The United States told Ukraine to accept its “platinum” offer of security guarantees or risk losing them completely. US officials said Nato-style guarantees were on offer on Monday in Germany, at peace talks that could end the war if Ukraine agrees to Read more…
The resolution followed concerns raised during plenary over false social media reports alleging that Mr Akpabio was critically ill or had died abroad. The Senate on Tuesday asked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the State Security Services (SSS) Read more…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a Proclamation further restricting entry to the United States for nationals from countries deemed high-risk due to “demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing” that threaten U.S. national security and public Read more…
Leaders and traditional rulers in communities across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have vowed to continue supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his administration, noting that the appointment of an Abuja indigene as a minister and to other strategic national Read more…
The Nigerian Bar Association has expressed sadness over the death of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Justice Muhammad died in Saudi Arabia and his passing marks the end of a significant chapter in Nigeria’s judicial Read more…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed support for the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, describing him as a key asset of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and urged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Read more…
Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Peter Obi, has delivered a blistering indictment of Nigeria’s political leadership, declaring that the country’s staggering youth unemployment crisis is not a failure of young people but a monumental collapse of leadership. Obi Read more…
A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic Read more…
In an interview with DCL Hausa on Sunday, Mr Matawalle said violent attacks were employed against former President Goodluck Jonathan in the run-up to the 2015 general election. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has alleged that a Read more…
Civil society groups in the country have demanded a federal probe into corruption allegations levelled by the Dangote Group President Aliko Dangote against the chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed. Recall Read more…
President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has the raised alarm over what he described as widespread and deliberate sabotage crippling Nigeria’s downstream oil sector. He revealed that the Port Harcourt Refinery reportedly suffered more than 100 Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an Aba-based lawyer, Mr. Emperor Ogbonna, have faulted the judgment of the Supreme Court on the power of the President to suspend a state governor and other elected state government officials. But human rights lawyer, Read more…