Boris Johnson, the prime minister who oversaw the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union and his country’s struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, has announced his resignation, having lost the support of top cabinet ministers. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now,” Johnson said on Thursday at the door of Number 10…
Boris Johnson’s premiership is on the brink after a whirlwind two days in Westminster that saw 46 Tory MPs sensationally quit their roles in Government. In an historic collapse the PM suffered the highest number of government resignations of any Prime Minister since 1932, as three Cabinet ministers, 16 ministers, 22 parliamentary private secretaries, four…
Giving a breakdown of the number of inmates who escaped, in a statement by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Umar Abubakar said 443 inmates have been recaptured, while 551 inmates are currently in custody. He also said 443 inmates are still at large, 4 inmates were killed during the attack while 16…
Russian raids targeted cities in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to Kyiv. In Kramatorsk, a local official reported casualties while several people were reportedly injured Sloviansk.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has flown to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers, which is set to be overshadowed by tensions triggered by…
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned his office on Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain’s government.Johnson made the official announcement at Downing Street on Thursday. He said he will continue to serve until a new leader emerges. The former PM has faced a barrage of criticism…
The lives of military officers who led the arrest of terrorists freed during the Kuje prison jailbreak are in danger. The Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) sects have vowed to go after them and their families. ISWAP has claimed responsibility for the invasion of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja….
He gave in after more than 40 ministers quit his government and told him to go. In a statement delivered outside Number 10 Downing Street on Thursday, Johnson announced his resignation, saying that it was clear the Conservative Party needed a new leader.“The timetable will be announced next week.” “I will serve until there is…
Australia says it will begin offering a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines from next week to people aged 30 years and above. The announcement on Thursday came as hospital admissions across the country rose, fuelled by the highly transmissible new Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5.The new subvariants have now become the dominant coronavirus strains in…
Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has constituted a 17-man Truth, Justice and Peace Committee.Disclosing this in a statement, Chairman of the committee Prof. Chidi Anslem Odinkalu, said the committee was constituted to: “identify the remote and immediate causes of the agitations, restiveness, violence, and struggle in the South East since 1999. Document…