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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 …

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 …