Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep.Femi Gbajabiamila, says what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, is assuring of the latter’s victory, come 2023. Gbajabiamila made the statement on Thursday while speaking at the Surulere Local Government Area (LGA) APC meeting…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for the demilitarisation of the vast nuclear power plant held by Russia in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, and said he was gravely concerned by the situation in and around it. Guterres, speaking to reporters after talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, said that military equipment and…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and UN chief Guterres have met Turkish President Erdogan in the western city of Lviv. “The visit of the President of Turkey to Ukraine is a powerful message of support from such a powerful country,” Zelenskyy said in a statement, adding that they would discuss cereals exports and Zaporizhzhia. As a potential…
Denmark expects to invest 40 billion Danish crowns ($5.47bn) in new warships as the NATO member seeks to bolster its maritime security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the defence ministry has said. As part of the investments due over the next 20 to 25 years, a partnership with the country’s maritime industry…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has agreed to the parameters of a potential mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, after repeated shelling of the complex raised Speaking at a news conference in Lviv on Thursday following a trilateral meeting with the Turkish president and the UN secretary-general, Zelenskyy…
August 18 marks 100 days since veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while on assignment in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The 51-year-old Palestinian-American TV correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic was wearing a protective vest marked with “PRESS” and standing with other journalists when she was shot dead…
The Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman, Dr. Walid Jibrin, has urged the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s teams to sheath their sword. He said it was important for both politicians’ camps to allow efforts being put in place to resolve the party’s internal crisis materialise. The BoT…
…7,500 Commercial Motorcycles Impounded, Crushed Since June 1 …‘Enforcement’ll Be Total, Livelihood Support For Willing Riders’ – Govt Lagos State Government, on Thursday, extended a ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, to four more Local Government Areas (LGAs) and six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). Effective from September 1, 2022,…
Leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc., presented its 2021 Sustainability Report to investors and the general public at the Facts Behind the Sustainability Report session hosted by the Nigeria Exchange Limited The comprehensive sustainability report shows that the company’s focus on sustainability has truly been effective and yielding positive results for…
