For the first time, the NATO Response Force has been activated as a defensive measure in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Tod Wolters activated the multinational force consisting of land, air, sea and special operations forces from the allies that can deploy quickly in support of the NATO […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the new electoral act will ensure credible and transparent elections in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill on Friday at a ceremony held at the federal executive council (FEC) chamber in the presidential villa in Abuja. According to a statement issued on Friday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP […]
The world must brace for a long war between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow launched an invasion of its pro-Western neighbour, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Saturday. “I can tell you one thing this morning it is that this war will last,” Macron’s told France’s annual agriculture fair. “This crisis will last, this war […]
Fire has engulfed some buildings of the spare parts stores at Ladipo market in Mushin, Lagos State. Several shops situated at a section of the market called – Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Center, Paramo, Ladipo Market were razed during the incident. The fire broke out on Friday night. Multiple sources confirmed that the fire started […]
The nine oil-producing states in Nigeria shared N450.60 billion from the federation account through the 13 percent derivation formula in 2021. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Ondo, Imo, Lagos and Abia received the fund. The 13 percent derivation fund comes from the federation revenue to […]
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice Friday said it had not received any matter relating to the self-acclaimed Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who is facing trial in the Republic of Benin. Speaking with journalists at the end of its one-week sensitisation mission to Kwara State, the deputy president of […]
A high-rise apartment block was hit by a missile overnight in Kyiv as fighting raged between Russian attackers and Ukrainian forces, officials said Saturday. Emergency services said the number of victims was “being specified” and that an evacuation was underway. They posted a picture online of the tower block with a hole covering at least […]
The Federal Government has met with envoys of the G7 countries in Nigeria, expressing worries over the Russian-Ukraine conflict with a call for peace to resolve the conflict. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, met with the envoys on Friday in Abuja, saying that the Nigerian government called for peace and the use of […]
All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has disclosed that if given the support to become Nigeria’s president, he will unite the country’s different ethnic groups. Speaking at Ataoja’s palace in Osogbo of Friday, as part of his consultation tour of the country, he said Nigeria needs a man that can harness the nation’s […]
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja summoned the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexei Shebarshin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Kirdoda Valerii over the raging conflict between their countries and the need to evacuate Nigerians living there. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, met with the envoys separately behind closed doors. Onyeama said he […]
