Russian President Vladimir Putin described Monday’s talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Kremlin as useful, substantive and business-like, and said that some of Macron’s ideas could form a basis for further joint steps. The French leader travelled to Moscow for talks amid an East-West standoff over a Russian military buildup near Ukraine and…
No fewer than 175 employees of APM Terminals Apapa, have graduated as Lean Practitioners since the beginning of the Lean Academy in 2019. Mr Martin Kjeldsen, Way of Working (WoW) Project Manager, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, on Sunday. Lean thinking is a transformational framework that provides a…
North-East Women for Peace, a non-partisan group, has commended the Nigeria Armed Forces for the sustained raid on Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the region. The group gave the commendation in a statement by its Coordinator, Mrs Fatima Bindir, on Monday in Abuja. Bindir said the renewed synergy between the three services…
Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday faulted a report on security challenges in the country, published in the January 31, 2022 edition of Financial Times of London Newspaper, saying banditry has been caged to the level that no territory in the country was under terrorists control.In another breath, the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd),…
Five days after a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) exploded in Warri, the company on Sunday announced that three crew members aboard the ship had been found alive. A statement by the company signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Ikemefuna Okafor, indicated that one…
rench President Emmanuel Macron flies to Moscow on Monday in a risky diplomatic move, seeking commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down tensions with Ukraine, where Western leaders fear the Kremlin plans an invasion. Macron has made a frenetic series of phone calls with Western allies, Putin and the Ukrainian leader over the…
he Publisher of Ovation International Magazine, Dele Momodu on Sunday declared his presidential ambition in his home town, Ihevbe, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. He also stressed that he was the most qualified among those aspiring to take over from Buhari.Momodu who was received by a large crowd of Ihevbe people, said…
The mayor of Canada’s capital Ottawa has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week of truckers’ protests against Covid restrictions. Jim Watson said the city was “completely out of control”, with demonstrators outnumbering police.He said the protests posed a threat to residents’ safety. There have also been reports of racial…
Should President Muhammadu Buhari sign the new Electoral Act amendment bill recently forwarded to him by the National Assembly into law, all political appointees in his government would no longer be eligible, either as voting delegates or aspirants during the conventions or congresses of their political parties.The implication is that some key ministers in Buhari’s…
