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Russia has launched the long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine. The troops seized Kreminna, a frontline town of eighteen thousand people in Luhansk, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine has described as the Battle of the Donbas. Ukraine also described the campaign as an assault which the Russian forces […]
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP Zoning Committee has ruled against the geographical restriction of aspirants seeking to vie for the position of presidential candidate otherwise known as zoning.A source told correspondent that the PDP ruled that the position be thrown open to all presidential contenders for the ticket of the party in the 2023 poll. […]
Twitter has limited content from more than 300 official Russian government accounts, including that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The accounts will no longer be recommended in timelines, notifications or elsewhere on the site, Twitter said.The accounts have previously been criticised for spreading misinformation during the Ukraine war, but unlike tweets from Russian state-affiliated media […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has refused to declare vacant, the governorship seat of BEN AYADE over his defection from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All-Progressives Congress, APC. Justice TAIWO TAIWO departed from his earlier judgment and held on to the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on April 1, to […]
Foreign ministers from the world’s largest economies have condemned Russia’s “brutal war” in Ukraine after meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart. In a statement, the G7 ministers said “massacres” carried out in Bucha and other parts of Ukraine were severe violations of international law. Ukraine is asking for new supplies of weapons to hold back a […]
There are reports that Czech Republic is sending armoured tanks to war-torn Ukraine. The Czech Defence Minister, JANA CERNOCHOVA, appeared to have confirmed this in a series of post on Twitter. This was after a social media post showed T-72 tanks and armoured vehicles loaded on flatbed railway wagons, apparently in the Czech Republic. However, […]
Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN has signed a decree introducing visa restrictions for citizens of countries that Moscow deems “unfriendly” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, which comes into force on Monday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime with some European Union countries as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. It also ordered […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI has debunked reports of a declaration to contest the position of Kebbi State Governor. This was contained in a statement in Abuja circulated to newsmen by Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Doctor UMAR GWANDU. […]
Ukraine’s government is sending dozens of buses to Mariupol, in a fresh effort to evacuate people and deliver humanitarian aid.Russia has declared a one-day ceasefire in the heavily-bombed port city, but there is skepticism if it will hold since up to 170,000 people remain trapped.Meanwhile, the head of defence alliance NATO said Russian units are […]
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, ADO DOGUWA, says Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country.DOGUWA said this during plenary when the House was debating the aftermath of the terrorist attack on a train filled with passengers in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State.DOGUWA, who was […]
