Former high-level Russian official Anatoly Chubais is in a European hospital suffering from symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological condition, according to prominent Russian journalist and TV personality Ksenia Sobchak. Sobchak says she spoke to Chubais’ wife, who said her husband’s “state is unstable. He felt bad very suddenly, he began to stop feeling the…
England’s Euro 2022 football win “will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future generations”, Queen Elizabeth II has said after the Lionesses beat Germany 2-1 to lift their first major trophy. Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal secured England’s win at a sold-out Wembley on Sunday.“Your success goes far beyond the trophy you…
The UN Secretary-General welcomes the first shipment of grain from the port of Odesa since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Monday. The Secretary-General “warmly welcomes” the departure of the M/V Razoni, the first commercial ship leaving Ukraine’s port of Odesa since 26 February 2022, according…
The United States Embassy in Kyiv praised the departure of the first grain shipment from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since Russia began its invasion of the country. “We welcome the departure of the first vessel from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb 24,” the embassy said in a tweet on Monday….
Barely a month after he dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress over the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket, a die-hard chieftain of the APC, Daniel Bwala, announced that he had joined the Peoples Democratic Party. Bwala, who was a Special Adviser on Legal and Constitutional Matters to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, had announced his resignation…
Northern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress on Friday called on Nigerians not to vote for any ticket that was not mixed between Christians and Muslims during the 2023 elections. According to them, since the Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidency was divisive, it must be rejected by all patriotic Nigerians. They bared their minds…
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Friday congratulated Rev. Daniel Okoh, on being the newly-elected president of the Christian Association of Nigeria. Tinubu, who is a former Lagos State governor in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, described the new CAN president as a “worthy successor”. Rev. Okoh was elected…
Katsina, Kwara and Gombe State Governments have declared Friday (today) as a public holiday in their respective states to enable civil servants and allied workers to collect their Permanent Voter Cards. The Director-General, New Media to the Katsina State Governor,, El-Amin Isah, in a statement on Wednesday, said, “The Katsina state government has declared Friday,…
The Lead Pastor, Trinity House Church, Lagos, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has urged Christians to vote for the least corrupt presidential candidate among those jostling to rule Nigeria in 2023. Ighodalo spoke on Wednesday in Ibadan at the Femi Emmanuel Lecture Series 2022, titled, ‘Democracy and good governance in Nigeria: The role of Christians in politics.’…
