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One fighter was shot twice, sent from the hospital back to the front, where he drank melted snow to live. Forced to assault Ukrainian positions repeatedly, until a grenade blinded him. Saved from the trenches by a doctor who made him a hospital orderly. Another was jailed at 20 for minor drugs charges, sent to the front aged 23. Given almost no …

The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the alleged gun possession charge filed against him by the Federal Government. Emefiele arriving at court The embattled CBN boss arrived at the court premises around 9:20am for his alleged gun possession trial. He is standing trial on two counts of possessing a single-barrel shotgun …

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty before a Federal High Court Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice. Vanguard earlier reported Emefiele arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for his alleged gun possession trial. The embattled …

The groaning occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy grew louder on Monday as the  Nigerian Labour Congress said it was ready to fight the economic pains and hardship caused by the Federal Government’s decision. Also, university workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the University of Lagos chapter of the  Academic Staff Union …

Some residents of Enugu State on Monday protested against continuous sit-at-home enforcement by the Indigenous People of Biafra in the state on Mondays. Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the residents were seen protesting against the illegal sit-at-home order, which they claimed has paralysed economic activities. One of the inscriptions read: “We no longer meet up with our hire purchase …

Members of the Edo State Civil Society Organisations and other civil rights groups in the state came out on Monday to protest the hardship brought upon Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. The rallies began at Ring Road and went through the major streets in Benin, like Mission Road, Akpakpava Road, Sakponba Road and others. …

…Says Obaseki can’t change fuel price, fix federal roads Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects, has urged residents to hold the Federal Government responsible for the deplorable state of federal roads in the State. He also urged them to hold the government responsible for the continued suffering and hardship faced by the people …

A coalition of Civil Society Central Coordinating Council and some political parties has faulted calls for the sack of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Yakubu Mahmood. The coalition on the aegies of Civil Society National Roundtable, at a press briefing, in Abuja, on Monday, said the call for Mahmood sack was Ill-motivated. The group, in a statement read …

Chief D.U. Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, “lived a fulfilled life, making indelible and unblemished contributions to the progress of the kingdom and its people,” Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said. Obaseki made the remarks on Sunday in a press statement he personally signed, mourning the passing of the Benin senior Chief, who died at the age 93, …

• List reasons president ‘s victory shouldn’t stand • Atiku urges tribunal to uphold INEC’s declaration that he won in 21 states The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi at the February 25, 2023 election have both blasted President Bola Tinubu for saying that nullifying the election that produced him as …