A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by some persons to cause violence and chaos in the South-West and other parts of the country with the ultimate objective of truncating the conduct of the 2023 general elections. YAF alleged that some disgruntled persons in…
Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN)Award-winning American journalist Brent Renaud was killed by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Irpin, police in Kyiv said in social media posts on Sunday. Another American journalist was reported wounded. In a tweet, Kyiv region police identified the dead man as Renaud, who was 50. Police posted a photo of his…
The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday commended the Senate for rejecting an amendment of Section 84 of the Electoral Act. Saraki stated this when he featured in a Channels Television programme, “Sunday Politics.” President Muhammadu Buhari had about two weeks ago asked the lawmakers to take another look at Section 84 of the…
he Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has reiterated that he didn’t exonerate the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, of complicity in money laundering. Malami, in a statement his media aide, Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, made available to newsmen on Sunday, described reports that Kyari was exonerated…
… As NDLEA seizes 40 parcels of Cocaine at MMIA; consignments of Heroin, Codeine, Tramadol at Apapa port, Kaduna, Yobe, Anambra Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos while on…
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Sunday the Lekki Deep Seaport in Lagos State would begin full commercial activities in September. The minister, who disclosed this during the inspection of the Lekki Deep Seaport site in Lagos, described the project as a huge achievement for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Amaechi said the project…
Russia took direct aim on Sunday at a hub for western arms shipments and fighters in Ukraine, launching a barrage of airstrikes at a military base near the Polish border that killed at least 35 people and brought the war perilously closer to Nato’s doorstep. A day after warning that weapons flowing into Ukraine from…
What would have led to a major crisis at the ever busy Balogun Business Association, (BBA) International Center for Commerce(ICC) at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos was recently averted.This was sequel to the wisdom and professionalism which the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr Abiodun Alabi deployed to douse the brewing tension created…
As Russia continues attacks in Ukraine, global health leaders warn that “certainly there’ll be a rise in Covid-19.” Some activists in the region already have seen a spread of the disease. “Some of our volunteers got infected with Covid while helping manage refugees at the border or refugee centers. And because in both Moldova and…
