Author: TheScrutinyNG

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday paid tribute to President Joe Biden, saying he had made “democracy stronger” after the US leader announced he was dropping out of the White House race. Tusk, who served as the European Council president in 2014-2019, said in March that it was important to “nurture transatlantic relations, regardless of who the US president is”. “You’ve taken many difficult decisions thanks to which Poland, America and the world are safer, and democracy stronger,” Tusk wrote on X. “I know you were driven by the same motivations when announcing your final decision. Probably the most…

Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has offered to transfer ownership of his multibillion-dollar oil refinery to the state-owned energy company, NNPC Limited. Dangote’s decision comes amid a growing dispute with a key equity partner and ongoing tensions with Nigerian regulatory authorities. The 650,000 barrel-per-day refinery, which began operations last year after a decade of construction, cost $19 billion—more than twice the initial estimate. It is designed to reduce Africa’s reliance on imported fuel and cut foreign exchange spending on imports. Dangote stated, “If NNPC wants to buy me out and manage the refinery, they should go ahead. They have labelled…

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, presented a staff of office to Oba Egbeyemi Oladimeji, the new Ologba of Ogba, in Agege Local Government Area. Sanwo-Olu, while presenting the staff to the new traditional ruler, described the occasion as remarkable, after a decade of vacant throne in the community. Sanwo-Olu was represented by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mobolaji Robert. “I, therefore, rejoice with kabiyesi and the people of this community most warmly and heartily. This is a day of joy and truly worthy of celebration. “It is my hope that kabiyesi will bring…

United States President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential race. Biden wrote on his official X handle Sunday evening, “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this…

United States President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of his reelection battle with Donald Trump, in a historic move that plunges the already turbulent 2024 White House race into uncharted territory. “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden said in a letter posted on X. Stay tuned for more details… AFP

Mr Bayo Onanuga, a presidential aide, has accused supporters of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, of planning protests across the country. Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, who was emphatic that Obi’s supporters were planning to stage nationwide protests, said that Obi would be held responsible for whatever crisis emanated from the action. “The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria in October 2020,” Onanuga wrote on his official X account. “ENDSARS began…

Insinuations that Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu is involved in appointment racketeering as claimed by some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is false, TheScrutinyNG has exclusively gathered. Also, reports that the president has stripped him of sole rights to make appointments and has directed that all appointments must be routed through the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) is untrue. Findings by our correspondent showed that at no time did the President gave Gbajabiamila the sole rights to make appointments on his behalf. Late last year, rumours were rife that Gbajabiamila might…

By Bayo Onanuga Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action. The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria in October 2020. ENDSARS began as a genuine protest by youths against the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, notorious for its high-handedness. IPOB members planning to extricate the South East region from Nigeria infiltrated the protest and hijacked…

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, July 19, 2024 arraigned one Rufus John Isip, a self-acclaimed forex broker before Justice C. S. Onah of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Isip was arraigned alongside his company, ITM-IT Resources Limited on an eight-count charge bordering on fraudulent conversion, money laundering and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N2,022,081,172 (Two Billion, Twenty-two Million, Eighty-One Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-two Naira). Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Rufus John Isip while being the Director of ITM-IT Resources…

WhatsApp has said its parent body, Meta, will be appealing the $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) regarding its violation of Nigeria’s data privacy laws. The organisation, WhatsApp, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. It said: “We disagree with the decision today as well as the fine and Meta will be appealing the decision. “In 2021, we went to users globally to explain how talking to businesses among other things would work and while there was a lot of confusion then, it…