Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and UN chief Guterres have met Turkish President Erdogan in the western city of Lviv. “The visit of the President of Turkey to Ukraine is a powerful message of support from such a powerful country,” Zelenskyy said in a statement, adding that they would discuss cereals exports and Zaporizhzhia. As a potential…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has agreed to the parameters of a potential mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, after repeated shelling of the complex raised Speaking at a news conference in Lviv on Thursday following a trilateral meeting with the Turkish president and the UN secretary-general, Zelenskyy…
August 18 marks 100 days since veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while on assignment in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The 51-year-old Palestinian-American TV correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic was wearing a protective vest marked with “PRESS” and standing with other journalists when she was shot dead…
The Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman, Dr. Walid Jibrin, has urged the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s teams to sheath their sword. He said it was important for both politicians’ camps to allow efforts being put in place to resolve the party’s internal crisis materialise. The BoT…
…7,500 Commercial Motorcycles Impounded, Crushed Since June 1 …‘Enforcement’ll Be Total, Livelihood Support For Willing Riders’ – Govt Lagos State Government, on Thursday, extended a ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, to four more Local Government Areas (LGAs) and six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). Effective from September 1, 2022,…
The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Ajeromi Ifelodun Federal constituency of Lagos State, Hon. Francis Barthlomew Chima aka OmoBarca has won the case instituted against him by Mrs Emilia Ezeude, an aspirant during the party primaries election that took place on May, 23rd. Mrs Ezeude had approached a Federal High Court sitting…
Speaking in a rare public interview, Lt Gen Sir Jim Hockenhull also said he had been keeping a very close eye on Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons. On 23 February this year, Gen Hockenhull had been working late into the night. He cycled home at midnight, and went to bed at about 01:00. He…
The incarcerated human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has been abused in the Uyo prison, with his hair and beard forcefully scraped by prison officials, a lawyer has said. The lawyer, Augustine Asuquo, is the head of the Inibehe Effiong Chambers in Uyo. “When I met him that yesterday (Wednesday) I hardly could recognise him if…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its commemoration of the 2022 International Youth Day, globally celebrated today, 12 August 2022 and themed “Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages.” The International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the…
