Thursday, 19 December, 2024

Month: June 2022


World leaders must recognise the price of supporting Ukraine including the surge in energy and food costs but must also acknowledge that the price of allowing Russia to win would be far higher, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Speaking Read more…


Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, on Saturday, that he doesn’t support the latter’s suggestion of offering “a mirror response” to NATO aircraft training flights. During their meeting, in St. Petersburg, Lukashenko shared his concern over Read more…


They describe weddings in different ways, using all manner of adjectives, even pejoratively. The wedding of Anahid and Gabriel is a fairy tale affair delivered in the most exquisite opulence, yet, a touch of the classics blended in nature. The Read more…


Some Senior Advocates of Nigeria have said the United Kingdom should exercise caution in dealing with the case of alleged organ trafficking involving a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Ekweremadu and his wife had been Read more…


A suspected kidnapper has been set ablaze by an angry mob when a seven-man kidnap gang attempted to abduct some unidentified residents in Obosi, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident happened at about 9 Read more…


Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, hinted that he made a mistake picking his number two when he wanted to become the nation’s democratically elected president in 1999. Obasanjo said this on Saturday during questions and answers session Read more…


A paediatrician with the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Irrua in Edo State, Dr Chiamaka Ogbonnaya, has been reportedly arrested by the police for alleged assault and battering of her housemaid identified as Comfort (surname withheld), who is said to Read more…


A 30-year-old man who hails from Ebonyi State has raped a 75-year-old woman on her farmland in Nkwelle Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Police spokesperson DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said in a statement that the suspect pounced on Read more…


According to a statement released by the police: “(A) Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55 (10.9.66) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting. “(B) Ike Ekweremadu, 60 (12.05.62) of Read more…


Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Center for Reforms and Public Advocacy (CRPA), has said that under the new Electoral Act 2022, running mates nominated by presidential and governorship candidates of various political parties are not subject to withdrawal Read more…


Many EU states are in “a direct war” with Russia and are “angry” with Belgrade for refusing to go along with sanctions, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference two days after attending a meeting Read more…


Ukraine has accepted that NATO membership is off the table, and will not take any further steps toward joining the US-led military alliance, Igor Zhovkva, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, told the Financial Times on Saturday. Nevertheless, Kiev wants Read more…