Russian Planes Face Near-total Airspace Ban To West
Russian airlines face a near-total airspace blockade to the country’s west after an EU official said most European countries are set to impose flight bans. A formal decision is expected on the measure later on Sunday. Several countries had already acted, followed by Germany and Belgium, while other EU states are set to join them. […]
Ukraine Invasion: Fighting Breaks Out In Ukraine’s Second City Kharkiv
Ukrainian forces are battling Russian troops on the streets of Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, according to local officials. Regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said light vehicles had entered the city, as he urged its 1.4 million residents to stay indoors. The advance came after missiles rained down overnight. A nine-storey residential tower was hit, emergency services […]
Bandit Attack Kaduna, Kills Seven, Abduct 57 Others
The Birnin Gwari local government area in Kaduna state has been attacked between Friday and Saturday by some unknown bandit killing seven people while kidnapping 57 others in a separate attack. This comes as an SS3 student of Government Science Secondary School Birnin-Gwari escaped with a bullet wound while on his way to register for […]
INEC Moves 2023 General Elections Date To Comply With The New Electoral Act
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the new timetable for the general elections in 2023 on Saturday. In the new timetable, the Commission has shifted the presidential election to February 25. According to the commission’s comprehensive timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections, the presidential and National Assembly elections will now […]
NDLEA Raids Lagos Island Drug Den, Leaves Five People Dead, Arrests Kingpin With 6 Others
During an operation by anti-narcotic agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the Partey area of Lagos Island, five people were reportedly killed and several others were injured. The officers stormed the area on Saturday morning, according to a source in the area who did not want to be identified and shot indiscriminately, […]
Taraba Governor Aid Killed By Gunmen Made Away With The Corpse
Hon. Levi Gbashi, an aide to Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku, was killed by gunmen in the state’s Donga local government area early yesterday. Mr. Tortsua Naagh, an eyewitness, said that the incident occurred in Ityopaa village as he and the late Gbashi were about to leave the site of a burial they had attended […]
‘Forged’ Medical Report: Fani-Kayode Paid Me N820,000 – Witness
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of Aviation, has told a Lagos State Special Offenses Court in Ikeja how the politician reportedly paid her N820,000 to obtain four forged medical reports. Abidat Lawal, a media practitioner, testified before the trial judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, that Fani-Kayode paid […]
Patience Jonathan Demands The Arrest Of Ex-SSG Over Illegal Demolition Of Property
Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has written to the Bayelsa State Police Command to protest the alleged illegal demolition of her property, Aridolf Resort Wellness, and Spa, in the Okaka area of the state capital by government officials led by Alabo Gideon Ekeowe, a former secretary to the state government […]
Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Be First Black Woman On Supreme Court
President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a seat on the high court bench. At a formal White House ceremony Friday afternoon, Biden said, “it is my honor to introduce to the country a daughter of former […]
Russia To Restrict Facebook Access For ‘Censoring’ Its Media
Russia said on Friday it was partially limiting access to Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook, accusing it of “censoring” Russian media, the latest in a series of steps against U.S. social media giants. Moscow has been trying to exert tighter control over the internet and big tech for years, something critics say threatens individual and corporate freedom, […]
