Author: Biyi Lawrence
A Myanmar junta Court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said. The sentence brings the ousted leader’s prison time to 17 years. Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year, ending the Southeast Asian country’s brief period of democracy. She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, corruption, and electoral fraud. She faces decades in jail if convicted on all counts. Suu Kyi was sentenced…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nasarawa State government has faulted BudgIT’s 2022 Sub-national Salary Survey which mentioned the state as one of the states owing workers salary for six months and above. In the report, which BudgIT said was a result of a field survey, Reacting to the report, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abdullahi Sule, Ibrahim Addra, said it was “untrue, unjust, unfair and has come to the Nasarawa state government as a rude shock’ even as he demanded an apology from BudgIT. “Going by its past reputation, we had hoped BudgIT would deny the report or come…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), has increased to 19.64 percent in July 2022 from the 18.60 percent recorded in the last month. This means a 1.82% month-on-month hike, according to the (CPI) report for July 2022 released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. “On a month-on-month basis, the Headline inflation rate in July 2022 was 1.817 %, which was 0.001% higher than the rate recorded in June 2022 (1.816 %),” the NBS added. “The percentage change in the average CPI for the twelve months period ending July 2022 over the average of the…
Italian champions AC Milan turned an early one-goal deficit into a 4-2 win over Udinese at San Siro on Saturday, ensuring a winning start to their campaign in an electrifying Serie A opener. Two goals by Croatia international Ante Rebic plus strikes by Theo Hernandez and Brahim Diaz helped the Rossoneri to recover from their early shock after Udinese defender Rodrigo Becao put the visitors ahead 90 seconds into the game. Milan equalised in the 11th minute through a penalty from Theo Hernandez, after the referee pointed to the spot following a VAR review when captain Davide Calabria was fouled…
Manchester City made it two wins from two at the start of the new Premier League season after thrashing newly-promoted Bournemouth 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The champions wasted no time getting into their stride in the sunshine as Norway striker Erling Haaland marked his home debut with an assist for Ilkay Gundogan’s opener after 19 minutes. With the first goal on the board, City cut loose and scored a sumptuous second 12 minutes later as Kevin De Bruyne curled a fine strike into the net with the outside of his foot. Phil Foden added another before halftime…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has been appointed to lead the reconciliation team, as part of ongoing efforts at resolving the lingering feud between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Atiku Abubakar While fielding questions from journalist, Fintiri, who arrived the Yola International Airport, on Saturday via Max Air, revealed his new assignment The governor noted that he has been made the chairman of the reconciliation committee set up by Atiku to resolve his feud with Governor Wike. The governor who disclosed that he seemed the right man for the assignment, assured that…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Tragedy struck in Tarai village of Kibiya Local Government Area of Kano State following the collapse of a building that killed three siblings. The father of the deceased, Abubakar Usman, told the Executive Secretary of State Emergency Management Agency, Saleh Jili when he led a delegation on a condolence visit to the village. He listed the deceased as Umar Abubakar, Aliyu Abubakar and their sister Aisha Abubakar. According to the father, the siblings aged four, five and seven lost their lives on Sunday 7th August when their mother’s room collapsed after two days of heavy…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has apologized to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) over his comment against the Holy Father, Pope Francis. Recall that the Plateau Governor recently accepted to lead the campaign council of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu ahead of 2023 election despite pressures from certain quarters, especially from Christian circles, on him to turn down the offer. While justifying his decision to answer the party’s duty call, Lalong argued that he had no reason to reject the offer because the Pope hadn’t asked…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Naira appreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N429.62 on Friday. The figure represented an increase of 0.15 per cent compared with the N430.25 it exchanged for the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N431.94 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N429.62. The open indicative rate closed at N429.67 to the dollar. The Naira sold for as low as N410 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 46.31 million was traded in foreign exchange at the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) on Friday launched ‘Crude Theft Monitoring Applications’ to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism. The launch was held in Abuja on the sideline of the signing of renewed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) agreements between NNPC and its partners in Oil Mining Leases. The portal with the address ‘stopcrudetheft.com’ could also be accessed through a mobile phone. The portal has application options for reporting incidences, with prompt follow-up and responses and another one for crude sales document validation. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), NNPC Ltd.…