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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has invited the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who levelled sexual harassment allegations against the Permanent Secretary in the ministry for an interview. Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi’s allegations of sexual harassment against the permanent secretary, Ibrahim Lamuwa, have already triggered an investigation by the Office of the Head of Civil …

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has ordered Kano State Government to pay the sum of N10 million as compensation for breaching the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero’s fundamental human right. The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda gave the order while delivering the judgment in the case instituted by Aminu Bayero seeking for the enforcement of his fundamental …

“What can I say? These messages are ultimatum messages, they are nothing different than other ultimatums that he has made before,” Zelensky told the TV network Sky TG24 while attending the G7 meeting in the south of Italy. Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described the terms Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined for ending the conflict between the two countries as …

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will only end its war in Ukraine if Kyiv surrenders the entirety of four regions claimed by Moscow and abandons its bid to join NATO – terms Kyiv immediately dismissed as a “complete sham” and “offensive to common sense.” Speaking Friday ahead of a peace conference in Switzerland to which Russia has not been invited, Putin set out his …

African leaders gathered in Benin City, Edo State capital, for the 2024 Democracy Day Dialogue, to discuss pertinent issues undermining functional education on the continent and propose solutions that will engender growth and development. The event, which was held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub and Soundstage, Airport Road, Benin City, was organized by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, a policy …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral. According report by Associated Press, details of the deal were being hashed out by G7 leaders at their …

Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw Nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has charged President Bola Ahmad Tinubu to immediately restructure Nigeria if the country is to continue to remain one nation. He also appealed that the President take immediate action to implement the historic 2014 National Conference Report, which submitted 600 recommendations to the Presidency on how to restructure Nigeria …

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the U.S. base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after a Russian frigate, a …

President Joe Biden and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 10-year security agreement Thursday that they hailed as a milestone in relations between their countries, but that alone was not enough to stop Zelenskyy from wondering how much longer he could count on America’s support. Zelenskyy also said his country “urgently” needed additional air defense systems to protect Ukrainians and the nation’s infrastructure from Russia’s continued …

President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes. Biden, following the conclusion of a news conference held at the Group of Seven summit of the world’s wealthiest democracies, responded he would not when asked whether he plans …