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The United States said Friday it would impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following similar announcements by Britain and the European Union in the wake of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that a travel ban would be part of the sanctions. Following the spate of measures, Russian foreign …

Twenty four hours after the incident and a few hours after the visit of the state governor, the police have said that cash of over N34m, four vehicles, and two motorcycles believed to have been abandoned by the robbers have been recovered believed to have been abandoned by fleeing armed robbers that had raided four banks in Uromi, Esan North-East …

Says it will contribute to Citizens’ better participation  in electoral practices, reduce corruption and strengthen the nation’s democracy.  Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Senator Sani Musa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Niger East has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law, the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill 2022 that has now become a law. Senator Musa, a  frontline national chairmanship aspirant of …

President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation, the CNN reports. “Today, as we watch freedom and liberty under attack abroad, I’m here to fulfill my responsibilities under the Constitution, to preserve freedom and …

The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and two others,  Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. This file photo shows Evans after …

With presidential assent given to the electoral act amendment bill to make it a law, the House of Representatives has called on the country’s electoral umpire to earnestly start preparation for the 2023 general elections. In a statement by the spokesman of the House, Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Friday, the House which hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for the signing and …

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has called for prayers for Ukraine which has been invaded by Russian forces. In a video on his verified Facebook page, Apostle Suleman said, “We are going to command that war to cease, we are not negotiating.” The clergyman mentioned that the target of the war is not Ukraine but …

After a four-year trial, kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Friday got life imprisonment for conspiring with two others to  kidnap Mr Donatius Dunu,  Chief Executive Officer, Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.ADVERTISING Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, who passed the sentence, said that Evans and two others did not show any remorse during the trial in spite  of …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. President Buhari signed the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, were present to witness the …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja said he was not nursing any ambition in 2023 but would support any candidate who emerged from the zoning arrangement, be it from the South. El-Rufai said this during the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor lamented that kidnapping had …