The Senate on Tuesday appealed to the United Kingdom government for clemency as a UK court prepares to sentence Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. The Red Chamber made the appeal barely 48 hours before Read more…
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered all parties to the suit against Seplat Energy Plc not to take further steps that would affect the subject matter for litigation before the court until issues in the case Read more…
The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has again disavowed the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party which has announced plans to go ahead with a parallel National Executive Council meeting in Bauchi. The party leadership which recognises Comrade Read more…
The remains of an Australian man who vanished while fishing with friends have been found inside a crocodile. Kevin Darmody, 65, was last seen at Kennedy’s Bend – a well-known saltwater crocodile habitat in a remote part of northern Queensland Read more…
Russia reserves the right to retaliate “anywhere and anytime it deems necessary” in response to the drone attack on President Vladimir Putin’s residence, the Kremlin has said. Officials claimed two Ukrainian drones attempted to strike the Kremlin early on Wednesday morning, Read more…
Russian forces have shot down three Ukrainian warplanes in a single day, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow said on Tuesday. The ministry claimed that air defense systems had destroyed two Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets over Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic Read more…
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski has lamented the fact that there is still a “threat” that relations between Russia and EU countries could return to the way they were before the current rift. He blasted opposition parties in Poland, Read more…
The Labour Party yesterday said the incessant workers’ strikes in Nigeria will not end until a government enthroned by workers which will prioritize citizens’ welfare emerges. The party said a Peter Obi presidency would give Nigerians a welfare government that Read more…
Seyi, son of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been linked to the purchase of a London mansion under fraud investigation by the federal government. Seyi reportedly bought the house in 2017 for $10.8m through his firm, Bloomberg reported. Citing previously Read more…
The Senate Tuesday directed its Committee on Interior to urgently investigate the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) over the circumstances leading to the delay of issuance and renewal of the Nigerian passport. The upper chamber also mandated the committee to investigate Read more…
The police force headquarters have announced the arrest and detention of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral officer, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari. Force Public Relations officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi said Ari was arrested by men of the Police Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Read more…
The former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George has slammed President-elect Bola Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga for fanning embers of war over his anti-Igbo comments. George also condemned the ethnic profiling against Igbo Read more…