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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over a suspicious credit into one of his private bank accounts domiciled with one of Nigeria’s leading commercial banks. This was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Friday in Abuja. According to the statement, the transfer, with the narration “Contribution Electioneering Campaign,” originated from a person totally unknown to the former vice president. “Neither His Excellency nor his campaign solicited, authorised or has any knowledge of the individual or entity behind the unauthorised…

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has formally assumed office as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), following his appointment by President Bola Tinubu. Fayose was inaugurated on Friday in Abuja by the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, alongside other members of the agency’s governing board. The inauguration was announced in a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Other members inaugurated included Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar, Mr. Ilyasu Makinta and three additional non-executive directors, while Mr. Abba Aliyu was formally installed as the Managing Director…

Cassidy says he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general: ‘I will be criticized for this vote’Senator Bill Cassidy, the last Republican who was undecided about Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, said he would vote to confirm Blanche.He noted that while Blanche, who previously served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is “not perfect”, it is ultimately a decision between him or “another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively”.“This is not a referendum on President Trump. It is a decision regarding Mr Blanche in very specific circumstances,” Cassidy said on the Senate floor, explaining…

…. KPMG cuts graduate intake by 29 percent, Deloitte by 18 percent, EY by 11 percent and PwC by 6 percent     Accounting entry-level graduate job listings in the United Kingdom (UK) have fallen 44 percent year-on-year, while graduate recruitment at its biggest accounting firms is also declining, signalling a structural squeeze on the traditional entry point into finance as artificial intelligence (AI) and offshoring reshape the profession. For instance, KPMG has cut its graduate intake by 29 percent, Deloitte by 18 percent, EY by 11 percent and PwC by 6 percent. EY has also delayed graduate start dates…

Benson Okoronkwo has remained an unelected but permanent parliamentarian, historian and provocateur in the Nigerian-American Diaspora. Chido Nwangwu writes on how Okoronkwo agrees with late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s indictment of Nigerian rulers/leaders for criminally using their “authority” to steal, pillage and destroy the resourceful country of Nigeria. Inspirational music and messages usually travel across generations, cultures and climes.   I think that the cascading toll of insecurity, kidnappings and escalating poverty have since combined with Nigeria’s peripatetic leadership to give its citizens this shameful agony, wickedness and corruption-madness, which the great, late music and political genius, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, characterized as  “Authority…

Linus Pauling was one of the most brilliant scientists of the 20th century. He won two Nobel prizes and transformed our understanding of chemical bonds and the structure of proteins. Late in his career, though, he became famous for something very different: a passionate belief that very high doses of vitamin C could help people with cancer. Many doctors scoffed. When Pauling himself later died of cancer aged 93, he was held up as a classic case of the “halo effect”: being a genius in one field doesn’t guarantee wisdom in another. Half a century on, the story looks more…

I haven’t been able to use New York Yankees star and three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge in this column because No. 99 has been out since May 31 due to a stress fracture in a right rib. But some good news emerged this week as Judge was cleared for “light activity” and remains confident he will play again this season. Just don’t expect that to be before September. Manager Aaron Boone said this week that Judge would basically need more than a full spring training to ramp up whenever cleared. With Judge missing so much time, we might not even…

E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson briefed Wall Street analysts Friday on the company’s “transformation plan,” which has entailed cutting 12% of its total workforce amid an embrace of AI. The layoffs, mostly at the company’s local TV stations, come as the company adopts a 24-hour streaming news model enabled by artificial intelligence. Symson rose through the corporate ranks as a digital executive at Scripps, a nearly 150-year-old company which also owns the ION broadcast network, newspapers and multicast networks. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Symson described a “revolution” in the way the company generates local news programming. “We’re leaning…

By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has urged personnel of the Nigerian Army to avoid substance abuse, stressing that sound mental health is essential for achieving operational objectives. Shaibu also said Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) should not be seen as a sign of weakness but as a battle injury of the mind that requires proper attention and support. The COAS, represented by the Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Maj.-Gen. John Lar, stated this on Wednesday during a four-day sensitisation seminar held at the Headquarters of 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State. “I want to…

It remains unclear exactly why tens of thousands of migrants attempted to cross into Ceuta, but the EU’s Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner has suggested criminal networks spreading disinformation were to blame – an assertion the Spanish government has agreed with.The crossings came after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.The two exclaves have long been a bone of diplomatic contention between Spain and Morocco, which does not recognise Spanish sovereignty over them.The number of people swimming to Ceuta at once has raised questions about why…