Shootings by gunmen suspected to be enforcing the one week sit-at-home order declared by the Simon Ekpa-led faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra threw residents of the commercial cities of Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka in Anambra State into panic and confusion on Friday. As a result of the development, traders in major markets in…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, returning home from a visit to Turkey, brought with him five commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, forced to live in Turkey under the terms of a prisoner exchange last year. The commanders, lionised as heroes in Ukraine, led last year’s defence of the port, the biggest city Russia captured in…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will later today depart Abuja for Guinea-Bissau to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Bissau, capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. The Summit, which takes place tomorrow, is expected to address memoranda on…
The police on Friday busted a gang of gunmen attempting to enforce an illegal sit-at-home in Enugu in the early hours of the day.This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement he issued in Enugu Friday evening. DSP Ndukwe disclosed that a further manhunt…
The popular Lafose festival which holds yearly is set to commence from July 15th to August 6th, 2023 in Ode Remo in the eastern senatorial district of Ogun State. The festival is an annual event with grand finale usually celebrated in August. The festival is believed to reinforce the bond between sons and daughters of…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called on NATO to resolve the issue of Sweden and Ukraine’s membership bids, saying indecision is threatening the strength of the alliance and global security. Battling a Russian invasion for more than 16 months, Kyiv has expressed increasing frustration with its Western allies over guarantees that it will one…
THE future of Kylian Mbappe at Paris Saint-German remains in the dark as the club, through President Al Khelaifi, has stated the options the France international has to choose from.The 24 years old forward has been on the radar of Real Madrid for some time now, but he still has a 1-year contract with the…
Former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Peter Okebukola has said the result saga of Anambra pupil who sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Ejikeme Mmesoma should serve as a warning to pupils who would want to cheat in the examination.He said the innovations introduced by the Joint Admissions and…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of a newly introduced 10 percent tax on single-use plastics and excise duty on some locally manufactured products to reduce business costs in Africa’s biggest economy, his spokesman said on Thursday. One of the biggest plastic polluters on the continent, Nigeria generates some 2.5 million tonnes of…
