Thursday, 19 December, 2024

Month: November 2024


Moscow could use its new Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s office in Kiev, senior Russian MP Aleksey Zhuravlyov has said. Russia revealed the Oreshnik to the world on November 21, when it was used to hit Read more…


Investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has been released by the Nigerian Army. Soyombo’s release was revealed on Friday evening by one of his lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike who said that he was let go shortly after 7 pm. Daily Sun reported that Read more…


Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has decried the unabated security challenge in the country, noting that mindless waste of human lives and attack on businesses and critical infrastructure can’t be allowed to continue. He stated this on Read more…


Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has voiced the North’s opposition to President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reforms Bill currently before the National Assembly. which was posted on X, Zulum stressed that the North will not be party to the proposed Read more…


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), has been officially reappointed for a second term as Director-General. The WTO shared the announcement on Friday, November 29, via its verified X (formerly Twitter) Read more…


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, continues to make waves on the international stage as he joins President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a pivotal state visit to France. This significant trip, which includes a high-level meeting Read more…


The Assistant Governor of the Rotary International Club, Zone 23, Nnewi, Rotarian Tony Muodielu, has expressed his joy and excitement over the ongoing visit of the District Governor 9142, Rotarian (Prof.) A.U Nnonyelu to Nnewi Zone 21, 22, and 23. Read more…


Russian forces have launched a series of retaliatory strikes in response to Ukraine using Western-supplied long-range weapons in its cross-border attacks, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The troops have struck the positions of ATACMS launchers and Read more…


Reactions have continued to trail the arrest of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, with some South-East indigenes calling for his sentencing in Finland. On Thursday last week, the Finnish authorities arrested Ekpa alongside four others and they Read more…


A prosecution witness, John Adetola, on Thursday told a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja that he received and handed over $400,000 to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele while he was his Read more…


The British government raked in over N68 billion from processing over 225,000 UK visa applications from Nigerians between June 2023 and June 2024. During the launch of Africa’s largest UK visa application center in Lagos this week, the British High Commission Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Justice Development Peace Caritas (JDPC) of Nnewi Catholic Diocese has partnered Ward Development Committees(WDCs), the officers in charge of Primary Health Centres and others on Strengthening Public Accountability for Results and Knowledge (SPARK 11) The capacity strengthening Read more…