Thursday, 09 January, 2025

Month: April 2022


Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol is facing its “last days, if not hours,” a commander in the besieged city revealed this week as Russian forces gave Ukrainian soldiers until noon on Wednesday to surrender — a deadline the Ukrainians let expire. Thousands Read more…


The granddaughter of Joackin and Onyinye Okonkwo was formally received into Joackin’s house and the extended Uzochukwu family’s kindred. The process of introducing Joachin’s granddaughter to the family and some close friends were an elaborate well-choreographed occasion steeped in Nnewi Read more…


Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant and governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has enjoined members of the National Working Committee (NWC ) to avoid the mistakes of  conducting the forthcoming election to favour any particular person or groups. He also Read more…


The management of Chrisland Schools, Lagos, has admitted that aside from the 10-year-old female pupil seen in a viral sex video, four other pupils were allegedly involved in the sexual act that occurred during a foreign trip to Dubai, which Read more…


The presidency has accused a Catholic cleric, Matthew Kukah, of hatred for the Buhari administration and using the pulpit to play politics. Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, was reacting to an Easter message by the cleric where he accused Read more…


A presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has taken a swipe at Nigerian leaders, saying he would tackle the challenges they have failed to address if he becomes the president. Speaking in Lagos on Saturday while addressing hundreds of young people who Read more…


An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in Kaduna, PRNigeria has reported. The media house, which has links to Nigeria’s security institutions, said the aircraft is a training aircraft. “While details of the incident are still sketchy, sources Read more…


The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to respect the collective bargaining agreements signed with labour unions in the country’s tertiary institutions and other sectors. The congress national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, in an Easter massage, also Read more…


The world is at risk of splitting into two economic blocs as a “tectonic shift” puts an end to decades of globalisation. The warning from the IMF came as its economists slashed growth forecasts in the wake of Russia’s invasion Read more…


Germany’s employers and unions have joined together in opposing an immediate European Union ban on natural gas imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, saying such a move would lead to factory shutdowns and the loss of jobs in Read more…


Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez have been left devastated after losing their twin baby boy.   The news was released via a statement shared on social media and was announced with the couple’s “deepest sadness.” “It is Read more…


Spain has informed the European Commission that a joint price reduction plan with Portugal may entail restricting energy sales to France, El Pais reported on Monday. Madrid is its northern neighbor’s largest single supplier of imported electricity, and the potential Read more…