On the February day he launched the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin called to the Kremlin a group of his nation’s wealthiest businessmen. The invasion was a “necessary measure,” Putin told the group, according to news agencies. Alluding Read more…
Month: May 2022
On a sunny Tuesday morning of 3rd May 2022, which was a Ramadan public holiday, the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Joseph Ugboaja (Ochinanwata), took off to Nnewi after he was constrained from completing his journey on Monday due to the Read more…
Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has said the rotation of presidency between the Northern and Southern Nigeria is legal as it is recognised by the 1999 constitution, as amended, citing Read more…
The federal government has been commended for the rearward, quality and speed of the ongoing rehabilitation of the 9th Mile – Opi Nsukka Road. Stakeholders and road users who expressed delight at the rate the reconstruction works were being handled by Read more…
The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said the plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to jettison power shift has shown that Northerners are not ready to relinquish power in 2023. The Secretary-General of the group, Chief Sola Ebiseni, Read more…
Elders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide have maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day working visit to Ebonyi State will kick-start the process that will release Nnamdi Kanu and attainment of President of Igbo extraction. Ohanaeze stated this in a statement signed Read more…
Former state chairmen of legacy parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the leadership of the ruling party to immediately adopt the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele, as Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Anambra State, in the last governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, has been disqualified from contesting the senate seat in the 2023 National Assembly election under the platform of the party. Also disqualified from Read more…
Former Anambra State governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, has said there was an urgent need to pull Nigerians out of poverty. Obi stated this yesterday during an interaction with Read more…
The Nigerian Army says the recent killing of two soldiers by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has shown that the secessionist group does not work for the interest of the Igbo. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a Read more…
Russian supersonic Oniks missiles have struck a logistics hub at a military airfield used to supply troops with foreign weapons near the Black Sea port of Odessa, Moscow said on Tuesday. Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said at Read more…
The U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls and capabilities in the first two months of the war in Ukraine, top Pentagon leaders told Congress Tuesday. But they warned that Moscow is learning from its mistakes as the Read more…