Iran and the United States will hold the next round of talks on the controversial nuclear programme in Oman. The Iran news agency, IRNA, reports on Tuesday. The agency, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, said the second round of negotiations would be held in Oman capital, Muscat, on Saturday. The U.S. media had earlier…
The Rivers State Government has disputed claims made by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that the N300m it received from the government was an unconditional gift not tied to the hosting of its Annual General Conference in the State. The government further vowed to deploy all legal process to retrieve the resources if NBA fails to…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday jailed a jeweller for refusing to accept naira as a legal tender. Judge Alexander Owoeye convicted Precious Uzondu after he changed his initial not-guilty plea to guilty on Monday. Earlier this month, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with two counts of rejecting naira…
A Navy buddy of doomed helicopter pilot Seankese “Sean” Johnson said he doubts the chopper crashed into the Hudson River Thursday simply because it ran out of gas. Remi Adeleke, 42, a 13-year Navy SEAL veteran, suspects a “maintenance issue” is at the root of the deadly crash, which claimed the lives of Johnson and a family of five from Spain. “Even if…
Paris St-Germain and Barcelona have advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after seeing off their quarter-final opponents on Tuesday night. Both sides had secured victories in the first leg of the ties last week, and lost in the second leg, but scaled through on aggregate. Paris St-Germain, leading 3-1 from the first…
