From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State police command has given reason for the detention of an Oraifite, Ekwusigo LGA based activist, Bonny Okonkwo. The reason for the detention was contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Read more…
The situation on the front lines is becoming increasingly disadvantageous for Ukraine, a Kiev-based correspondent with German daily Die Welt reported this week. Ukrainian troops severely lack ammunition and personnel to fend off Russian attacks, according to Paul Ronzheimer, citing Read more…
A U.N. human rights official accused Israel on Friday of mistreating Palestinian detainees in Gaza, saying he had met men who had described being held for weeks, beaten and blindfolded, with some released in diapers. Ajith Sunghay, a U.N. human Read more…
A fire has erupted at the export terminal of Novatek, Russia’s second-largest natural gas producer, the governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko confirmed early Sunday morning. There were no casualties reported as a result of the blaze in the commercial Baltic sea Read more…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has lamented over the sorry state the social media has fallen into in recent times. According to him, the social media space has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by Read more…
Most people do not know or remember that, strictly speaking, there were and remain no official results for Nigeria’s 2007 presidential election. Organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the vote itself occurred on 21 April 2007 under Maurice Read more…
Five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja recently have regained their freedom on Saturday night. As of the time of filing this report, our correspondent could not Read more…
A human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, talks to DIRISU YAKUBU about the deteriorating security situation in the country, and the current administration’s war against corruption, among others The security situation in the country is taking a dangerous dimension. What do Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Miss Oluchukwu Chioma Nzomiwu who won and was recently crowned Ada Orai 2023/24 beauty pageant has rolled out her empowerment program for Oraifite youths and children in general. Miss Nzomiwu defeated five other contestants to emerge victorious Read more…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned French Ambassador Pierre Levy in the aftermath of a deadly missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkov that killed more than 60 foreign mercenaries, predominantly French nationals. Moscow has summoned the French envoy Read more…
carrying out airstrikes in three countries across the Middle East. It has sent billions of dollars in military hardware and is providing tactical support for its closest ally in the region, which is embroiled in a war against one militant Read more…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives on Thursday ordered the Federal Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment, along with its past and present Permanent Secretaries, to jointly refund a whopping sum of N75 billion to the covers Read more…