President Joe Biden on Friday called for a removal of normal trade relations with Russia, allowing for new tariffs on Russian imports in yet another effort to ratchet up sanctions over Moscow’s intensifying invasion of Ukraine. Biden said the move will Read more…
Russia should arm its allies in the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk with weapons captured from the Ukrainian armed forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu suggested on Friday. The Donbass forces would put to good use the arms, including Read more…
A Lagos State Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Friday, has remanded the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Andrew Nice, accused of being responsible for the death of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, for 30 days. Magistrate Omobola Salawu ordered Read more…
Men of the Ones State Security Network otherwise known as Operation Amotekun have arrested no fewer than 23 suspected kidnappers in the state. The state commandant of the corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye who paraded the suspects in Akure said the Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said the Nigeria’s economy would remain vulnerable and weak, if illegal bunkering and artisanal refining of crude oil continue unabated. Governor Wike made the observation at the commissioning and presentation of 14 ballistic gunboats, donated Read more…
Eighteen soldiers were on Tuesday killed while eight others were injured in a deadly attack on a patrol team by terrorists, alias bandits, in Kanya community of Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Two Read more…
Suspected herdsmen have killed six persons in separate attacks on two communities of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The latest attack attack on Iye community in Uvir Council Ward and another around Yelwata community is coming barely 24 Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The former chairman of Police Service Commission(PSC) Chief Simon Okeke on Thursday advised the Anambra State governor elect, Prof Charles Soludo to give utmost priority to security in his administration. Chief Okeke during an interactive session with Read more…
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” at a campaign event over the weekend. “Remember that Zelensky is a thug,” Cawthorn said in a video obtained by WRAL. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and Read more…
Belarusian experts have been instructed to restore the energy supply to the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant, in the north of Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We can Read more…
There may be a need for direct talks between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Russian president is ready to take part in such negotiations, but it would require some preparation, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has Read more…
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, reiterated his call to the people of the state to stop crying over herdsmen invasion, but to take up arms to confront the invading herders. The governor also fumed over the situation Read more…