Saturday, 19 April, 2025

Month: February 2022


Russian President Vladimir Putin kept a large distance between himself and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu due to coronavirus restrictions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed late on Monday. Russia’s president was spotted keeping a very pronounced gap Read more…


Russia has moved some long-range artillery and rocket launchers into firing position, threatening Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. Some Russian units have left their assembly areas — the bumper-to-bumper formations seen in satellite photos — and are beginning to Read more…


THE Federal Government has described the strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as unwarranted as no notice of strike was received from the leadership of the Union either verbally or in writing to that effect. Read more…


There was tension in schools and markets in Aba, Abia State, Monday, following the alleged invasion by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Vanguard had reported that businesses have been defying the Monday sit-at-home order and opening Read more…


Ahead of the February 23, 2022 local government elections in Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Senator Chimaroke Nnamani have urged the people to remain steadfast in the propagation and sustenance of democracy as the elixir for development. They affirmed Read more…


The estranged wife of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu, was on Monday docked at a Federal High Court (FHC) Abuja for the attempted murder of her former husband, Fani-Kayode. In a charge filed by the Read more…


Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba; and the  Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Abubakar Lawal, to unravel the perpetrators of fresh killings in the South-East state.  Read more…


Anambra State Police Command has neutralized four gunmen who attacked Aguata and Neni Police Divisional Headquarters in Aguata and Anaocha Local Government Areas of the state respectively. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, Read more…


The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), announced yesterday that it has arrested 11 illegal migrants from the Niger Republic and 10 suspected kidnappers. The Edo State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Aniekan Udoeyop, Read more…


Nigerians in Germany under aegis of the Nigerian Union have declared support and allegiance to the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as their candidate for the 2023 Presidency. The group made their declaration at a special Read more…


PRESS RELEASE As IGP Orders Immediate Transfer of Case to NDLEA, Charges NDLEA to Investigate indicted officers of the Agency The Nigeria Police Force has arrested DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers for their involvement in an alleged Read more…


Gentlemen of the press, there is no better way to start this press briefing than to remind us about the enormity of the drug problem Nigeria has on its hand and the imperative of all well-meaning Nigerians to play a Read more…