The Defence Headquarters on Monday said troops had been placed on alert to support the police during the nationwide protest scheduled for Tuesday (today). This was as senior lawyers and civil society organisations cautioned against military deployment during the rally, Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has confirmed that the local government election set for October 5, 2024, will proceed as planned, stating that there is no legal barrier preventing the process. The governor encouraged political parties, candidates, and the electorate Read more…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006 and Read more…
Nigerian Senators from both Southern and Northern regions have expressed differing views over the agitation for the return to a regional system of government. They shared their opinions at the sidelines of a two-day retreat on the amendments to the Read more…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has emerged victorious in the 28 September 2024 local government elections in Anambra State, securing all chairmanship and councillorship seats across the 21 local government areas. Announcing the results late Sunday at the headquarters of Read more…
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said “nobody has the monopoly of causing violence” in the wake of the political rift between himself and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. He spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt at the Rivers State Read more…
An Abuja based Political Scientist, Statecraft and Preventive Peacebuilding Practitioner, Dr. Ayokunle FAGBEMI, the Executive Director of Center for Peacebuilding and Socio-Economic Resources Development (CePSERD), delivering the Keynote Address at the National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity, Zuma Deck organized Read more…
Small NATO members who dream about attacking Russia should know Article 5 is not effective against tactical nuclear weapons, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has said. The former Russian president and prime minister was commenting Read more…
Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the police, Department of State Services, and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned. The organisers have also written to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, Read more…
From Ijeoma John Nnewi Nnewi community were disappointed over the conduct of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission(ANSIEC) in disenfranchising the voters who came out massively to exercise their franchise. Labour Party chairmanship candidate,Dr Chidiebere Uba who spoke with some Read more…
From Ijeoma John Nnewi Nnewi community in Anambra State have called for the cancellation of the September 28 local government election. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Nnewi North, Mr Ifeamuma Nwafor Orizu declared that there was no voting Read more…
A top aide of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has triggered outrage by suggesting that Hungary would have fared better by not resisting the 1956 Soviet invasion, in comments that were also critical of Ukraine’s efforts today to push back Russian Read more…