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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has initiated a campaign to enforce price display and quantity compliance at supermarkets throughout Abuja. The Commission started this at 4U Supermarket, Wuse 2 Abuja on Thursday. This move is a direct response to concerns raised by consumers about the rising costs of goods, which go against the recent strengthening of the naira. The Commission said price discrepancies remain a significant issue. It emphasised that consumers have the right to be informed of the prices of items they intend to purchase. Punch

By Scott Ritter Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel will go down in history as one of the greatest victories of this century.I’ve been writing about Iran for more than two decades. In 2005, I made a trip to Iran to ascertain the “ground truth” about that nation, a truth which I then incorporated into a book, Target Iran, laying out the US-Israeli collaboration to craft a justification for a military attack on Iran designed to bring down its theocratic government. I followed this book up with another, Dealbreaker, in 2018, which brought this US-Israeli effort up to date. Back in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared ex-governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello wanted over N80.2bn fraud. This was contained in a post issued on the agency’s social media handle on Thursday evening. “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 Billion. Anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station,” the post reads. This comes hours after the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN called on…

The Periscope Global A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Wednesday, ordered that a warrant be issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for immediate arrest of former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on EFCC’s ex-parte motion, held that after listening to the submission of commission’s counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, and reading the affidavit in support of the motion, including the exhibits and written address, he was inclined to grant the application. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) earlier reported that a High Court sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday, restrained…

…To end water scarcity, the Ag. Provost says he’ll drill solar powered borehole in the campus… The Periscope Global The College For Legal Studies, CLS Yola, Adamawa state has matriculated 1420 students for the 2023/2024 Academic Session. The Acting Provost, Suleiman Ahmed Esq has enjoined the new set of students to face their studies squarely, avoid drugs and other forms of deviant behaviours. The Provost commended the state Governor, Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for what he considered as giant strides in education and other developmental projects in the state. The Provost promised to drill a solar powered borehole to…

….Child safety group says Meta ‘putting profits before protecting children’, as messaging app lowers age limit from 16 Campaigners have reacted with anger to the social media company Meta lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13 in the UK and EU. The change was announced in February and came into force on Wednesday. The campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood said the move “flies in the face of the growing national demand for big tech to do more to protect our children”. It said: “Officially allowing anyone over the age of 12 to use their platform (the…

…Pegs ₦300,000 which is not up to 1% of the President’s salary and not too much for a federal minimum wage… …Tells FG not to devalue naira after implementing new national minimum wage …Tasks government to clear all outstanding arrears owed the workers… …Laments that the ₦35,000 palliative did not solve the economic challenges faced by the FG workers in Nigeria… …Urges FG to announce the new minimum wage on Workers Day, May 1, 2024… …Workers have suffered enough, it is time to end poverty among FG workers… The Periscope Global Workers under the auspices of Federal Workers Forum, FWF,…

~ But It Could Be Managed Sometimes shit happens, even for good public speakers. It’s normal. From goofs, people become good speech makers, if the bad experience is not allowed to damping the zeal to speak, at other times. Fright could occur due to certain reasons; and it may not always be because of incompetence. Fright sometimes, rather fires up the speaker. The rule is that, a speaker who experiences fright at the beginning of presentation, should quickly manage it and turn it to fire-power. Getting frozen by fright; going blank or not being able to say anything at all,…

US President, Joe BidenAs Israel contemplates its reaction to Iran’s recent attacks over the weekend, the United States has conveyed in private discussions that if Israel chooses to retaliate militarily, it will be acting independently without direct U.S. involvement, according to ABC News. It’s an unusual message for a close ally that’s spent decades receiving more US military aid than any other country in the world and whose relationship with America is often described as “ironclad.” But after months of Israel acting on its own in Gaza – and facing tough criticism from the U.S. and other allies that its…

…More than 90% of the market is razed to ground – Chairman Gamzaki Traders Association …No one could tell the cause, the state was in total blackout, no electricity; there’s however the speculation that the market was hit by violent thunderstorm The Periscope Global. It appears that almost after every or less than two years, the Yola ancient city market, Yola South local government area of Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria is visited by inferno, consuming hundreds of millions of naira worth of properties and commodities. The worst hit is however that which started at about 2am on Monday and continued…