Roman Abramovich: Rabbi Investigated Over Portuguese Citizenship
A rabbi who helped Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich obtain his Portuguese citizenship has been told he cannot leave Portugal and must present himself to authorities when required. Daniel Litvak was detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into how citizenship had been granted. The naturalisation process of several Jewish people is being investigated. On […]
War In Ukraine: Russian Forces Accused Of Abducting Second Mayor
Ukraine’s government has accused the Russian military of abducting another mayor in an area that it has captured. Yevhen Matveyev was seized in the southern town of Dniprorudne, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted, accusing Russia of “terror” tactics. Earlier, Russia installed a new mayor in Melitopol, after allegedly abducting the city’s previous incumbent. Ukraine’s president […]
US: Missiles Fired From Iran Hit Near US Consulate In Iraq
As many as 12 missiles struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Sunday, in what a U.S. defense official and an Iraqi official said was a strike launched from neighboring Iran. No injuries were reported in the attack, which marked a significant escalation between the U.S. and Iran. […]
Malami Changes His Position, Claims No Evidence Links Kyari To Laundered Money
There are significant indications that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, is planning to save Abba Kyari, a former Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, from criminal prosecution for allegedly laundering money. Weeks after ordering the police to investigate Kyari for allegedly receiving 33 proceeds of crime and […]
257 Looted Benin Artifacts To Be Returned By Oxford, Cambridge In October
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and the Museum of Archaeology in Cambridge, both in the United Kingdom, have announced that a total of 257 stolen artifacts will be returned to the Nigerian government. The museums were approached by Prof. Abba Tijani, Director of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, who claimed the institutions […]
Stakeholders Call On FG To Release The N15 Billion Revitalization Fund For Polytechnics
Stakeholders in the education sector have demanded that the N15 billion set aside by President Muhammadu Buhari as part of the revitalization budget for Nigeria’s public polytechnics be released immediately. A communique issued after a two-day retreat for chairmen and principal officers of federal polytechnics made the appeal. They also encouraged the government to create […]
Ukraine War: Additional 301 Nigerians Have Returned From Hungary
Additional 301 Nigerians fleeing the Ukraine-Russia crisis arrived in Abuja from Budapest, Hungary around 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The returnees landed through Azman Air and were welcomed by top Federal Government officials at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, headed by the Director, Legal and Consular Section of the Ministry of Foreign […]
Biden Warns Russia Will Pay ‘severe price’ If It Deploys Chemical Weapons
While President Joe Biden has repeated that the U.S. will not send troops to Ukraine to fight Russia, he warned Friday that “Russia would pay a severe price” if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine, raising questions over what those consequences would look like. Biden announced new trade sanctions on Russia Friday and reiterated his position […]
Zelensky Calls Detention Of Melitopol Mayor A “crime against democracy”
The detention of the mayor of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol is a “crime against democracy,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday in a video posted on Facebook. Earier Friday, Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov was seen on video being led away from a government building in the city by armed men. A short time later, the […]
War In Ukraine: How Russia Is Recruiting Mercenaries
Social media channels and private messaging groups are being used in Russia to recruit a new brigade of mercenaries to fight in Ukraine alongside the army, the BBC has learned. The BBC has spoken to a serving mercenary and a former fighter with close links to one of Russia’s leading mercenary organisations, who have shared […]
