Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported in its latest consumer price Read more…
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to work with Moscow to take on the responsibilities of “great powers,” he told his Russian counterpart on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand. “China is willing to make efforts with Read more…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) – the world’s biggest regional bloc, which counts Russia and China among its members but is set to expand – is not an alternative to a military alliance, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Read more…
From Ifeoma EjioforThe Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) has appointed the former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka as a member of the Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship (EPLF) Faculty. Chidoka, a renowned public intellectual, “is expected to develop training content, facilitate physical Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the claim of the increase in the population of eligible voters in the existing voters’ register. The Commission was reacting to a media briefing by the Coalition of United Political Parties Read more…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike signing into law, the Rivers State Prohibition of the Curtailment of Women’s Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022; Rivers State Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Law Read more…
*Says NNPC Indicted By Authorities Of Ministry Of Petroleum Resources And The NSC*Says NNPC Refusing To Subscribe To Bodies To Track Oil Delivery And Combat Smuggling Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has written to the Chairman of the Economic Read more…
Ten plaintiffs, including nine lawyers, have asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the Labour Party (LP), its candidates, and supporters from conducting an EndSARS rally tagged “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” on October 1, 2020 or any other Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will discuss the Ukraine conflict in depth, as well as the Taiwan issue, when they meet in Uzbekistan later this week, presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday. The two leaders Read more…
The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin has said he won’t send any greetings to the US Central Intelligence Agency on its upcoming 75th anniversary. He cited the organization’s controversial activities and “provocations against sovereign states” as Read more…
As preparations for the 2023 general election are fast approaching, the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN) has called on the political class to give greater attention to education with a substantial increase in the budgetary allocation saying education Read more…
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has again berated President Muhammadu Buhari and his governing All Progressives Congress (APC), for keeping to their promise of relegating Nigeria to a bottom position. Governor Ortom said Nigerians seriously needed a viable alternative to Read more…