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At least seven people died including a six-year-old girl and 90 others were injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said. Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine on August 19, 2023.National Police/ReutersCNN —  Saturday’s strike – in a …

•Say, it’s beginning of dictatorship in Nigeria•Nothing wrong with the message–Nwoko, Ogwuche, Mudiaga-Odje, others“It’s badly chosen, threatening–Emiaso, Ikimi, Omare, Morris In a bold and thought-provoking move, billboards emblazoned with the phrase ‘All Eyes on the Judiciary’ recently sprang up across Abuja, capturing the attention of passersby. Similarly, on the streets and in the markets across the country, it has become …

Targeting the reduction of energy cost on Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI). The initiative, which is one of the planned means of easing the harsh effects of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians, according to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, will be …

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, mindful of the urgent power of a president’s words, liked to say he was guarded with his language because anything he said could send troops marching or markets tumbling. His successor, Donald Trump, showed no such restraint. Now Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges in four separate indictments, two ofthem anchored in the Republican’s lie that he did not …

…Says Monarch’s subvention has been shored up, not reduced as is being peddled by mischief makers Edo State Government has restated that the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, remains the uncontestable head of all the traditional rulers and chiefs in Edo State. In a statement, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare …

…No crisis in govt, we’re focused, says Obaseki Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, has said there is no plan whatsoever to impeach the State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, urging Edo people to disregard rumours of the purported impeachment by the State Assembly. “There was no time that the governor called me and …

Edo State Government, on Friday, led football lovers and other residents to major roads and streets within the Benin metropolis to rally support for Bendel Insurance ahead of Saturday’s CAF Confederation encounter with ASO Chlef FC of Algeria, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Edo City Transport Limited, Mrs. Hauwa Dupe …

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has slammed the floating of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Falana also disclosed that he is challenging the decision to float the naira in court, noting that it is ‘illegal’. On June 14, when the naira was trading at a range of 730 to 755 against the dollar at the Investors …

He had said he would use the “major News Conference” at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club Monday morning to release what he claimed was an “almost complete” report that would exonerate him. Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence that the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were …

Ukraine has ramped up missile strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea in recent weeks in an effort to disrupt Russian logistics and resupply efforts as fighting rages in southern Ukraine – but it’s a strategy that some US officials in Washington are viewing with skepticism. For some military and Biden administration officials, Ukrainian attacks on Crimea are at best a distraction, and at worst, …