Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, served as Minister of National Planning, former Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission (NPC), during the administration of President Goodluck Johnathan. He currently serves as the Director-General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). He spoke Read more…
Penultimate Saturday, when the Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje finally unveiled his choice for successor and other elective offices for the forthcoming 2023 general elections, it was naturally expected that some of the unlucky aspirants would walk away. What was not in Read more…
Some police officers have allegedly attacked a BBC journalist who was covering the suspended sit-at-home order at Cemetery Market, Aba, Abia State. The incident happened on Wednesday. The journalist, who could not be identified, was giving a live update during the Read more…
Gunmen on Monday killed four members of a vigilante group in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. The police spokesperson in Anambra, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the police responded Read more…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other presidential aspirants to raise money in order to meet Read more…
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, would seek to clarify the fate of some members of the federal cabinet who were asked to resign but have renounced their political ambitions to remain in government. Those involved are Abubakar Malami (Attorney Read more…
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Wednesday denied a bail request for separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on terrorism charges and for broadcasting falsehoods, one of his defence lawyers said. A judge said Kanu Read more…
The Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate, a light single-engine cousin of Russia’s advanced Su-57 fighter jet, will go into production sometime in 2027, the head of state-owned Rostec said on Wednesday. The deadline was revealed by Sergey Chemezov during a meeting with Read more…
The China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed 132 people is believed to have been caused by an intentional act, according to U.S. officials who spoke to ABC News. The Boeing 737-800 passenger jet was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou on March Read more…
A total of 959 Ukrainian troops previously holed up in a steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a Wednesday morning briefing. Kiev expects them to be exchanged, while prosecutors in Russia are Read more…
Russia’s thwarted attempt to cross the Siverskyi Donets River in northeastern Ukraine last week “is emerging as among the deadliest engagements of the war, with estimates based on publicly available evidence now suggesting that well over 400 Russian soldiers were Read more…
A video of members of the nationalist Azov Battalion and Ukrainian troops surrendering to Russian forces after being holed up for weeks at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol has been released by the Russian Defense Ministry. https://cdnv.russiatoday.com/files/2022.05/6283689820302752952eca52.mp4?download=1 The clip, Read more…