Russia-Ukraine Tensions: UK Warns Of Plot To Install Pro-Moscow Ally
The UK has accused President Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow figure to lead Ukraine’s government. The Foreign Office took the unusual step of naming former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate. Russia has moved 100,000 troops near to its border with Ukraine but denies it is planning an invasion. UK […]
Heavy Gunfire Rings Out In Burkina Barracks, Government Denies Army Takeover
Gunfire rang out from several military camps in Burkina Faso early on Sunday, the government said, but it denied the military had seized power. Heavy arms fire at the capital Ouagadougou’s Sangoule Lamizana camp, which houses the army’s general staff and a prison whose inmates include soldiers involved in a failed 2015 coup attempt, began […]
German Navy Chief Resigns for Saying Putin Deserves Respect
Germany’s navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow. “I have asked Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht to relieve me from my duties with immediate effect,” Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach said in a statement. “The minister […]
Company Files Suit Against Minister, FCTA, Others For Breaching Abuja Master Plan
Jedidiah International Limited has filed a legal action in the Federal Capital Territory High Court against Danu Investment Ltd., the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Bello, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for allegedly allocating a recreation park/green area for the construction of a filling station. The company is seeking a court order […]
2023: INEC To Monitor Politicians, Political Parties Sources Of Campaign Financing
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will focus extensively on politicians and political parties ahead of the 2023 general election to trace the sources of financing for their campaigns. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, made the plan public yesterday at a conference on political campaign financing organized by The Electoral Forum in Abuja. According […]
EFCC Charges Ex-director Of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) With N26.6 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Funmi Adenmosun, a former director of Bank PHB (now Keystone), before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The EFCC accused Adenmosun of executing a N26.6 billion money laundering fraud. On Friday, the anti-graft agency took the former bank director, his firm, Home Trust Savings and Loan […]
US Opposes Plans To Strengthen World Health Organisation
The United States, the World Health Organization’s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term support for the U.N. agency. The proposal, made by the WHO’s working group on sustainable financing, would increase each member state’s standing annual […]
US Suspends 44 Flights By Chinese Carriers After China Action
The U.S. government said on Friday it would suspend 44 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over COVID-19 concerns. The suspensions will begin on Jan. 30 with Xiamen Airlines’ scheduled Los Angeles-to-Xiamen flight and run through March 29, […]
Afghan Women Taken From Their Homes After Speaking Out
The Taliban can threaten with a whisper. After 20 years of violent struggle, and the loss of tens of thousands of civilian lives, they took power here using brutal force. Even so, Afghan women refuse to be intimidated. Tamana Zaryabi Paryani is one of those women. It takes raw courage to stand up to armed […]
Ukraine Tension: US ‘lethal aid’ Arrives In Kyiv Amid Border Build-up
The first shipment of a recently approved package of US military aid for Ukraine has arrived in Kyiv, as tensions over Russia’s troop build-up on the border continue. The US embassy said some 90 tonnes of the “lethal aid” had arrived, including ammunition for “front line defenders”. The delivery followed US Secretary of State Antony […]
