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A Russian court has sentenced a Russian-American woman to 12 years in prison for treason after she made a donation of just over $50 to a US-based charity supporting Ukraine. Ksenia Karelina, 33, had pleaded guilty to the charges. She was detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg earlier this year while visiting her grandparents. The verdict was announced Thursday …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Kekere-Ekun is to replace Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who will retire on August 22 as the CJN. The NJC made the recommendation to President Bola Tinubu at its 106 meeting held in Abuja between August 14 and 15. The …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced that Nigerians can access at least eleven different initiatives established by the Federal Government. These key initiatives span various sectors, including education, transportation, business, housing, and skills acquisition, among others. Idris made this disclosure in a Wednesday noon post on X, using the hashtag #HMMohammedIdris. He also shared a two-minute …

Nigeria’s Ministry of Sports and the federations continue to rely on luck instead of investing in planning, training and development programmes On Friday, 9th August, at the Stade de France, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan competed in the first semi-final of the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Expectations were high for the world record holder to qualify for the final and …

The Nigeria Customs Service has been directed to start the implementation of the zero per cent import duty and exemption of Value-Added Tax on basic food items, The PUNCH reports. This was after President Bola Tinubu approved the implementation of zero per cent import duty and exemption of Value-Added Tax on basic food items. The Ministry of Finance confirmed the …

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its war against Hamas, the health ministry in the enclave said Thursday, yet another dark milestone in the 10-month-old conflict. The ministry said 40 people had died in Gaza during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths since October 7 to 40,005 – about one in every 55 people in the enclave. More than 92,401 have been injured. The health ministry does …

President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo have signed an agreement on Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further affirming partnership for mutual development. The agreement signed on Wednesday in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, covered legislative and regulatory measures for the gas pipeline, establishment and operation, transit of natural gas, ownership of the gas pipeline, …

The Federal Government says it has set up Agriculture and Water Resources Joint Action Committee to harness the resources of both ministries in addressing the challenges of food security and inflation. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, disclosed this at the National Youth Convention on Thursday in Abuja. The convention was organised by the Nigerian Women for …

…Says lab, hostels, other facilities for 400 students ready Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, said the Edo State College of Health Sciences and Technology (EDOCOHEST) will commence academic activities on September 9, 2024. Obaseki spoke to journalists after an inspection tour of the facilities of the institution at Dumez Road in Benin City, the Edo State capital. …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, signed into law a revised supplementary budget of N450 billion. Obaseki who signed the revised supplementary budget at the EXCO Chamber, in Government House, Benin City, said the government is appropriating about N5 billion to boost the growth of small businesses in the State. He said, “I want to express my profound …