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President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for routine medical checks that will last for a maximum of two weeks. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, who announced this in a statement, on Tuesday, said the president would head for UK after attending a United Nations event in Kenya. He said the President will depart […]

Spanish police said Tuesday they had arrested Britain’s most wanted woman over a £1 billion VAT scam, after nine years on the run. The fugitive, identified by Britain’s National Crime Agency as 47-year-old Sarah Panitzke, was arrested by Guardia Civil police on Sunday walking her dogs in Santa Barbara village, between Barcelona and Valencia. Panitzke […]

Some of the Nigerians who are trapped over the crisis between Russia and Ukraine are not willing to return to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, disclosed this when he met with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday. He said: “We hope to start evacuation hopefully Wednesday although some […]

Russia has been expelled from the 2022 World Cup and its teams suspended from all international football competitions “until further notice” after its invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced in a joint statement with UEFA on Monday. The men’s team had been due to play in qualifying play-offs in March for the World Cup in Qatar […]

Air Peace and Max Air may begin the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine on Wednesday, the Federal Government has announced. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this on Monday during a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Onyeama said the evacuation will be done following the approval of […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has held a protest against the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students led by the national president, Sunday Asefon, gathered on Monday morning at Unity Fountain in Abuja, displaying various placards and chanting songs of solidarity. The protest was also held in […]

A father shot dead three of his own children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident. All three children who […]

Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky said Saturday he has joined his country’s military reserves to fight the Russian invasion. The 36-year-old Stakhovsky once ranked at 31 in the world and who famously defeated Roger Federer on Wimbledon’s Centre Court in 2013, said that once he has helped his wife and child reach safety in Hungary, […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has discovered a newly-hatched malicious software that steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. According to a security advisory from the Commission’s CSIRT, the software identified as Xenomorph targeted 56 financial institutions from Europe. It is said to have a high impact and […]

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine may further prolong the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Nigeria, as bulk of the refined products coming into the country from the warring region and its adjoining areas are likely to face some delays. It was also gathered on Sunday that traders […]

The Government of Hungary has extended a hand of fellowship to Nigeria by waving aside the presentation of visas for all Nigerians in Ukraine seeking entrance into or passage through the country. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this on Sunday via his Twitter page in a Public Travel […]

Veteran Nollywood actor, Chief Lari Williams, has died at the age of 81 following a long illness. Williams, who was famous for his roles in hit soap operas such as Village Headmaster, Ripples, and Mirror in The Sun, died peacefully on Sunday at his home in Ikom, Cross River State. This was disclosed in a […]

Roman Abramovich, has handed over the “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the trustees of its charitable foundation. This was announced in a statement posted on the website of the European champions on Saturday. The six new rulers of the Stamford Bridge club are chairman Bruce Buck , Blues’ women’s boss Emma Hayes, head of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, announced new dates for the 2023 elections. This was announced by the National Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja, the Federal capital. According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned down an offer from the United States of evacuation from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said Saturday on Twitter. “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky told the US, according to the embassy. “Ukrainians are proud of their President,” the tweet […]

The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and two others,  Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, […]

The National Leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he has what it takes to be Nigeria’s next president. Tinubu said this when he visited the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo in Osun State, on Friday. He pledged not to disappoint Nigerians if elected into the highest office in the […]