“Putin is not going to stop at Ukraine,” Biden said alongside French President Emmanuel Macron after talks in Paris. “All of Europe will be threatened, we are not going to let that happen,” Biden told journalists during his state visit to France. “The United States is standing strong with Ukraine. We will not, I say…
A statement posted on the official X handle of the commission said the alleged internet fraudsters were arrested on Saturday morning at a “Yahoo Party” held simultaneously at Signature and Abah Clubs in Akure, the state capital. “Credible intelligence showed that the alleged party was initially scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 but was later…
The 26-year-old former Manchester City trainee, who has agreed a four-year deal, will move on July 1 after the expiry of his contract at Craven Cottage. “Chelsea is a huge club and this is a full-circle moment for me,” centre-back Adarabioyo said in a Chelsea statement on Friday. “I was born three miles away from…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described the 2023 general elections as a show of shame, which he said was plagued by allegations of fraud and widespread irregularities. In a series of posts via his X page on Saturday, the former Governor of Anambra State said the election was marred by glitches despite…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Vincent Adodo, seeking, among others, an order of perpetual injunction restraining the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from embarking on foreign medical travels for the purpose of seeking medical treatment, check up or investigation. Delivering judgement on…
Joseph Odidi Itotoh, the legendary educationist who raised my generation at the famous Immaculate Conception College, (ICC) in Benin City, was notable as a thoroughbred teacher, an uncompromising disciplinarian and a school administrator par excellence. He welcomed us, enthusiastic little boys, into the luminous premises of the institution in September 1975. He would subsequently guide…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has announced an increase of the N25 million bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers at Obikabia junction in the Aba area of the state to N30 million. Otti announced this during a meeting with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hasan Abubakar, in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South…
The 36 state governors in the country have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the Federal Government. The governors said the N60,000 minimum wage was not sustainable. They noted that it would force some states in the country to borrow to pay workers’ salaries if the new take-home pay was implemented. They made…
The new world for which the greatest generation sacrificed in the bloody surf of the Normandy beaches is fading into history along with the last of the old soldiers. The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings observed by President Joe Biden in France Thursday will likely be the last major decennial commemoration attended by significant…
