Up to nine out of ten Ukrainian army draftees who joined in the last year have been either killed or wounded in action, a senior conscription officer in the country’s Poltava Region said on Friday, according to local media. Speaking at Read more…
Month: September 2023
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland. The documentation undercuts the Holy See’s Read more…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, is expected to constitute the Supreme Court panel that will hear the appeal arising from the Presidential Election Petitions Court’s judgment. The PEPC had upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu of Read more…
Recent judgments of the Election Petition Tribunals in the Plateau State have stirred a hornet’s nest as the people, who have rejected most of the tribunal judgments, are alleging serious political interference. Seriki Adinoyi writes A majority of the people of Plateau Read more…
Dr. Kunle Akindele is the Special Adviser to Osun State governor on Health Matters, and a former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, in the state. In his interview, he speaks about the state of the nation and its impact Read more…
The rains which started in the early hours of Saturday continued till very late in the afternoon, leaving many road unpassable while many resident were sent out of their apartments. At the Ile-Epo area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Read more…
Miffed by Soyinka’s comment, the Labour Party said statesmen are not known to be double faced and blind to the truth. In a statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Mr Obiora Iffoh, the party said while Soyinka is a Read more…
Some aggrieved senators have started making moves to impeach the Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio, when the Senate reconvenes on September 26, 2023. LEADERSHIP Weekend investigations revealed that two prominent senators from the North West and other senators across the Read more…
Kiev’s pledge to hunt down Russian media figures echoes its infamous ‘Peacekeeper’ kill list and is a threat to all members of the profession, independent Dutch Journalist Sonja van den Ende told RT in an interview on Friday. The warning Read more…
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) official has contradicted the claim by the Nigerian government that it has lifted the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. According to CNN, the official from the Gulf state disclosed this in a chat. “There Read more…
The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy.” The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said so today, Friday, September 15. He was speaking to journalists during a visit to the Côte Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, says Nigeria is “gradually losing one of the biggest intangible assets that make a nation strong, which is respect for the rule of law”. In a statement Read more…