Thursday, 17 October, 2024

Month: June 2023


Nigeria’s new lawmakers were sworn in on Tuesday following February elections, setting the stage for President Bola Tinubu to submit cabinet nominees in a process likely to signal how he intends to tackle a struggling economy and growing insecurity. The Read more…


he captured NATO hardware was abandoned by Ukrainians in battle, the Defense Ministry has claimed Credit: The Russian Defense Ministry The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage which it said shows Russian troops in Zaporozhye Region inspecting NATO-supplied armor that Read more…


It is over! Senator Akpabio defeated Senator Yari in a hotly contested race for the Senate President. He was promptly sworn in. More later…


Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86. Berlusconi had been admitted to San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday, and the Corriere della Sera newspaper later described his condition as “very serious.” According to Read more…


Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defenses as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv’s forces are facing an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. But analysts say Moscow also has Read more…


The Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace, Toyin Olajide, has stated that the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, lied about some of the claims he made about the airline during his Sunday interview on Arise Television. According to the COO, Read more…


Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he won’t comment much on the Bola Tinubu presidency until the conclusion of the election petitions tribunal where the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll is being challenged. Clark stated Read more…


On Monday, President Bola Tinubu marked the 2023 Democracy Day celebration by inspecting a Guard of Honour at the Forecourt located within the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the day’s planned activities. Ahead of President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Read more…


Barely 24 hours to the election of the presiding officers of the National Assembly, supporters of former Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, have started celebrating over a fast-circulating rumour that an aspirant for the position of Senate President, Abdulaziz Yari, Read more…


THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Monday, urged Nigerians to stop consumption of hides (pomo), smoked meat and bush meat over outbreak of Anthrax in some neighbouring countries. The alert was contained in a statement signed by the Read more…


The Student Loan Bill, which has just been signed into law by President Bola Tinubu is expected to see the establishment of an education bank. President Tinubu signed the bill on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that, in Read more…


It’s high time that Russia understood it can only communicate with the West from a position of power, the nation’s top senator, Valentina Matvienko, said in a statement on Sunday. Moscow does not see Western nations as traditional enemies, she Read more…