The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned its personnel across the country to remain unbiased and apolitical or risk being punished. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning on Friday at the second regular quarterly consultative meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. His warning comes ahead of […]
Actor Johnny Depp was grilled about his drug and alcohol use and coarse text messages as he took the witness stand on Thursday for a third day at his defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Heard’s lawyer Ben Rottenborn spent more than five hours seeking to undermine the credibility of the “Pirates of the […]
Russia is aiming to take full control of southern Ukraine as well as the eastern Donbas region, a senior Russian commander says. Maj Gen Rustam Minnekayev was quoted in state media as saying that goal would allow Moscow to form a land bridge to Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. He also said it would […]
CNN’s new owner says it will close the US-based news channel’s streaming service just a month after it launched. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) says it will issue refunds to subscribers after the service is shut down on 30 April. The head of CNN+ has resigned and hundreds more workers could be at risk of losing […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, believes the suspension of the strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is dependent on the union. Ngige made the comment when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, calling for the varsity lecturers to be considerate. “It depends on ASUU. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says no responsive government can ignore the role of religious and traditional rulers in tackling insecurity in the country. Speaking at an Iftar dinner with religious and traditional rulers on Thursday in Abuja, the President said his administration would continue to count on the invaluable advice and guidance of members of the […]
Ukraine’s president has told the world’s finance ministers his country needs $7bn (£5.4bn) every month until the summer to keep functioning. Volodymyr Zelensky also said “we will need hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild all this later”. He was addressing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank conference via video link from Kyiv. […]
The Federal Government is to train 150, 000 local cooks nationwide to meet the required standards of its school feeding initiative. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq made this known at the Orientation Programme of Facilitators for the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). The News Agency […]
The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has invited presidential aspirants to an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa on Saturday. The invitation, which was extended to all presidential hopefuls across political parties, is expected to have the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and seventeen other aspirants from the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party […]
The Anambra Government says plans are underway to establish second oxygen plant at Onitsha General Hospital, in partnership with Global Fund. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, said this on Thursday during an inspection tour of the general hospital in Onitsha. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Aug. 8, 2019, the […]