Buhari Delays Signing Electoral Bill Till Friday
The signing of the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari has been postponed till Friday, February 25. In an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, a source close to the Presidency revealed the new date. President Buhari will sign the revised document around 12 p.m. on Friday, according to the source, who […]
Abuja Hospital Claims Fani-Kayode Was Never Their Patient, Has No Medical Report With Them
Kubwa General Hospital, Abuja, told a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday that a medical report presented in court by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was not issued by the hospital. The hospital’s management provided the statement through Bassey Amah, the hospital’s head of medical records, who was appearing […]
Nigerian Youths Launch Campaign Against Ritual Killing
Nigerian youths have launched a campaign against ritual killing among the country’s youths, under the aegis of the Nigerian Youths Congress (NYC). The campaign was launched on Wednesday in Asaba, Delta State, by the congress’ director of youth sensitization and rehabilitation affairs, Lucky Udu, who stated that ritual killing is a crime against humanity. Udu, […]
West Unveils Sanctions With More Ready If Russia Launches Full-Scale Ukraine Invasion
Western nations and Japan on Tuesday punished Russia with new sanctions for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and threatened to go further if Moscow launched an all-out invasion of its neighbour. The United States, the European Union, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan announced plans to target banks and elites while Germany halted […]
Arbery’s Killers Guilty On All Federal Hate-Crime Charges
The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on Tuesday of committing federal hate crimes and other offenses in the 2020 killing. A predominantly white jury deliberated for about four hours over two days […]
Donald Trump’s DNA, Not Deposition Sought In Defamation Suit
A lawyer for a woman who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him said Tuesday she will not seek to depose Trump prior to trial because it would cause unnecessary delay, but added that a DNA sample was still being sought. Attorney Roberta Kaplan first […]
Ukraine Conflict: Putin Tells Russians Security Is Non-negotiable
President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russia’s interests and security are non-negotiable, amid reports of more Russian troops moving closer towards Ukraine’s borders. Mr Putin gave a video address, hours after US President Joe Biden warned of “the beginning of a Russian invasion”. Russia was always “open for direct and honest dialogue”, Mr Putin said, […]
FG, W/Bank Launch Additional $176m Recovery Project For North East
The federal government in partnership with World Bank has begun a Multi-sectoral Crisis Recovery Project Additional Financing (MCRP-AF) aimed at supporting the North East States to rehabilitate as well as improve critical service delivery and livelihood opportunities in the region. The additional financing of $176 million is targeted to lay the foundations for future regional […]
PMB: Federal Government To Focus More On Natural Gas Exploitation
The Federal Government has notified its intention to invest and focus attention on natural gas exploitation in the country. Addressing the 6th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was designed to enable Nigeria to develop more value from […]
Buhari Meets With Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo, Holds Meeting Behind Closed Doors
President Muhammadu Buhari met with Ghana’s President, Nana Addo-Akufo, on Tuesday. The meeting between the two African presidents took place behind closed doors in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the meeting’s details were not released, it was reported that Buhari and Addo-Akufo addressed sub-regional problems such as security and socio-political developments in ECOWAS member […]
