By Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead the 2023 House of Representatives election, the people of Ihiala in Ihiala Local Goverment Area of Anambra State have resolved to give their mandate to an aspirant under the auspices of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Read more…
Governor Charles Soludo’s directive that the people of Anambra not comply with the Monday sit-at-home order in the state called by separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was ignored in Nnewi. As usual, markets, offices, schools and every other Read more…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged South East governors to explore dialogue and consultations to reach lasting peace and security in the region. HURIWA National Coordinator Emmanuel Onwubiko said in a statement that constant military deployment Read more…
Suspected armed bandits, Sunday night, invaded Tsafe town, the council headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing many people. Residents said one of the victims is the son of the state’s commissioner for security affairs, Mamman Tsafe. Read more…
A committee of the mosque at Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja, on Monday, has sacked its Chief Iman, Nuhu Khalid, over a sermon he delivered last Friday criticising Nigerian leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity in the country. In his sermon, the Read more…
Controversy has continued to trail the sinking of a gunboat under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) named NIMASA-BARUGU in Lagos waters on Sunday evening. This is even as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Read more…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in its latest update on efforts to reach passengers who boarded the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, have said that 60 phone numbers obtained from the passenger manifest are non-existent when dialled. Read more…
Ukraine has accused Russian troops of committing war crimes in the city of Bucha. However, Moscow insists that the allegations are baseless and has implied that the Ukrainian government is manipulating the media to smear Russia. Bucha is a small Read more…
Gazprom Germania GmbH — owner of energy supplier Wingas GmbH and a gas storage firm — will come under the trusteeship of the German energy regulator until Sept. 30, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in Berlin. That means the Read more…
The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kiev. The claims have been raised by Ukraine itself, some Western media outlets and human rights groups, after Moscow had withdrawn Read more…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the EU not to “tie the whole world” to the crisis in Ukraine and warned it could take decades to repair the economic damage. In a virtual summit with European Union leaders on Friday, Xi told Read more…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) at the weekend said it would fully commercialise its operations by July 1, 2022. This was even as it commenced moves to tackle crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region with support Read more…