The United States judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case has said she will limit the evidence the former president will be allowed to share from his trial but stopped short of granting the blanket ban prosecutors had sought. During a court hearing on Friday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan addressed concerns that Trump could…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired all the heads of Ukraine’s regional army recruitment centres in a sweeping anti-graft move as the war with Russia enters a critical stage. Zelenskyy announced their dismissal in Kyiv on Friday, broadening his battle against corruption since Russia invaded Ukraine 18 months ago.He said a state investigation into centres across Ukraine…
In a series of coordinated operations, Nigerian Army troops of the 82 Division, operating in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies, achieved significant breakthroughs against criminal elements in Enugu and Cross River states. In the first operation, carried out under the banner of Operation UDO…
PDP stalwart Segun Sowunmi is certain of victory in the event of a head-to-head battle with former Senate President Bukola Saraki for the office of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, saying, “I’ll beat him”. Sowunmi made the assertion during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. Asked how he…
by Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) regularly updates its guidance for policymakers and health workers as new information and data come in. Today, two infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines were issued: an updated Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a living guideline, and a new guidance on…
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Friday, noted that another West African nation had a separate arrangement with the security outfit. “The Wagner Group, apparently, is in Mali today. The Malian government says this is an agreement between them…
By Ayomide Otitoju Three months ago, I declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, although I said that it remains a global health threat. Since then, the number of reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths globally has continued to decline. However, the number of countries reporting data to WHO has also declined significantly….
Zenith Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat for the development of the SMARTAfCFTA Portal, for trade promotion within the African continent. The bank said in a statement that, the SMARTAfCFTA Portal had the capacity to provide information like trade indicators, market trends, custom tariffs, trade…
Nine bodies have been found in the smouldering ruins of a holiday home for disabled people that caught fire in eastern France, a chief firefighter says. Two more people were missing and feared dead after Wednesday’s blaze.“We are looking for the bodies of those who could not leave the building,” Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Hauwiller, who…
