Saturday, 23 November, 2024

Month: July 2022


Russia’s response to a threatened Ukrainian attack on Crimean targets will be so harsh that the Kiev authorities will never be able to recover from it, Mikhail Sheremet, who represents the region in the Russian parliament, has warned. Commenting on Read more…


The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the early hours of today, emerged the winner of Osun State governorship election. Adeleke defeated all candidates, including his closest rival, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress (APC), to Read more…


The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was on Saturday admitted into a hospital to undergo surgery to resolve a recurrent pain in his leg, and the operation has been said to be successful. Osinbajo was said to have been carrying Read more…


President Muhammdu Buhari Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the process that led to election of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was purely democratic, and a reflection Read more…


When Russia invaded Ukraine, countries around the world condemned the move, and abruptly cut economic, business and diplomatic ties. Over 1,000 companies—from American to European and Japanese firms—abandoned their business operations in Russia. Western nations booted Russia from SWIFT—the international Read more…


The US and Russia have reached a deal to fly each other’s spacefarers to the International Space Station (ISS). The breakthrough comes after months of tensions and uncertainty over joint space activities in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Read more…


Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has inspected Russian troops involved in the ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine, the ministry revealed on Saturday. Shoigu met the commanding officers of the ‘South’ and ‘Center’ troops, Army General Sergey Surovikin and Colonel Read more…


By Ifeoma EjioforPolice operatives in Anambra State have neutralized ten gunmem in Achalla, Awka North Local Goverment Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Tochukwu Ikenga (DSP) revealed this on Saturday. Ikenga said that Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Factional Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that the 2023 general elections would not hold in Anambra State and other South East States. The group in an in signed message circulated over the weekend claimed that Read more…


A National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the National Assembly, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to urgently initiate measures to ensure upward review of the salaries and allowances Read more…


Kashim Shettima, running mate of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigerians should look beyond religion when electing leaders. Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate has drawn criticism from the public because both of them Read more…


The governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Obinna Ngonadi, led a joint task force and building professionals to monitor various sections of the market on Friday. Ngonadi described the marked buildings as illegal Read more…