Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said he would soon call an expanded Security Council Meeting in the state, which would include traditional rulers, to strategise on how to prevent attacks on communities in the state. He said this on Wednesday night at the inauguration of a Mini-Mapo Hall built by the Ibadan South-West Traditional…
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, is currently in a closed-door meeting with executives of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria. The meeting started at about 4:30pm on Friday when the Senate President got to the National Assembly complex. The PUNCH reports that, although the executives had invited the media to the meeting, the members refused…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, in what political observers said was part of reconciliatory moves to pacify aggrieved aspirants of the APC presidential ticket. Tinubu was accompanied to the meeting…
he National Secretary of Labour Party, Umar Ibrahim, has said that Peter Obi remains the party’s presidential flagbearer, adding that there is no faction in the party. Ibrahim made the declaration while addressing newsmen on Friday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Commissioner for Information of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus…
The UK’s defence secretary Ben Wallace has been on an unannounced visit to Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence said he was there for two days this week and met his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov, as well as President Volodymyr Zelensky. In a video posted on the president’s official Telegram channel, Wallace is seen telling Zelensky…
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde says the country aims to make constructive progress in talks with Turkey over the Nordic country’s application to join Nato. Sweden and Finland applied to join Nato last month in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated his opposition to the application. He…
Amnesty International says that three foreign soldiers sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court is a situation that “has no precedent”. Two Britons, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan national Brahim Saaudun were captured by Russian troops while fighting for Ukraine. All three were convicted by a court which is not internationally recognised…
Back to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – who is now taking questions from UK university students. The first comes from the University of Birmingham where the president is asked about the plan to rebuild Ukraine. Zelensky says it will be a “big project” that will become “unstoppable” once it starts. “It’s all about rebuilding our…
Ukraine is an extreme hostile environment for fighter pilots, whether they be Russian or Ukrainian. Surface-to-air missile systems cover the skies, ranging from shoulder-launched “Stinger” MANPADs to advanced S-300 and S-400 long-range SAMs. Aircraft carrying out ground attack roles include the Su-25 “Frogfoot”, a plane that’s being used by both sides in this war. Because…
