Russia has officially informed the Council of Europe of its withdrawal from the organization. As Deputy Speaker of the Russian Duma Pyotr Tolstoy announced on Tuesday, a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has been handed over Read more…
U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. NASA Read more…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the military attack on Ukraine ordered armed forces to refrain from an immediate assault on the country’s cities, including Kiev, in order to prevent heavy losses among the civilian population, Kremlin spokesperson Read more…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the United States, where he could face a lifetime in prison. “The application has been refused by the Supreme Read more…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has fired back at his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, describing him as a ‘tenant’ in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Obaseki, in a statement personally signed by him on Sunday, had told Mr Wike Read more…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday, prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to refuse the bail application filed by the suspended Deputy Police Commissioner (DCP) Abba Kyari, on the ground that he is planning to Read more…
A member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Obinna Ichita, has said that the state government must account for $800m it received from the World Bank for the people under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiative. Hon. Ichita, Read more…
The United States government through its Mission in Nigeria, has reacted to the arrest of a notorious fraudster, Osondu Victor Igwilo by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria. Igwilo was arrested by operatives of the anti-graft agency Read more…
Pandemonium broke out as multiple rounds of gunshots rang out at the CD195, a popular bar, and nightclub located at Ezenwegbu road, Okpuno Otolo Nnewi. The gunshots threw the patrons into wild panic as they rushed out of the club Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The outgoing Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has terminated the appointment of all the political appointtees in the state. The notice of the development was contained in a memo titled “Cessation of appointments of all political Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The hope electricity consumers in Anambra and other parts of South East to have power restored as the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC says it is experiencing system collapse. The news of the collapse system was contained in Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor Realizing the fact that politics is a vocation which should not be confused with a profession or career path, stakeholders in Ihiala federal constituency have rejected career politicians and rooted for a United Kingdom trained legal luminary, Read more…