Sunday, 20 April, 2025

Month: April 2022


There are indications of fear and anxiety in some quarters in Delta State that the seeming cold rivalry between Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his predecessor, Chief James Ibori, over the 2023 PDP governorship ticket, has punched a deep hole in Read more…


If Western countries continue to expel Russian diplomats, Moscow won’t rule out the possibility of severing diplomatic ties with the states concerned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Wednesday. He explained that the recent wave of expulsions threatens continued diplomatic relations. “There Read more…


If Western countries continue to expel Russian diplomats, Moscow won’t rule out the possibility of severing diplomatic ties with the states concerned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Wednesday. He explained that the recent wave of expulsions threatens continued diplomatic relations. “There Read more…


Russia’s human rights ombudsman has pledged to investigate information that some Crimean officers, held captive in Ukraine, have been allegedly designated by the Kiev authorities as “unexchangeable” and could even be subject to execution. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Tatiana Moskalkova confirmed Read more…


Perhaps it was the way the lifeless bodies, bloodied by bullets, and some with hands bound, had been left strewn about or shoveled into makeshift mass graves. Or the reality of seeing them up close in widely circulated photographs and Read more…


Retreating Ukrainian forces have allegedly blown up a tank allegedly containing hydrochloric acid, at a chemical plant in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) town of Rubezhnoe, which has emerged as a flashpoint in the ongoing military conflict.  The tank explosion Read more…


Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced an atheist, Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment after he reportedly pleaded guilty to an 18-count charge of blasphemy levelled against him by the Kano State government. Mr Bala, who is the president Read more…


A daughter of the late Chief MKO Abiola and popular TV presenter, Victoria Tundun, has berated her sister, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, for using their father’s name to promote the presidential bid of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Abiola-Costello, who is Read more…


At least 15 soldiers have been killed after bandits attacked a military base in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst had reported that 11 soldiers were killed when militants in Read more…


The  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command, has arrested 14 suspects for unlawful dealings in petroleum products. These arrests premised on the renewed vigour and strategic efforts  put in place by the Command to combat the Read more…


Rivers State Governor, Nyesom  Wike, has declared that he has the capacity and energy required to serve and salvage Nigeria as its president come 2023. Governor Wike made the declaration at Gombe State when he visited leaders and faithful of Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The President of Imo General Assembly (IGA) Nnewi branch, Chief Chinedu Igwe has advocated detection, dialague and deployment (DDD) to solve insecurity challenges in Nigeria in general and South East in particular. Chief Igwe who is the Read more…