Monday, 18 November, 2024

Month: March 2023


Russian tactical nuclear weapons might arrive in Belarus as early as this summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed on Saturday. Moscow is completing the construction of a specialized storage facility for such arms, amid repeated calls by Minsk to deploy them on its soil, Read more…


 NATO ally Norway has announced that it is boosting the number of naval patrols near vital undersea gas pipelines off its coast, and released a trove of videos exclusively to NBC News illustrating what it sees as a growing Russian threat Read more…


Any serious conflict involving the world’s leading nuclear powers would “obviously” have no winner, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has outlined. As a result, comparing the strength of the Russian and American militaries is pointless, he added. The consequences of Read more…


The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke over the judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld his victory at the July 16, 2022 Governorship election. In a statement Read more…


The Umuigbo Youth Progressive Association (UYPA) has called on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the traditional rulers in the state to ensure that lives and property of the Igbo and other non-Yoruba residents in Lagos are adequately protected. Read more…


The Benue state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has passed a vote-of-confidence on Governor Samuel Ortom and kicked against the decision of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party to refer him to its Disciplinary Committee over Read more…


Communities in Boki and Akamkpa Local Government Areas of Cross River said stray gorillas and elephants are posing risk to them and their means of livelihood. They also expressed concern that the animals were beginning to pose threat to the Read more…


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The CBN has also Read more…


The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kayode Ariwoola was on Friday spotted observing his prayers at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Central Mosque in Abuja. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqLWIB4MvJa/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=f65b96ea-cc0c-40ee-a9e9-3828c3f902c0 This is coming in the wake of speculations that he is in London to meet president-elect Read more…


Nigeria is aiming to release money from foreign airlines’ ticket sales, held up by dollar shortages in the country, and has already started making some payments, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Thursday. Nigeria is facing severe dollar shortages, forcing Read more…


Artyom Uss, son of the governor of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Region, Aleksandr Uss, has fled house arrest near the Italian city of Milan, the ANSA news agency reported on Thursday. The Carabinieri – an Italian law enforcement agency that also acts Read more…


Days after a US drone crashed upon colliding with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea, a top US military official revealed that armed Russian jets flew over a US military garrison in Syria almost every day in March.  Read more…