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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, on Friday in Abuja hinted at his intention to probe the national secretariat of the party as well as its directors. Adamu said this after receiving his certificate of return from the national convention electoral committee led by Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru. Badaru, who visited the secretariat alongside members of …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says peace talks with Russia have not led to any concrete results so far. “Yes, there is a negotiation process that will continue. “But so far it’s just words, nothing concrete,” Zelensky said in a video message published early Thursday. He noted that Russia is not withdrawing voluntarily from the areas around Kiev and Chernihiv, but …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the NRCs Managing Director, said in a statement on Saturday that the corporation was however collaborating with relevant authorities to ensure safety of the other passengers. ”The Corporation, in continuation …

The loud sound of explosives jolted passengers. Seconds later heard a more ominous sound – the clapping of automatic rifles- as bullets started raining on the train, like a hailstorm from hell. Aisha Bindawa took a bullet shell with her as a memento of the horrendous attack. It was the worst life of her life. But she was a survivor. …

Israeli security forces killed three Islamic Jihad militants when they came under fire Saturday during a raid in the West Bank, police said, the latest deaths in a surge of violence. The bloodshed comes amid heightened tensions ahead of the start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, that has seen violence spiral in Israel and the occupied West Bank. …

A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incite racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Shoyemi, popularly known as Adeyinka Grandson, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, first came to the attention of counter-terror police in the UK in March 2019 after members …

Nigerian medical students and other escapee students who fled Ukraine during the height of the Russian aggression in the European country have been directed to commence studies online, Saturday PUNCH reports. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the medical students had also been granted waivers to have their practical medical lessons in hospitals in their countries of residence. A letter from the Karazin Kharkiv National …

The Director General of  the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,  has warned that Nigeria and many African countries may face food crises due to the war in Ukraine. She made this warning during an exclusive interview with BBC World Service, which was monitored by Saturday Vanguard in Abuja yesterday. Okonjo-Iweala also warned that the war would have global …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has pledged to work with the electoral body and all other relevant stakeholders to ensure that the forthcoming local government election in the state is free, fair and credible. Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the executive members of the Edo State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) who were …

After about seven years of downplaying the severity of Nigeria’s security crisis since his principal assumed office in May 2015, Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Friday, finally admitted that Nigeria is at war. Adesina, in a piece titled, ‘They Hate God, They Loathe Humanity’, described the attack by terrorists on hundreds of passengers onboard an Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday as …