Russian Court Sentencing Of Navalny, A Deep Concern For Biden’s Administration
The Biden administration is “deeply concerned” by a Russian court’s decision Tuesday to sentence opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a 32-month prison term, officials said, reiterating its demand that Moscow immediately release Navalny and others detained for protesting his arrest. “Like every Russian citizen, Mr. Navalny is entitled to the rights provided in the Russian […]
Russian Activist Navalny Sentenced To More Than 2 Years In Prison
A Russian court sentenced Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, to more than two years in prison on Tuesday, a decision likely to send him for a lengthy term in a far-flung penal colony for the first time. Tuesday’s sentencing represented a pivotal moment for President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia. Mr. Navalny, one […]
Dubai Forms Vaccine Logistics Alliance To Fast Track Equitable Distribution
Dubai on Monday launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate. This was under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In support of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX […]
Twitter Blocks Accounts Over India Farmers Protest On Government Order
Twitter on Monday temporarily blocked dozens of accounts and tweets in India at the Hindu nationalist government’s request, including those of a prominent news magazine and farmers staging mass protests in the capital. An Information Technology ministry source told the AFP news agency the government had directed the social media giant to act against about […]
Eswatini Hospitals ‘Run Out Of Body Bags’ Following Surge In Covid Related Deaths
The rise in the number of deaths due to COVID-19-related illnesses in Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) has resulted in some hospitals running out of body bags due to a surge in Covid-19 fatalities, forcing workers to wrap bodies in bedsheets, the Times of Swaziland has reported. For the past two weeks, workers in Lubombo Referral Hospital and Good […]
Nigeria: FG Declares Kogi As High Risk State
The Nigerian government has declared Kogi, a state in the north-central region of the country, a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease. The country’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday noted that the Kogi government had failed to report testing, lacked isolation centres and warned Nigerians to be cautious of visiting the state. It […]
Orji Uzor Kalu In Court For Arraignment
Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The ex-governor was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges. It will be recalled that Senator Kalu, who was the governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007, was earlier found guilty and handed a […]
Ousted Myanmar Party Demands Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi
The party of Myanmar’s toppled leader Aung San Suu Kyi demanded her immediate release Tuesday, after a military coup that triggered international condemnation and sanctions threats from the new US president. Armed troops patrolled the capital, Naypyidaw, where Suu Kyi and other National League for Democracy party leaders were detained in pre-dawn raids on Monday […]
Nigeria: Government Worry About Possible Fuel Scarcity
The Nigerian Government is worried about the possibility of a scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, in the country. Mr Timipre Sylva, who is the Minister of State for Petroleum, raised the concern on Monday at a late-night meeting between the government and leaders of the organised labour. The meeting was […]
Nigeria:FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline By Eight Weeks
The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission. According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension […]
