Sunday, 22 December, 2024

Month: August 2022


US nationals were among the foreign fighters killed in high-precision Russian airstrikes on nationalists’ combat positions in Kharkov Region in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed at its daily briefing on Saturday. Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, warned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as other politicians claiming to be supporting the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Read more…


Reprieve has come the way of Ait/RayPower, Silverbird and the 50 other broadcasting stations that got their operating licenses revoked over failure to pay their licence renewal fees debts. The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on Saturday gave the affected stations Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the electorate to verify their information on the preliminary register of voters on display from August 15 to August 21. This is contained in a statement by the INEC Federal Capital Territory Read more…


Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, late Friday, paid a courtesy visit to the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, on the occasion of the monarch’s first anniversary of ascension to the throne. Pictures and video Read more…


The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the Federal Government to liberate Nigerians, especially the youth, from the nation’s current harsh economic realities. According to him, many young people were desperately seeking greener pastures Read more…


Sweden and Finland will not become NATO members if they continue to ignore Ankara’s extradition demands, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag has said.  “Until now, none of the persons accused of terrorism, whose extradition from Sweden and Finland was requested Read more…


Several Russian soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine have been hospitalized with severe chemical poisoning, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Traces of Botulinum toxin Type B, which is an “organic poison of artificial origin,” have been discovered in Read more…


RESPECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: ASUU TELLS FGN The public space, in the last few days, has been inundated withmyriads of news regarding the inability of the Federal Governmentof Nigeria (FGN) to resolve the over six months’ impasse betweenit and the Academic Read more…


Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, on Friday, received Mr Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. Obi’s visit to Soludo was made known to newsmen in Awka, Read more…


In an article, Ozigbo who said he was formally joining the Obi-dient Movement, said the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, deserved the support of all well-meaning Nigerians. Ozigbo said few hours Read more…


The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has threatened to sue the federal government and claim damages for wasting the precious time of the university students over the intractable strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Read more…