British American Tobacco (BAT) had been ordered to pay $635m (£512m) plus interest to US authorities after a subsidiary admitted selling cigarettes to North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions. The US has imposed severe sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile activities. The Department Of Justice said BAT had…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned the 2023 presidency to the Southern region. Truetells Nigeria reports that Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State made this known on Tuesday in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors. According to the governor, the ruling party has…
Nnamdi Kanu has declared a public holiday and ordered a total shutdown of Abuja, Lagos, North, and South-East Nigeria. Truetells Nigeria reports that Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has ordered a total shut down of the Southeast, Abuja, Lagos State and the North on May 30. ALSO: Federal Capital…
Arewa Youths Has Given Yorubas 72 Hours To Leave North. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, has given Sunday Igboho 72 hours to move his Yoruba people from the north or be forced to take necessary actions by personally taking the responsibility of getting them back home. The group explained, “We are…
Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for failure to combat increasing insecurity in the country. The call came just as the Senate rose from a marathon debate on last Saturday’s beheading of over 67 farmers in Borno State, declaring that the Federal Government had breached Section 14 (1), which…
Complete Names Of Northern Boko Haram Sponsors In Nigeria has finally been revealed and six convicted. TruetellsNigeria reports that six Nigerians have been convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, for funding of Boko Haram, according to Daily Trust investigations. Names Of Northern Boko Haram Sponsors In…
The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram are taking advantage of poverty in North-East Nigeria, to recruit new members. Akufo-Addo stated this on Monday, while on a working visit to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in Abuja. According to him, the insurgents were also making inroads…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) discovered crude oil, gas and condensates in the Kolmani River region at the border community between Bauchi and Gombe States, yesterday. This is coming eight months after President Buhari flagged off the exploration of oil in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of the…
