Moscow could move to seize property owned by US-linked entities and citizens in Russia, should Washington attempt to confiscate Russian assets being held abroad, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. The US and its allies are Read more…
Of the dozens of people hurt Tuesday during turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London, more than 20 have suffered spinal injuries, according to a Bangkok hospital that treated some of the passengers. Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, director of the Samitivej Read more…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has made clear that it would cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) if proposed arrest warrants are issued against Israeli leaders over alleged war crimes against the Palestinians. Speaking at a press briefing on Read more…
In its further negotiation with the federal government, organised labour has reduced its request for a living minimum national wage from its initial N615,000 to N500,000. The new figure followed its inability to reach an agreement on the earlier demand Read more…
As CP Itam restates Commitment to sustain Police onslaught Operations and Security/Safety dominance in the State The Policing plan and model on Practical Intelligence, Technology-driven, and Tactical Operations already placed by the Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has Read more…
The federal government has apologised to Nigerians over the economic pains they go through as a result of the reforms embarked upon by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The apology came yesterday from the minister of budget and economic planning, Read more…
In an unprecedented move, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted permission to a detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge, to travel to his hometown to bury his mother. The court, Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all current Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to re-apply for new licenses in their chosen categories. This directive was announced on Wednesday in a circular issued by the apex bank, signed by Haruna Read more…
The tripartite minimum wage negotiation meeting involving Organised Labour, the federal and state governments, and the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in deadlock, following Labour’s dismissal of the government’s N54,000 offer as expected. Labour leaders also lamented the absence of state Read more…
The APC-PDP Youth Forum has welcomed the court judgment invalidating the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement signed by its chairman, Comrade Nwogu Benjamin, the group Read more…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, joined a crowd of party faithful in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday to pay a solidarity visit to the Labour Party led by Barr Julius Abure Read more…
Palpable fear has gripped communities in Plateau State after unmen suspected to be bandits attacked Zurak and Bankalala villages in Bashar District of Wase local government area of Plateau State, killing more than 50 residents, including vigilantes, and injuring others Read more…