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The Presidential aspirant from South East extraction for 2023 general election, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Friday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into Law. In a statement released by the Senator Anyim Media Office and signed by Sam Nwaobasi on Friday, 25th February, 2022, Anyim commended Buhari for “acting like a patriotic National leader by …

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, said yesterday that the military had been reluctant to fully engage bandits terrorizing the country, especially in the North-West, for fear of being dragged before the International Criminal Court, ICC. The governor also raised alarm over financial resources available to terror rings in the country, saying they are enough to destabilise the country. He said …

• More subsidy for petrol as cooking gas may soar• Evacuate stranded Nigerians, Reps, Ohanaeze, lawyer tell FG• We’ll do so once airports are opened – FG Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global financial and energy markets, causing oil prices to spike and financial instruments to fall after Russian troops moved into Ukraine by air, land and sea.  Although crude oil price …

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged the federal government to pay more attention to the welfare of security personnel as part of ways of improving the security situation in the state and the country in general. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Muhammad Bello, Mr Tambuwal made the call in Sokoto on Thursday when he attended the presentation …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have said it would not be feasible for workers in the banking sector to declare their assets. The committee of bank chief executive officers (CEOs) also held same position. They spoke at a public hearing on a bill seeking to amend the Bank Employees (declaration of assets) Act …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Extensive partnership in training Community Policing officers of the Force in the area of professional mediation, reconciliation processes and other related matters to engender peace making and peace building mechanisms have been deliberated upon by the Nigeria Police and the leadership of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators The deliberations took place …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow had no other choice but to invade Ukraine to ensure Russia’s security, speaking hours after his army crossed his ex-Soviet neighbour’s borders. “What was happening left us with no choice,” the Russian leader said during a televised meeting with business representatives, adding that “we had no other way of proceeding”. THEGUARDIAN

US President Joe Biden met with G7 allies Thursday to hammer out a raft of new sanctions against Russia after it invaded Ukraine, and will later speak to the American people on a crisis that he warns will cause “catastrophic loss of life.” The virtual, closed-door meeting of G7 leaders — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday, announced 20 million dollars for humanitarian support in Ukraine, saying protecting of civilians must be ‘Priority Number One’ in supporting the people. “Today, I am announcing that we will immediately allocate 20 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund to meet urgent needs,’’ Guterres told journalist in New York. He reiterated that the …

Six persons including two policemen have been confirmed killed in what is believed to be a coordinated robbery attack on commercial banks in Uromi, Esan North-West local government area of Edo state.It was gathered that large sums running into millions of naira were carted away by the suspected criminals. The Police Public Relations Officer in the Edo State Police Command, …