The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a press release making the rounds that the 2023 Igbo Day Celebration will be held in the City of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The press release signed by High Chief Read more…
Category: Policy
Germany can take in no more migrants, the country’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said. He expressed sympathy for Italy, which has been overwhelmed by a new influx of arrivals, adding that an effective EU-wide redistribution mechanism must be created to Read more…
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Amina Adamu Augie on Thursday, called on the Godswill Akpabio-led 10th National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended to enhance the functioning of courts Read more…
Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the war’s progress while facing new questions about the flow of American dollars that for 19 Read more…
Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has announced the revocation of 167 plots of land in some highbrow districts of the nation’s capital, Abuja. Areas affected are Maitama, Gudu, Wuye which had the highest revocation, 41; Katampe, Katampe Extension, Read more…
THE horror caused by the perennial Oshodi-Apapa Expressway gridlock continued yesterday, with the traffic snarl stretching to the Second Rainbow bus stop. Commuters wailed as the Task Force set up by Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu to clear the traffic and Ports Read more…
Russian peacekeeping forces are cooperating with all sides of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. His remarks came shortly after Azerbaijan and officials in the breakaway region agreed a ceasefire. Speaking during a meeting with Read more…
Iran and the U.S. executed the final steps of a highly complex diplomatic deal that saw five Americans released from an Iranian prison on Monday. The prisoners landed safely on U.S. soil on Tuesday morning after years spent locked away in Tehran’s Read more…
Armenia’s ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan has called on the US to intervene in the renewed fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, asking Washington to defend the region’s civilian population. “Now, Azerbaijan has started a large-scale aggression and military operation against the peaceful people of Read more…
The United States of America’s Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Wally Adeyemo, has assured Nigeria that President Joe Biden is committed to a strong U.S.-Nigeria relationship that is built on shared values and mutual benefits.Adeyemo said this in an address Read more…
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday morning, officially resumed work in his new office at 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue. This was after receiving an official letter to that effect from the governor, Godwin Obaseki. He was Read more…
There were hints yesterday that the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele and other top officials of the bank may face trial after all. This follows the stalling of the plea bargain move between the Federal Government Read more…