CHINA on Wednesday announced a 7.2 per cent increase of its national defence budget totalling to USD 249 billion this year amid its hectic efforts to modernise armed forces, including fast paced development of warships and new generation fighter jets.…
REPORTS of North Korea sending 3500 of its suicide-ready troops as part of Russian assistance to Ukraine have raised serious alarm bells in South Korea. The reports indicate that these troops sent by Pyongyang are willing to kill themselves…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the employment of 774 National Health Fellows, an initiative led by the Federal Ministry of Health to foster sustained improvements within Nigeria’s healthcare system. President Tinubu announced the fellows’ employment on Thursday during the inauguration…
THE Law now is that a Legislative House cannot suspend a Member of the House as doing so will deny his constituents representation as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended). Again, the relationship…
NIGERIA, under the watch of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has earned the unenviable mark of ranking sixth globally in terrorism, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). This ranking is a stark reminder of the country’s struggles with terrorism,…
SIX people with alleged links to Russia have been detained in Romania on suspicion of planning a coup. The Organised Crime Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office made the announcement in a statement on Thursday. The suspects are said to…
THE Senate on Thursday advised Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to respect and obey the rules and orders of the legislative institution. Rising on Order 55(1), the Chief Whip of the Senate, Mohammed Monguno pointed out that “it is…
THE Nigerian Senate has handed a six-month suspension to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. This decision was made after a majority vote, aligning with the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct.…
PROLOGUE THE TYRANNY OF DEATH AND THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF MANKIND Death, shame on you. You have always killed the body, not the soul; never the legacy. Such is the fate of the last two men standing, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo…
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says victims of Ponzi schemes in the country were mostly women. Dr Emomotimi Agama, Director-General, SEC, said this on Thursday in Abuja, at an event to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration organised…
