Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday revealed that he was ‘proud’ of the action of his soldiers in Ukraine, where Moscow says it is conducting a military operation.
‘We are proud that during the special military operation our fighters act with courage, and professionalism, like real heroes,‘ Putin said in televised remarks during a Kremlin meeting with military academy graduates.
Referring to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the intervention in Ukraine, he said “they will be overcome”.
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And ‘in the face of new threats and risks, …
German Regionalliga West club Sav Straelen, has announced the appointment of former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh as the new head coach.
Oliseh, according to a report in waz.de, will pen a one-year contract with the fourth-tier club.
‘Yes, Sunday Oliseh will be our new coach. A good 14 days ago we had delicious asparagus at the Straelener Hof,’ president of the club Hermann Tecklenburg was quoted by waz.de.
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‘That was a good conversation. In the last 24 hours we were also able to discuss an employment contract …
Following several weeks of complaints about hitches experienced in the online registration of voters, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced that the portal has been shut.
In a briefing in Abuja before the Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert recently, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Federal Capital Territory, Yahaya Bello, provided the clarification.
Bello questioned why Nigerians continue to flock to the commission’s website despite a warning from the commission last month that it will stop accepting online registrations on May 30.
He says that those who complained that online registration was no longer valid ought …
The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senator Philip Aduda, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was on Tuesday announced by the Senate caucus of the party as the Minority leader.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the position became vacant after the immediate past Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South resigned from the PDP.
Recall that Senator Abaribe had prior to the primary to seek the party’s ticket for the Abia State Governorship race, dumped his Party, the PDP for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and also resigned his position as the Minority leader.
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Paul Haggis who is an Oscar-winning Canadian screenwriter and film director has been detained under house arrest in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury to some individuals who had reported him to the authorities.
Haggis on his part has completely denied the accusation, his lawyers said on Monday.
…“Mr Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday with an emergency measure issued by the Brindisi prosecutors and is now under house arrest in Ostuni.
“He will be questioned by Thursday by a judge who will have to decide whether or not to confirm the detention,” his
As the cermonies for the inaguration of the new Attorney General of the Federation is completed, the coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of Civil Society Group for Good Governance (CSGGG) has openly tasked the newly appointed acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, to make sure that he fights corruption within the system by conducting his duties with the highest level of transparency and accountability.
The President of CSGGG, Ogakwu Dominic gave this advice which was contained in a signed letter addressed to the acting AGF and a copy was also made available to …
In a minor rejig of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda (FCT) one of the senators who had been nominated for the position has been finally named as the new Minority Leader of the Senate.
The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan had made the announcement in a letter he read during the plenary on Tuesday.
The letter was signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu.
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Lawan also announced Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the Senate Minority Whip. The seat of the …
Reacting to the strike action that has spanned for so many months, the Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC) has made open appeals to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shift ground and reconsider some of their demands by making some concessions so that the Nigerian university students can return to school after being forced to stay at home since February.
Mr Monday Ogbodum who is the Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the Union had also made the appeal on Tuesday in an interview in Calabar, the state capital.
…Ogbodum said ASUU had “clearly” made their
While reacting to the news of harsh fuel scarcity in the country, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has finally given a tangible explanation as to why there is fuel scarcity in Lagos and other parts of the country.
Akin Akinrinade who is the Lagos Zonal Chairman of IPMAN had in an interview with Channels Television, insisted they were not on strike.
Akinrinade noted that the operating environment has become hostile to their businesses.
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He also insisted the marketers had not embarked on strike as speculated.
…“Members of
As the swearing in ceremony kicks off for the new batch of prospective corps members, Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah who is the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has openly warned some corps members make sure that they avoid using social media to spread fake news in the Country.
The DG, Fadah had given the warning on Tuesday while declaring open the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Orientation Course in Asaya camp, Kogi State.
The DG, who had been represented by the Kogi State Coordinator of NYSC, …
The Government of Lagos State has put out an open warning against some of the indiscriminate excavations which are being carried out in the Magodo wetlands, while reiterating that it portends danger to lives and property.
Mr Mukaila Sanusi who is the spokesman of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development made this statement on Tuesday.
Sanusi has opined that the Commissioner in the ministry, Dr Idris Salako, gave the warning when he visited the area on Monday.
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Salako said the action was “unwarranted, provocative and contrary to
A leaked letter which was obtained by HURIWA have shown that some of the justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria were urged to form a trade union in response to some of their complaints of budget allocation and allowances.
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) had earlier recalled a media leak of a letter by the justices. In the leaked letter, some of the members of Nigeria’s judiciary had expressed their concerns over their budgetary allocations that have not been increased in the last four years.
The HURIWA had also made note of the fact that some …
