The Kremlin said on Monday that no sanctions would ever force Russia to change course in the Ukraine war, hours after the United States and the European Union indicated they were considering additional economic restrictions. The West has imposed tens Read more…
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has renewed his longstanding call for the adoption of a single African currency, warning that the continent’s overreliance on the US dollar continues to weaken local economies and undermine Africa’s development agenda. Speaking during a Read more…
The Federal Government on Tuesday brokered peace between the management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Limited and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), paving the way for workers of the refinery to unionise. The agreement was Read more…
The National Assembly Management has formally declined Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to resume legislative duties after serving her six-month suspension over alleged misconduct. The National Assembly bureaucracy stated that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension remained in force, pending the outcome of the Read more…
The Kaduna State Police Command has insisted on the personal appearance of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai and six other senior members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) before the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to answer its summon. Spokesperson of Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The commercial town of Onitsha was on Tuesday thrown into pandemonium as OCHA brigade allegedly shot four people dead. The incident which happened in the early business hours at Emeka Offor Plaza caused many traders in the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The candidature of the Labour Party(LP) standard bearer in the November 8 Anambra State governorship election, Dr George Moghalu received a boost on Tuesday as he got royal blessings from HRH M.U.N Okonkwo-Etusi (Owelle Eziowelle, Igwe of Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu (CP) on Tuesday held a press briefing to commemorate his six months in office. CP Orutugu said that the past seven months he has spent policing Anambra State has Read more…
Ex-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba claimed he managed to “run away” from the country shortly before Vladimir Zelensky enacted a decree barring former diplomats from foreign trips. Kuleba, who is currently in Poland, made the remarks in an interview with Corriere della Read more…
To form a formidable opposition against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and beat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election, supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan have started wooing key aspirants to back his ambition. With the APC hierarchy Read more…
•Obi calls for national security emergency FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, decried the weekend gruesome killing of scores of people by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. In a post on his X handle, Atiku expressed deep sadness Read more…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has warned that Nigeria’s rising debt profile has exceeded the country’s legal threshold and now poses a major threat to fiscal sustainability. Abbas spoke on Monday at the opening of the Read more…