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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met troops on the frontlines in Donbas Sunday as heavy fighting raged in the eastern industrial region that Moscow has focused its forces on taking. Zelensky visited command posts and frontline positions in Lysychansk, which sits across the Siverskyi Donets river from Severodonetsk, where Ukrainian troops were pushing back against Russian forces who had earlier appeared …

Mr Atiku said any attack on worshippers is a red line Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said he is devastated by reports of loss of scores of lives following the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa, in Owo Mr Atiku in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, …

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has directed that flags should be flown at half-mast in all public buildings, facilities and official residences for seven days in honour of the victims of the Owo terror attack on Sunday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Akeredolu’s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde on Monday in Akure. ”In honour of the victims of …

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers sexually harassing students, as two professors had been dismissed for the offence. Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on sex abuse on campus, which had been published. Na-Allah, who was …

There was pandemonium at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo,  the headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State as gunmen attacked the church on Sunday. The attack on the church in Owo,  the hometown of the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, came barely a week after the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Bishop Samuel Kanu-Uche, …

Governors of northern extraction in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have dumped two of their colleagues with presidential ambitions and instead called on President Muhammadu Buhari to support a presidential aspirant from the South. The position of the governors is an indication that they no longer support the Kebbi state Governor, Abubakar Badaru and that of Kogi state, Yahaya …

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential screening committee may have ranked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo top of the 23 aspirants jostling to secure the party’s presidential ticket for the 2023 election. The committee had announced that it cleared 13 of the aspirants to contest the primaries due to hold on Monday and Tuesday but was mum on the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday, met with the Edo Diaspora community in Germany, reeling out gains from the government’s investments in agriculture, technology, education and healthcare, among other sectors. Obaseki, while highlighting opportunities for investment in the state, said his government will sustain reforms and programmes to make Edo a modern and progressive state where every citizen …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday released the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections in 2022. The guidlines that supersede all other regulations were released by Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman,during a special meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative committee on election security (ICCES) in Abuja, to review security arrangement for the Ekiti State governorship election. The News Agency …

The ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will proceed with its special convention without statutory delegates despite the pronouncement by the Federal High Court in Kano. The party will hold the convention to elects its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from June 6 to 8. The court on Friday, held that statutory delegates can participate in the primaries of …