Vice President Kamala Harris might have just sealed her fate in Pennsylvania — just not in the way she intended. After publicly agreeing with a heckler accusing Israel of genocide, the vice president signaled a desperate attempt to placate Arab American voters in a state where discontent with Democrats’ support of Israel has been growing…
The Kremlin announced Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to meeting with incoming US President Donald Trump, following Trump’s assertion that plans for a meeting were underway. “The president has repeatedly stated his openness to contact with international leaders, including the US president, including Donald Trump,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Trump,…
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of stoking “class warfare’’ as rivals faced off in the final parliamentary session before national elections on Feb. 23. Germany’s lower house of parliament, Scholz said Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance would lower taxes on the rich. Merz, In a major speech in the Bundestag,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed April 28 for judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, seeking to stop his removal as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national secretary. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after Anyanwu’s counsel, Ken Njemanze, SAN, and defence lawyers adopted their processes and presented their arguments…
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to ensure the safety of the planet and people globally. This is contained in a statement by Dr Oluseyi Soremekun, National Information Officer, UN Information Centre (UNIC), on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said that Mohammed made the call during her…
Israel on Wednesday denied agreeing to a week long ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for a list from Hamas of hostages that the group would release. Media reports claimed the proposed deal would include a six-to-eight-week ceasefire, expanded aid access to the Palestinian enclave, and efforts to rebuild its health system, destroyed by Israeli strikes….
Maldovan President Maia Sandu has won a second term in office, the country’s election commission said. With more than 98 per cent of votes counted in the runoff election for the presidency, Sandu secured about 54 per cent of votes, according to preliminary results from the commission. Sandu’s challenger, former attorney general Alexandr Stoianoglo, who…
The Police Command in Niger has arrested 11 suspects over alleged thuggery and breach of public peace at Chaichainiya area of Kaduna Road in Suleja. SP Wasiu Abiodun, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement made available to newsmen, on Sunday in Minna. Abiodun said that the arrest followed report it received…
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has urged Nigerians to demand accountability from their leaders. He decried the prevailing “rule of rulers” instead of the rule of law. Falana stated this at the 4th Anniversary of the late Yinka Odumakin Lecture, organised by the Oluyinka Odumakin Foundation yesterday in Lagos. The lecture’s theme was…
MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecommunications operator on Tuesday commenced implementation of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s approved tariff hike by increasing its data prices. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) using the *312# code on the MTN network showed the revised MTN data prices. For the monthly plans, MTN 1.8GB now goes for N1,500,…
