The European Union finance ministers, Monday, approved €1 billion in financial aid to Ukraine, billing it as the first installment of a promised nine-billion-euro rescue package agreed by European leaders in May. “This will give Ukraine the necessary funds to cover urgent needs and ensure the operation of critical infrastructure,” said, the finance minister of … [Read more…]
Police in Osun, yesterday, confirmed that gunmen attacked the residence of Lasun Yusuf, Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for the July 16 governorship election in the state. Police’s spokesperson in Osun, Yemisi Opalola, said unspecified number of gunmen attacked the residence of the politician in the early hours of Monday. She said the assailants shot at … [Read more…]
Gunmen in military fatigue have shot dead an ex-militant leader, Indukapo Ogede, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Ogede, who until his demise was Coordinator of Operations, Darlon Oil and Gas Servicing, was reportedly killed Sunday night at a hotel at the Okutukutu suburb of the state capital. Vanguard learned that the armed men ambushed their target … [Read more…]
Running mate: Funke Akindele suspends acting career Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has put her acting career on hold as she becomes the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party Lagos State governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran. Confirming her deputy governorship candidacy on Tuesday, the actress stated that her acting career must be “necessarily put on hold”. … [Read more…]
Supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have moved a step higher in their quest to market their candidate by developing a mobile application that would facilitate easy distributing of contents and campaign messages to woo voters ahead of the 2023 poll. The application known as “Peter Obi Nation” is seen by supporters as … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider their position on its prolonged strike, expressing concerns on the generational consequences for families, the educational system and the country’s future development. This is as the Presidency has given reasons it has been difficult to end the ongoing industrial action by ASUU … [Read more…]
ALL Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s selection of former Governor of Borno, Senator Kashim Shettima, on a Muslim-Muslim ticket has set the former Lagos State Governor on collision course with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was said to have warned that such an adoption would not augur well both for the party … [Read more…]
Consultative Forum (ACF) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s inability to curtail rising cases of kidnapping, killing and terrorists’ attacks have exposed his ineffective leadership. The group in a statement, yesterday, by its Secretary General, Murtala Aliyu, expressed regret over the level of insecurity, particularly in the Northern region, saying supporters of President Buhari must tell … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled Nollywood veteran and icon, Olu Jacobs on his 80th birthday. In a congratulatory statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled “President Buhari joins Nollywood in celebrating Olu Jacobs at 80,” the President noted Jacobs 80th birthday anniversary calls for thanksgiving for God’s care, guidance … [Read more…]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), yesterday said that 13 more bodies were recovered from the ill-fated boat sailing from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, a suburb of Lagos, on Saturday. The agency’s Zone Coordinator, South-West, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, in Lagos, confirmed that a total of 17 bodies … [Read more…]
Terrorists demand 100m for each abducted Kaduna train hostages Terrorists are demanding a N100m ransom for each of the 43 abducted Kaduna train passengers, who are still in their custody. The demand was communicated to the families of the hostages last week. This is coming five days after the alleged masterminds of the abduction were … [Read more…]
Some yet-to-be-identified people bearing arms have reportedly attacked the residence of the Labour Party candidate for the July 16 Osun governorship poll, Mr. Lasun Yusuf, located in Ilobu, Osun State. Wole Oladimeji, the media aide to Lasun Yusuff, who confirmed the attack, said the ex-deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, and members of his … [Read more…]