Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky has been killed, police confirmed on Wednesday, after a helicopter he was traveling in crashed in a residential area in the town of Brovary near Kiev. At least 18 others, including three children, also lost Read more…
The US should scrap its “Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa” bill because the legislation is at odds with international law, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday. In an interview with news outlet Sputnik, Pandor stated that Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The President of Imo General Assembly (IGA) Nnewi chapter, Chief Chinedu Igwe has warned the Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo not to be distracted by promises by Abuja to make him Nigerian president after his tenure Read more…
Russia’s current account surplus hit a record high in 2022, the central bank said on Tuesday, as a fall in imports and robust oil and gas exports kept foreign money flowing in despite Western efforts to isolate the Russian economy. Read more…
Kiev is unable to engage in peace talks with Moscow because the US and its allies forbid it from doing so, Russian spy chief Sergey Naryshkin has said. “The overseas masters of the Ukrainian regime won’t allow getting [the Ukrainian] Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has blamed the insecurity in the country on lack of focused leadership and reformed security governance. Speaking at Chatham House in London on Monday, the former governor of Anambra State proposed Read more…
A spokesperson for the Obi/Datti presidential campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said the Labour Party will rather have no candidate contest for selected positions than get unqualified candidates to contest and represent the party. Okonkwo, who said this on Tuesday during Read more…
A former chairman of defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni is in a paternity tussle with a female lawyer in Abuja identified as Adaobi Alagwu, sources familiar with the issue have informed SaharaReporters. According to the sources, Adaobi, who is 30 Read more…
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the 2023 general election will be held in spite of the various attacks on the commission’s facilities across the nation. Addressing an audience at Chatham House, Read more…
The leadership of the Imo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Governor Hope Uzodinma to explain to Nigerians the role of his administration in last Saturday’s attack on PDP candidate for Ideato federal constituency Barr Ikenga Read more…
A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to desist from claiming to be the Head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) under the former President Olusegun Read more…
Nigeria’s central bank governor Godwin Emefiele had been away from his home country for several weeks, reportedly self-exiling in an unknown country outside Africa. Though the apex bank announced that he has resumed his duties (pdf) on Jan.16, without confirming Read more…