Germany can cope with the current energy crisis, and is ready to deal with a potential Russian natural gas shutdown, the Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. “We live in serious times… But we are prepared. Prepared, for example, for Read more…
Month: September 2022
The government of Ukraine, the European Commission, and the World Bank released a joint assessment on Friday, stating that the efforts to rebuild the country following the military conflict with Russia will cost over $349 billion. The Rapid Damage and Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday Nigeria’s election process would not return to a period he described as the dark days. According to INEC, there is no community in the country where election can’t be conducted electronically and Read more…
The defence headquarters has dismissed reported troops Involvement in oil theft, saying that it recovered N1 billion stolen crude. This is even as the director defence media operations (DMO) major general Musa Danmadami, said oil products valued at N1,235,624,462 were Read more…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, on Friday, confirmed that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) will meet with Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and other aggrieved members of the party. Ayu, according to a statement by Read more…
Fuel scarcity may be looming in the South-eastern part of the country as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to withdraw its services from the region if the harassment and intimidation of its members by security Read more…
“Queen Elizabeth’s was a life well lived,” King Charles III said, as he renewed his “darling Mama’s” promise of lifelong service. In an emotional first address to the nation, he praised her warmth, humour and ability to see the best Read more…
The Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi, on Friday, affirmed that the rising profile of the movement behind the Peter Obi presidential ambition is an indication that the South-East can no longer be ignored in national politics. Speaking to correspondents after Read more…
A group of House Democrats is pressing the Pentagon for answers following reports suggesting the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017 airstrike that killed more than 160 civilians at a refugee camp in the African country. Read more…
It was past midnight when a dozen men armed with AK47s stormed into Mohammed’s home just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja to kidnap the truck driver and his wife. After being held hostage in a tiny cave deep in a forest Read more…
Members of a Nigerian oil workers’ union are threatening to go on strike if the government does not do more to stem widespread oil theft they say is putting their safety at risk and has cut exports by hundreds of Read more…
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last Read more…