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The party screening of the presidential aspirants ought to have been held on May 23. Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has postponed the screening for its presidential aspirants initially scheduled for Monday. Felix Morka, the spokesperson of the party, in a statement on Sunday, said the scheduled screening has been postponed indefinitely. No reason was given for the postponement. …

United States President, Joe Biden, on Monday, accused President Vladimir Putin of Russia of trying to destroy Ukraine’s identity. According to Biden, this is as witnessed by Russian bombardments of civilian targets such as schools, hospitals, daycare centres and museums. “I believe what Putin is attempting to do is to eliminate the identity of Ukraine. “He can’t occupy it, but …

A Kyiv court Monday ruled that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian was guilty of war crimes and handed him a life sentence, in the first verdict against Moscow’s forces since their invasion. “The court has found that (Vadim) Shishimarin is guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment,” judge Sergiy Agafonov said. Shishimarin, a Russian sergeant, admitted earlier …

The succession battle between governors and major stakeholders in their states has intensified as the ruling party, All Progressives Congress(APC) and the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) hold their governorship and House of Assembly primaries this week While that of the PDP will hold on May 25, the APC has rescheduled its governorship primary for May 27. Power brokers in …

Director of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN in Asaba, Delta State, Mr Godwin Okafor has said the introduction of the e-Naira as a means of transaction in the country would put a stop to the abuse of the Naira and the cost of printing the currency notes. Okafor who stated this during a sensitization programme for traders at the Ogbogonogo …

Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard against the disease which has the potential for “consequential” impact if it were to spread further. Several cases of monkeypox have been detected in North America and Europe since early May, sparking concern the disease, endemic in parts of Africa, is …

The police in Kano said they have intercepted a vehicle loaded with explosive devices, guns and ammunition. The spokesperson of the Kano State police command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, in a statement, said the police made the arrest on May 19, following a tip off. The police said the vehicle was intercepted at about 4:30 p.m. after a hot chase, forcing the …

Virtually all the aspirants supported by Governor Godwin Obaseki for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives seats in Sunday’s primary election by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) emerged as candidates of the PDP amidst reports of parallel elections by the faction of the party loyal to the Vice Chairman, South-South of the party, Chief Dan Orbih. In Oredo …

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, on Saturday, condemned the killing of a lawmaker and his aide in the state. The victims, Okechukwu Okoye, the lawmaker representing Aguata Constituency 2 in the Anambra State House of Assembly and his campaign director, Cyril Chiegboka, were abducted in Aguata on Sunday. On Saturday, six days after the kidnap, the lawmaker’s head was dumped at …

…Urge Soludo to form local vigilantes Igbo youths under the guise of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, have strongly condemned the gruesome murder of Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, the member representing Aguata 2 state constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye. Okoye who was abducted three days ago by unknown gunmen represented Governor Charles Soludo’s …