform prior to the acquisition. Dorsey is ...

  The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, said the social media company is his biggest regret, complaining about investors at Wall Street, a Financial District in United States, taking over the microblogging site. Dorsey said while he doesn’t support one person owning Twitter, he believes the firm shouldn’t be controlled by the Wall Street investors, so Musk’s acquisition is right for the company. Ripples Nigeria had reported that Musk acquired  Twitter  on Monday, parting with about $43 billion to privately own the social media platform. The billionaire had raised $46.5 billion to fund the deal. Dorsey made the comment via Twitter on Tuesday, stating that the platform had always been his sole issue and biggest regret, and he would do whatever it takes to protect the company. He said Musk is the only solution he trusts to solve the issues that have trailed Twitter due to the involvement of investors. Note that there are about seven Wall Street institutional investors in the ...

Russia's foreign minister   has warned that NATO is now fighting war with Russia in Ukraine and there is a 'very serious' risk the conflict could turn nuclear.    Sergei Lavrov, speaking on Russian state TV last night, accused western leaders of risking a third world war by supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine with the goal of 'wearing down the Russian army,' an aim he described as an 'illusion'. Accusing NATO and its allies of attempting to bully Russia on the international stage, Lavrov said that tensions between east and west are now worse than during the Cuban missile crisis at the height of the Cold War.   Asked about the possibility of a nuclear war, he replied: 'The risks are very significant. I do not want the danger to be artificially inflated [but] it is serious, real. It cannot be underestimated.'   Lavrov said: 'During the Cuban Missile Crisis there were not many "written" rules. But the rules of conduct were clear enough....

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday in Abuja, walked out on students protesting the continued face-off between the government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who have paralysed academic activities in the nation’s universities.  The students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, had taken their protest to the minister’s office, clutching placards demanding a quick resolution of the crisis. After a few questions by the students, who were led by the NANS President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, the minister angrily left for his office. Commenting on the development, Asefon said:  ”We only asked the minister one or two questions about what the government is doing to resolve the impasse, when he angrily left us and went inside. ”We are surprised at the development because as students, we are the ones bearing the brunt of the strike. We are going to hold a meeting to deliberate on the next step to take an...

  Nigerian workers are facing very difficult times as they spend about 79% of their monthly minimum wage (N30,000) on transportation. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) January report on transport fare NBS noted in the report that Nigerians in January paid N476.3 on an average per drop for bus journey within the city. This is an increase of 1.18 percent when compared to the N470.83 in December 2021. The amount paid in January 2022 is also a 35.28 percent rise from N352.15 paid in January last year. What this means is that for a Nigerian who is on a minimum wage pay of N30,000, he or she will have to spend over 70 percent of their salary on transportation. Nigeria has an average of 25 working days, if a per drop bus ride is N476.39, that is about N23,819 to get to work and back home in a month, leaving only N6,180 as take home pay. Further analysis also showed the huge pressure on Nigerian workers’ finances. NBS also reported that the average fare paid by c...