Some of the 67 suspended Enigie (Dukes) of the Benin Kingdom have appealed to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, for clemency and forgiveness. Their appeal is contained in a statement signed by Victor Etinosa Oguigo of Ugoniyekikpoba Dukedom on Wednesday in Benin. Oguigo emphasised that it would be “suicidal for one to wrestle…
The White House said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping in the Black Sea and stop military strikes. Washington released separate statements after American officials met representatives from both countries in Saudi Arabia on Tueday. However, Russia said certain sanctions on banks, insurers, and food exporters must be lifted…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, on the death of Ebunoluwa Ojelabi, his wife. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday, President Tinubu joined the Ojelabi family in this moment of grief. He prayed for God’s…
The Senate, on Tuesday, set up a delegation to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark. Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, who made the announcement during plenary, named the Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro as leader of the delegation. Barau listed other…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condoled with Gov. Dikko Radda over the death of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru-Bare-bari, a respected nonagenarian who lived for 93 years. During the visit on Tuesday in Katsina, Atiku in his message said: “On behalf of my team, I extend my deepest condolences to you, your family and the…
The Dnepr group of the Russian armed forces has taken control of the settlement of Malye Shcherbaki (Mali Shcherbaky) in the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. “As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the Dnepr group of troops liberated the settlement of Malye Shcherbaki in the Zaporizhzhia region,”…
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called for an investigation into the deaths of three Russian journalists and other civilians in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). Spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that the OHCHR stated that those responsible for the deaths should be prosecuted. On Monday,…
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, recused himself from the suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others. The suit is seeking to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from going ahead with the disciplinary proceedings over alleged misconduct…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan for winning the 2025 Sunhak Peace Founders’ Award. Tinubu applauded the former President for his consistent advocacy for peace, harmony, and communality, a patriotic endeavour that has earned him global recognition, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday. The President stated that…
Russia’s Tsentr (Centre) group of forces has eliminated up to 430 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. “The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to up to 430 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, including a U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier. “Also are 12 vehicles and…
