Flight recorder data from the Russian military transport plane that crashed while carrying Ukrainian POWs last week has confirmed that the aircraft was intentionally shot down, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing a source. The Il-76 went down over Russia’s Belgorod Region, Read more…
Some recent appointments made by the Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, have drawn the ire of the state’s House of Assembly. The Assembly at its 100th legislative sitting on Monday, January 29, particularly faulted the appointment of Goodlife Ben as Read more…
At least 1,500 members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria will on Friday resume at its Lagos office following their redeployment from the headquarters, The PUNCH has learned. A source at the apex bank told our correspondent exclusively that the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Senator representing Ananbra South Senatorial District in the Senate, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah has declared his intentions to contest in the 2025 Ananbra State governorship election. Sen Ubah made the declaration during an interactive session with journalists Read more…
Russia should place its nuclear weapons in “friendly countries” near the US in response to Washington’s alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested. His comments came after The Telegraph reported on Saturday Read more…
The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday said that it was ready for “a negotiated solution” after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced they were quitting the group. The three countries are “important members of the community,” and Read more…
President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first Read more…
Men should “sneak up” on their wives and impregnate them this very evening, the mayor of the city of Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Region in southern Russia has insisted. The fact that in Nevinnomyssk, which has a population of some 117,000, Read more…
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has denied a report by an online newspaper claiming that he authorised the payment of N9.3bn meant for road construction to a Mirco-Finance Bank. Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery promotion platform, had accused the Read more…
PRESS STATEMENT SIGNED BY H.E ATIKU ABUBAKAR In what appears to be a landmark economic decision of the Bola Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government last year, precisely on August 16, 2023 through the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) secured a Read more…
The Rivers House of Assembly on Friday stripped Governor Siminalayi Fubara of power to appoint a caretaker committee for local government areas in the state after rejecting the governor’s veto against the legislation. The lawmakers overwhelmingly voted against Mr Fubara’s Read more…
Azerbaijan may quit the Council of Europe due to a dispute over human rights, the country’s official news agency APA reported on Thursday. The news came after the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted to suspend Baku’s Read more…