US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner avoided directly criticizing President Biden’s remark Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” instead shifting focus onto Putin, saying, “There is one individual that’s trying to make regime change in Europe, and that’s Vladimir Putin trying to change the regime in Ukraine.” Asked by CNN’s…
Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, told CNN’s Becky Anderson in an interview that investment in Russia is currently “under a lot of review” and Qatar is not thinking about increasing its investments there until there is a “better environment and more political stability.” “Right now with the current situation we…
Senator Abdullahi Adamu has emerged as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), about a year and nine months after the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) was dissolved. He was returned unopposed on Saturday at the party’s national convention held at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Adamu, a…
Former Manchester United defender, Patrice Evra visited the popular Oshodi underbridge in Lagos State on Saturday. Evra’s visited Oshodi as part of the Chess in Slums initiative by founder, Tunde Onakoya. On Thursday, Onakoya had announced on Twitter that a Manchester United legend would be visiting the Oshodi underbridge to play chess with less fortunate…
The price of bottled water has risen from N100 to N300 due to high demand at Eagle Square, Abuja, where the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention is holding. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a bottle of water, which was sold between N100 and N200 in the morning, rose to N300 in…
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi called for air defense of Ukraine after a series of Russian missiles struck a fuel storage facility and a military infrastructure site in the western Ukrainian city on Saturday. “We don’t know the targets of the Russian missiles, who were launched from the city of Sevastopol today. And so often today…
A NATO membership “would permanently increase tensions with Russia” along Finland’s border with Russia, President Sauli Niinistö said Saturday in an interview with the country’s public broadcaster Yle TV1. Niinistö said the greatest benefit of a NATO membership would be “gaining a preventive effect,” but there would also be a risk for various types of…
The United States has imposed new sanctions on individuals connected with Nigeria’s armed group Boko Haram, the Treasury Department announced. Six Nigerian nationals who were found guilty of setting up a Boko Haram cell in the United Arab Emirates to raise funds for fighters in Nigeria have been placed on the sanctions list.“With this action,…
US President Joe Biden has dramatically escalated his rhetoric against Vladimir Putin, calling for the Russian leader to be removed because of his brutal invasion of Ukraine. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden said at the very end of a speech in Poland’s capital on Saturday that served as the capstone…
