The spokesman of the the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said there was no crack in the Forum following the purported endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s consensus candidates. According to Baba-Ahmed, the consensus arrangement of the PDP had Read more…
An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has slammed the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, for incompetence and failure to expose some deadly attacks in the country before they were launched. The lawyer said Bichi and Read more…
Russia has denied using natural gas exports as a tool to “blackmail” Europe, a claim voiced by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the switch to gas trade in rubles Read more…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest shock to commodity markets in nearly 50 years, with high price levels expected to persist until at least the end of 2024, the World Bank said. Prices for foodstuffs and fertilizers have Read more…
Russian troops have destroyed six traction substations, – units that power the railways – which are being used for delivery of “foreign weapons and military hardware to the Ukrainian forces in the Donbass,” Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov announced on Monday. Read more…
The Russian Ministry of Defense has accused London of a “direct provocation” after British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey encouraged Ukrainian forces to use UK-supplied weapons to attack targets inside Russia. Any attempts to do so would invoke an immediate response, the ministry warned Read more…
The political ambition of Senator Andy Uba was, on Tuesday, thrown into more confusion as the Supreme Court voided his participation in the last governorship election in Anambra State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. A five-member panel Read more…
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, Sam Ohuabunwa, has said if elected he would fight to a standstill four demons that have been milking Nigeria dry over the years. He maintained Read more…
Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army (NA), have neutralised two gunmen and arrested four other alleged members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in a fierce gun battle along Read more…
Cross Rivers State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has declared interest to contest the 2023 presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He disclosed this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Read more…
Governor Sam Ortom has rejected the request by his immediate past Chief of Staff (CoS), Hon. Terwase Orbunde is to be reimbursed to the tune of N160 million he allegedly invested in the governor’s campaign during the 2015 electioneering campaign. Read more…
A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has dismissed Chidinma Ojukwu’s counsel’s objection to cross-examine a bank staff over late Mr Usifo Ataga’s bank statements tendered as exhibits. Justice Yetunde Adesanya, however, admitted the bank statements Read more…