A former Florida lawmaker pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Former Republican State Rep. Joseph Harding acquired more than $150,000 in Small Business Administration loans by lying on loan applications, the department said….
Boris Johnson has accepted he misled Parliament over COVID-19 rule-breaking parties in Downing Street, but denied he did it on purpose. The former prime minister has published a 52-page defence of his actions ahead of a grilling by MPs on Wednesday. In it, he said his assurances to MPs that lockdown rules had been followed…
The United States has condemned the widespread violence that marred last Saturday’s governorship and state houses of assembly elections across Nigeria even as it expressed concern about the voter intimidation and suppression that took place mostly in Lagos, Kano and other states. This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday by the US Embassy in…
Pomp and ceremony was on display,as the pioneer Rector of Federal Polytechnic,Ile-Oluji,Professor Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin,held a thanksgiving and book launch,to celebrate a successful completion his two-term tenure as Rector of the eighth-year old institution. The occasion which coincided with the birthday of the celebrant on 5th March, 2023 was held at the Foursquare Gospel Church,…
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to appoint ministers within 60 days of swearing in following the signing of the constitution amendment bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Also, all governors that will be elected are to appoint ministers within 60 days of swearing in. The new law mandated Tinubu or whoever that…
With Japan preparing to welcome foreign visitors for the cherry blossom season for the first time in three years after loosening COVID-19 border controls, excitement is in the air for the travel industry. Operators of popular tourist spots are rushing to ride the cherry blossom wave, adorning everything from restaurants, vehicles and digital art with…
A tribal ceremony during which young women are whipped in order to show the sacrifices they make for men is revealed in a series of photographs. Women are whipped as part of a Rite of Passage ceremony for boys, when female family members declare their love for the young man at the heart of the…
Shi’ite members in Bakin Ruwa Area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State Thursday clashed with Security operatives attached to the convoy of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The governor’s convoy ran into the Shi’ite members while they were performing their weekly procession at Bakin Ruwa along Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway. A Shi’ite representative…
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja The Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), National Youth Wing, has urged the people of Kaduna State to vote for the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Rt Hon Isa Ashiru in the Saturday’s gubernatorial election. According to the youth, the present administration might have done it best,…
Japan became the third-largest aid provider in 2021 among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to hit developing nations, government data showed Tuesday. The annual white paper on development cooperation issued by the Foreign Ministry said Japan’s official assistance in 2021, calculated by international standards under the…
