Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted his country is willing to negotiate with Russia but only on its own terms, pushing back against doubts about Ukraine’s battlefield prospects and about the support of its allies. Talking to reporters on Tuesday night, December 19, Zelensky said that his country is not losing the war and that…
Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs, has called on the Federal and State Governments to exempt women from paying taxes in the country. She stated this on Tuesday at the 4th Annual Forum of the Women, Peace, and Security Sector Reference Group 2023 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The minister emphasised the importance…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, unveiled the Ikeja flyover bridge, which is part of the state’s Red Line Rail project. Sanwo-Olu was joined by the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; and the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; among others. In a tweet on his official X…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, says the 2024 budget will be passed on Saturday, December 30, 2023. Abbas made this announcement as the House resumed plenary on Tuesday. This was as he passed a message from the Committee on Appropriations to various committees of the House that they must conclude…
The wives and girlfriends of mobilised Russian soldiers have demanded that president Vladimir Putin goes to the frontline ‘and dies’. Protests and demands to end the slaughter in Ukraine have seen a surge throughout Russia as young men continue to die en masse.The women’s protest channel slammed Putin’s reasons for staging a war which…
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has called for a “non-partisan commission” to probe the sabotage that followed the murder of a former Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, and the massive corruption that caused the Mambilla power project collapse. SaharaReporters earlier reported that Soyinka criticised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the “unjust…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered a former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen, to tender an apology to it over her statement about a court judgment. Tallen who was reacting to a judgement nullifying the candidature of Aishatu Binani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
A group under the aegis of Middle Belt Patriots has called on Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, Ọba Sikiru Kayode Adetona to tread with caution and not to associate with the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. According to the group, this is because of the alleged role played by the former governor in…
Mr Abdul Imoyo, Access Bank’s Head of Media Relations, has reportedly passed on. The deceased previously served as a newspaper editor in Lagos, after which he joined Access Bank in 2014 as a corporate communications manager. Imoyo is said to have played a crucial role in managing the media relations for the financial services…
Precious Mbajiorgu, a visually-impaired student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, was recently recognized by the West African Examination Council as the top candidate in the physical disability category for the 2002 Senior School Certificate Examination. In this interview with IKENNA OBIANERI, she shares how losing her sight at 11 influenced her journey….