Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar urged the central bank on Saturday to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to phase out old high-value banknotes, a measure many Nigerians fear will disrupt business in the cash-reliant economy. Nigerians have to turn Read more…
At least 14 people have been killed and 24 injured after Ukrainian missiles struck a hospital in the city of Novoaydar in the early hours of Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry has said in a statement. The medical facility in Read more…
The FBI tried to recruit Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian billionaire, as an informant around 2014, hoping he might shed light on organized crime and, later, possible interference in the presidential election. A decade later, Deripaska may have turned the Read more…
Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin. And in a note Friday, Francis recalled Read more…
President Biden’s chief intelligence adviser raised fresh concerns Thursday night that Russian missile attacks are having a “devastating” impact on the Ukrainian economy, noting that the war has already reduced the country’s gross domestic product by nearly one-third. Speaking during Read more…
The US is leaving no room for compromise on sanctions and potential negotiations with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. His statement came after US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland suggested that restrictions on Read more…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has pledged that he would reverse the perennial problem of brain drain, a situation that has witnessed several Nigerians deserting the country for greener pastures abroad, if he is elected as the Read more…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal in a statement issued Read more…
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, on Friday, faulted the judgment of the Osun State Election Petitions tribunal which sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke, describing it as a “black market purchased judgment”. CUPP, in a statement by its Co-National Spokesperson, Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state met with Governor Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Obasanjo and Fayemi met with the Rivers governor on Thursday. The duo are attending the ongoing Port Read more…
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has released a timetable for a fresh governorship primary to elect a new standard bearer for the party in Abia State. This decision was sequel to the sudden death of the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Ihiala federal constituency, Barr Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam, has unveiled his manifesto to the constituents. The House of Reps hopeful unveiled his manifesto in his Azia residence in the Ihiala Local Read more…