Sunday, 22 December, 2024

Month: May 2023


The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, was seriously wounded in a Russian missile strike near the city of Kherson earlier this month, a security source has told RIA Novosti. Zaluzhny, who has recently disappeared from the Read more…


The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile technology experts, stands accused of betraying secrets to China, two people familiar with the case told Reuters. Alexander Shiplyuk, head of Read more…


The US has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia – which Moscow says ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine. Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday, in one of Read more…


The acting head of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, has visited recently-liberated Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut) to assess the damage inflicted by months-long fighting in the city, posting footage from the scene to his Telegram channel Read more…


Kyiv is doomed to defeat against Russia in a war that has killed thousands of Ukrainians, left Ukraine’s cities battered and its economy in shambles, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday. Orban, speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum, argued Read more…


The attempt by governorship candidates of two political parties in Enugu state, Action Democratic Party (ADP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) to stop the inauguration of the Governor-elect and Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Mbah, as the Read more…


The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday gave the pre-hearing report on the ongoing petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=174&slotname=5559997686&adk=768292802&adf=1476382867&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=696&fwrn=4&lmt=1684881982&rafmt=11&format=696×174&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Ftribunal-consolidates-atiku-obi-apms-petitions%2F&wgl=1&dt=1684882384503&bpp=34&bdt=2290&idt=682&shv=r20230518&mjsv=m202305220101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Dd23e430cd68db516-2263e08f69dc0086%3AT%3D1682035222%3ART%3D1682035222%3AS%3DALNI_MZIFOvzExIobffrv1ixx02ZCMv7bg&gpic=UID%3D00000c06b6ffdb94%3AT%3D1682035222%3ART%3D1684881627%3AS%3DALNI_MYRTiWoMcWEz86N9YupwV4qRrEgkQ&pdopt=1&correlator=7939721207440&frm=20&pv=2&ga_vid=390727257.1675211171&ga_sid=1684882386&ga_hid=1875939824&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=22&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&adx=141&ady=1245&biw=1349&bih=615&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759837%2C44759927%2C44759876%2C31074469%2C31074812%2C44788441%2C44792646&oid=2&pvsid=3063237397185882&tmod=567562585&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2F&fc=896&brdim=-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C1366%2C0%2C1382%2C744%2C1366%2C615&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=1&uci=a!1&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=6sIQlg91oO&p=https%3A//thenigerialawyer.com&dtd=1504 The court also presented the trial schedule on the same day.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=250&slotname=5559997686&adk=47724073&adf=1026109716&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=300&lmt=1684881982&format=300×250&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Ftribunal-consolidates-atiku-obi-apms-petitions%2F&wgl=1&dt=1684882388573&bpp=4&bdt=6361&idt=5&shv=r20230518&mjsv=m202305220101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Dd23e430cd68db516-2263e08f69dc0086%3AT%3D1682035222%3ART%3D1682035222%3AS%3DALNI_MZIFOvzExIobffrv1ixx02ZCMv7bg&gpic=UID%3D00000c06b6ffdb94%3AT%3D1682035222%3ART%3D1684881627%3AS%3DALNI_MYRTiWoMcWEz86N9YupwV4qRrEgkQ&pdopt=1&prev_fmts=696×174%2C0x0%2C728x90%2C468x60&nras=1&correlator=7939721207440&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=390727257.1675211171&ga_sid=1684882386&ga_hid=1875939824&ga_fc=1&u_tz=60&u_his=22&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&adx=141&ady=1564&biw=1349&bih=615&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759837%2C44759927%2C44759876%2C31074469%2C31074812%2C44788441%2C44792646&oid=2&psts=ABHeCvjOm53XvzEG1lfMFX2A5QcwoZzZVwiQG2GUgOZVQN2sXtle8x0HXAsy9S2WFp-Rp-yJpP50Ihit1sWvWuL9YF4&pvsid=3063237397185882&tmod=567562585&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2F&fc=896&brdim=-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C1366%2C0%2C1382%2C744%2C1366%2C615&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CleEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=0&bc=31&ifi=6&uci=a!6&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=hr9gy9qoiI&p=https%3A//thenigerialawyer.com&dtd=15 The chairman of the five-man panel Read more…


President-elect Bola Tinubu has given a hint of what transpired at his meeting with ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Recall that Tinubu played host to Blair at Defence House, Abuja, on Tuesday. Tunde Rahman, the president-elect’s spokesman, who broke the Read more…


Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (rtd) is expected  to lead discussions at the Duke Masterclass, a premium experience and knowledge-sharing platform, put together to discuss the role of the private sector in an emerging economic rennaisance. The session, to be held on Read more…


Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been released on Tuesday night on bail, from the detention of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos. The development was confirmed by his attorney, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, in a telephone interview with our correspondent Read more…


The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the operating licenses of 132 microfinance banks in the country,  alongside those of four primary mortgage banks and three finance companies. This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which Read more…


A foremost human rights group based in Onitsha, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has traced the many killings in Imo State to the controversial judgement of the Supreme Court, which installed Senator Hope Uzodinma Read more…