Two US Army helicopters crashed during a nighttime training mission in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers on board, a general said Thursday. The helicopters — variants of the Black Hawk designed for medical evacuation — were taking part in a routine training mission the night before when the crash occurred, Brigadier General John Lubas […]
The Benue State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the Kashi Philip-led Igyorov ward exco in the Gboko Local Government Area of the state over the crisis that led to the suspension of the party’s former National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The acting Chairman of the PDP in Benue, Isaac […]
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Thursday accused Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti, the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the just-concluded March 18 governorship election in the state of being unfair to all parties that participated in the poll. Ikpeazu, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, said Nnannaya-Oti […]
Turkey on Thursday became the final NATO nation to ratify Finland’s membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country’s accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly blessed the bid. “This evening, we are keeping the promises we made to Finland,” […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking to nullify the participation of Bola Tinubu in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary. A five-member panel of justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro yesterday held that the appeal was filed outside the time required by […]
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total public debt hit N46.25 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022. The country’s public debt consists of domestic and external debt stocks of the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) and the subnational governments — the 36 states and the federal capital territory […]
advocating an interim government after the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari are daydreaming. He made the comment after a meeting with the President on Thursday at the State House in Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents, he asserted that the support of interim government would be working against the principle of democracy, […]
Promoters of Ponzi schemes now risk up to 10 years imprisonment following the passage of the Investments and Securities Amendment Bill (ISB) 2023 into law by the Senate. The bill, which is expected to aid the functioning of the capital market and facilitate the ongoing economic diversification in the country, among others, had been […]
There were claims, on Thursday, that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre, had resigned his position as minister to pursue his ambition as governor of Bayelsa State, but senior officials of his ministry could not confirm this. Although they admitted that it the rule of the All Progressives Congress required the […]
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump over hush money paid to pornstar Stormy Daniels, Daily mail reports. According to four people with knowledge of the matter, this historic will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal […]
