Moscow has the names of thousands of foreign nationals employed to fight for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Russian troops have been tasked with “meticulously gathering information” about such people, Rodion Miroshnik, who is leading a special mission to investigate Read more…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afam Osigwe, has officially taken his oath of office and has been inaugurated as the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Osigwe will serve alongside other newly sworn-in national officers for the next two Read more…
Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time leading goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, has been honoured with a special award from UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin in recognition of his remarkable legacy in the world’s most prestigious competition. Ronaldo’s achievements in Europe’s premier Read more…
Confusion has erupted at the Senator Stella Oduah’s Estate, Akili-Ozizor community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the controversial circumstances that led to the shooting and killing of a final year Fine and Applied Arts student of Read more…
The Federal Government has approved a 50 percent subsidy for electricity tariff in public hospitals across the country. This was announced by Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, while commissioning some projects at the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Read more…
The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has described his invitation by the Nigeria Police Force as a hazard of the job. Ajaero said this while addressing journalists at the NLC Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday shortly after Read more…
By Don Peter Okoro. The President of Nnewi Youth Forum, Hon. Ucheagwu Ejim has commended both indigenes and non- indigenes of Nnewi for the peaceful and successful conduct of the 2024 Afiaolu Nnewi Cultural Festival which is presently ongoing. The Read more…
From Ijeoma John Nnewi The mother of Obi Afamefuna Charles Obi, Ogidi the fourth, Late Lolo Felicia Uzoamaka Obi (Nnediebube) was buried on Thursday, 22nd of August 2024 in Obi Uruagu’s palace, Nnewi amidst eulogies from illustrious sons and daughters Read more…
A French court has formally indicted Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of complicity in a litany of offenses and barring him from leaving France until the case against him concludes. Durov appeared before a magistrates’ court in Paris on Read more…
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has directed all Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, to complete the mandatory verification and linkage of Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers (NINs) by September 14, 2024. The NCC, on Wednesday, gave an update Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to criticism from former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, by suggesting that George should turn his attention to advising President Bola Tinubu on reassessing policies that have exacerbated Read more…
Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the policy setting 18 years as the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions. In a statement yesterday, Abubakar, who was a 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the policy belongs Read more…