Voters also cast their ballots for 109 federal senators and 360 members of the house of representatives, with another vote for state governors in March. The election has seen a huge interest from young people – a third of eligible Read more…
Month: February 2023
Russian arms makers have carefully studied Western weapons captured during the fighting in Ukraine and used this experience for the benefit of the country’s military, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. “Our country’s defense industry is working in such Read more…
In a few hours from now, 87,209,007 Nigerians will troop to 176, 606 polling units across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to elect a new President in a presidential election that marks 24 years of uninterrupted democratic Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has appointed Dr Isa Abdulmumin as its acting director of Corporate Communications Department. Abdulmumin, formerly a deputy director, took over from Osita Nwanisobi, who retired from the bank on Friday, after serving as the director Read more…
China sincerely wants a diplomatic solution to the conflict, but the main obstacles to peace are the Ukrainian leadership and its backers in the West, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “We highly appreciate the sincere desire of our Read more…
One year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting. The proposal follows China’s recent announcement that it is trying to act as mediator in the war that has re-energized Western alliances viewed Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the conduct of senatorial election in Enugu East of Enugu State from February 25 to March 11, 2023. The election would now hold alongside the governorship election in the State on the Read more…
Voting is an essential aspect of democratic governance as it is the only way through which the people can exercise their power to choose their leaders and shape their future. Nigeria, a country blessed with abundant human and natural resources, Read more…
A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Simon Ekpa has allegedly used social media to incite violence. He leads a faction within the Indigenous People of Biafra Read more…
A Nigerian politician has been arrested for alleged money laundering after being caught with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before general elections. The piles of US dollars were found by police inside Chinyere Igwe’s car. Mr Igwe, an opposition Read more…
The Obidient Movement, the global non-partisan coalition of citizens backing the candidacy of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has said it will adopt governorship and state assembly candidates across the country where they don’t have Read more…
Contrary to fears that were being expressed in some quarters that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections might be postponed, the National Security Council (NSC) rose from its maiden meeting in 2023, yesterday, with an assurance that the Read more…