Cocaine Worth $330m Found In Ecuador Banana Shipment
Police in Ecuador have found almost 8.8 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas bound for Belgium. Police commander Fausto Salinas said the drugs would have been worth an estimated $330m (£275m) had they reached their destination. Ecuador has become one of the main transit countries for cocaine produced in neighbouring Peru and Colombia. […]
Belarusian Opposition Says It Damaged Russian Warplane
Exiled Belarusian opposition figures say a Russian military plane has been damaged in a drone attack near the capital, Minsk. Aliksandr Azarov, leader of Belarusian anti-government organisation BYPOL, claimed responsibility for the attack on Telegram. The Beriev A-50 early warning aircraft was struck by multiple blasts near the Machulishchy airbase. It comes amid increased cooperation […]
Supreme Court Declares Edeoga As Enugu LP Candidate
The Supreme Court has announced Chijioke Edeoga as the authentic governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State. Edeoga’s candidature was questioned by Everestus Nnaji. A Federal High Court in Abuja earlier ordered a fresh election but Edeoga went further to challenge the judgment at the Appeal Court. He got a favourable judgement but […]
Abdulaziz Yari Wins Zamfara West Senatorial Election
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has been declared the winner of the Zamfara West Senatorial election. Yari defeated his closest rival, Bello S. Fagon of the Peoples Democratic Party. Rufus Teniola, Collation Officer for Zamfara West, while declaring the result, said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate, Yari polled a total of […]
Election: Kaduna Govt Bans Protests
As the collation of election results progresses, the Kaduna State government has reminded citizens that protests of any sort remain strictly prohibited across the state. The commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Sunday said the state government noted with satisfaction the largely peaceful conduct of elections across […]
APC National Chairman Loses Senatorial Seat To SDP
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu has lost his senatorial seat in the Nasarawa western zone to the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Ahmed Wadada in the National Assembly elections held on Saturday. Adamu could not deliver the APC candidate, Shehu Tukur to replace him at the red chambers. The […]
Turkey Earthquakes: Collapsed Buildings Investigation Widens
More than 600 people are now being investigated in Turkey over buildings that collapsed in the deadly earthquake on 6 February, the government has said. On Saturday, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 184 suspects – including construction contractors and property owners – had already been arrested. For years, experts warned that endemic corruption and government […]
China Refuses To Condemn Russia’s Ukraine Invasion During G20 Deadlock
Finance ministers of the world’s largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing declined to accept parts of a G20 statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”. Moscow said “anti-Russian” Western countries had “destabilised” the G20. […]
Italy Shipwreck: Dozens Of Migrants Killed Off Calabria Coast
More than 40 migrants, including a baby, have died and dozens more have survived after their overloaded boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy. The vessel reportedly broke apart while trying to land with more than 100 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region. Many bodies have been recovered […]
INEC Extend Voting In parts Of Cross River, Kogi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says elections will be held in nine polling units at Ganaja village in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi state on Sunday. Haliru Sule, head of voter education and publicity in Kogi, told NAN that the exercise became necessary because elections couldn’t hold in the polling units due to some logistics […]
