The waiver is scheduled to stay in force until at least April 7, 2027 The US Treasury Department has announced a temporary sanctions waiver on the Russian fuel trade amid skyrocketing global prices. The move allows the sale, delivery, offloading, Read more…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has criticised the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his claim that he won the 2023 presidential election. This is even as they challenged him to honour an earlier Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old ex-convict, Chidera Anthony Eleh, popularly known as “Timaya”, over his alleged involvement in a series of motorcycle-assisted robberies targeting Point-of-Sale (POS) operators and other unsuspecting victims in Awka, Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stepped up enforcement of banking regulations, with banks now required to hold capital that reflects the level of risks they take. This comes as the regulator tightened its scrutiny of insider lending, corporate Read more…
Moscow “fully accepted” the US peace proposal put forward at the Anchorage summit, yet Europe derailed the process, Russia’s top diplomat has said The US gave in to pressure from the EU, which has openly gloated about undermining the Anchorage Read more…
The Presidency has said the growing number of governors backing President Bola Tinubu gives him a stronger political structure and an advantage over opposition candidates ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Read more…
At least 11 tankers have been attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz since last Monday, threatening a recovery in Persian Gulf oil exports as fighting spreads across the region. Four of the attacks occurred in the past two Read more…
By Don Peter Okoro JP-UN. Barely 5 months after Chybee Foundation For Women and Youths Empowerment organized a program where over 50 Women and Youths received Grants of #100,000 each, another massive program has taken place. The latest took place Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he believed Russia may have shared jet-drone technology with its longstanding ally North Korea. In recent weeks, Russia has sharply increased its use of jet-drones against Ukraine, which so far has no effective Read more…
A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has filed a $57 million lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and DCI Group over alleged defamation and conspiracy to kidnap and physically Read more…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has confirmed that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board a military aircraft that crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. Keyamo disclosed this in a statement on his Read more…
THE aim of a leader should be the welfare of the people whom he leads. I have used ‘welfare’ to denote the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the people—Chief Obafemi Awolowo in his 1967 address to Western leaders of Read more…