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By SCM Travel Reporter NEW DELHI, India — A devastating fire at a New Delhi hotel has left at least 18 people dead and several others injured, prompting immediate government intervention and raising urgent questions regarding safety protocols in the capital’s budget hospitality sector. The blaze tore through the Micasa Inn early today. Local authorities have confirmed that all 18 victims identified so far were foreign nationals visiting the country. Indian police warned that the death toll may rise as search and rescue operations conclude and medical teams treat the injured. Preliminary investigations suggest the fire was triggered by…
Admin I Wednesday, June 03, 2026 IKENNE, Ogun – Reigning champions Nigeria have a full house in their Women Africa Cup of Nations preparatory couple of games’ camp, as opponents Lionesses of the Teranga also arrived in Ikenne-Remo on Tuesday night. The 10-time champions host the Lionesses in a first encounter on Friday, with the Lionesses playing home in the spirit of the two-legged affair on Monday. Both matches will kick off at 4pm at the Remo Stars Sports Complex. With midfielder Halimat Ayinde out of the two games, Head Coach Justine Madugu has called up Israel-based midfieder Josephine…
By SCM Staff Writer PORT HARCOURT — A former Minister of Petroleum Resources and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, has strongly advocated for the strengthening of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to position it as the definitive arrowhead of all development agencies operating within the oil-rich region. Ajumogobia made this passionate call while delivering the keynote address at the high-level NDDC Law and Development Summit held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He stressed that it has become imperative for the Federal Government and international partners to support the commission in its statutory role…
By Titus Eleweke, Southeast Editor I Wednesday, June 03.26 AWKA, Anambra – Nigerian human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Wednesday stated that history is kinder to those who defend justice than to those who merely accommodate power. Ejiofor, in a statement titled “Wednesday Musings: When Justice Refuses to Bow,Two Landmark Judgments, Eight Years of Waiting, and a Resounding Triumph of the Rule of Law,” urged Nigerian courts to remain temples of justice rather than theatres of influence. He expressed joy and satisfaction that, despite numerous challenges, Nigeria still…
Scheduled for arraignment: UBA Plc Muyiwa Akinyemi Amangbo Eziashi Stephen Gesos Global Service Limited Fedat Global Limited By Our Judiciary Correspondents LAGOS, Nigeria — It is a scene that has become altogether too familiar in Nigeria’s Sisyphean campaign against institutional corruption: a packed courtroom, a frustrated prosecutor, an exasperated judge, and an empty dock without the main suspect, UBA Plc and its officials. On Wednesday, inside the Criminal Division of the High Court of Lagos State in Ikeja, justice was once again put on hold. The scheduled arraignment of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)—one of the…
Designed to take 10,000 tourists, One mile or 1.8 Kilometers long, 20,000 crew members; 50,000 Permanent Residents; Total Capacity: 80,000 and powered by Nuclear Propulsion. Total cost: $16billion By Emmanuel Thomas CHICAGO – For Arthur Vance, a retired software engineer from Chicago, the ultimate American dream isn’t a house with a white picket fence. It is a 300-square-foot condominium aboard a mile-long, nuclear-powered slab of steel called the Freedom Ship. ”I’m tired of property taxes, tired of winter, and frankly, tired of the politics,” Vance says, looking over architectural renderings of what is being marketed as the world’s…
By SCM Staff Writer MOSCOW — A drone strike hit a scheduled passenger bus traveling through a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 11 others, according to local officials and Russian state media reports. The attack took place near the settlement of Yenakiieve, a town in the Donetsk region that has been under the control of Russian and Russian-backed forces since 2014. According to Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the region, the explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicle struck the white passenger vehicle as it stopped to pick up passengers along…
By Emmanuel Thomas NIGERIA’S election watchdog, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an urgent investigation into a suspected “inside job” after Emeka Ike private files were leaked online. INEC hit back at panic on social media today, fiercely denying that malicious hackers had breached their mega database containing the personal details of over 90 million voters. Instead, election bosses admit the leak likely came from a mole within their own ranks. The scandal erupted after sensitive information regarding Emeka Ike, a Nollywood superstar in the recent Federal Capital Territory political primaries began circulating wildly online. Terrified voters…
By BLAISE UDUNZE I Wednesday, June 03.2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – Chapter Two, Section 14 (b) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) is explicit when it states that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. Hence, by every standard, welfare of Nigerians should be the first priority of the government. The horrendous tragic kidnapping of pupils, teachers and school workers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State has become one of the most painful symbols of Nigeria’s deepening security crisis. Shamefully, it would be recalled that recently armed…
By SCM Correspondent l June 2, 2026 LUGANSK, Ukraine — The five-story concrete dormitory of the Starobilsk Professional College now sits Pancaked down to its second floor, a jagged monument of twisted rebar and shattered brick. According to local officials in this Russian-occupied corner of eastern Ukraine, the building was filled with sleeping teenagers when three successive waves of one-way attack drones struck late last month. Moscow claims 21 students were killed in the assault. Kyiv, conversely, maintains the site was a covert operating base for Russian military drone pilots. The competing narratives over the rubble of…