Russia is allegedly sending thousands of migrants and foreign students to fight alongside its troops in the war against Ukraine for visa renewal, reports Bloomberg. According to the Business news platform, the assessment was done by some European officials who alleged that the Kremlin is doing so to add extra manpower using the tactics first deployed by the Wagner mercenary group. The report added that Russia has been threatening not to extend the visas of African students and young workers unless they agree to join the military, according to officials familiar with the matter. Moscow has also been enlisting convicts…
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Members of the South-West Governors’ Forum, on Monday, converged on Lagos for a closed-door meeting. The host, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received his visiting colleagues at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. The five Governors of the member-states who attended the meeting include, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, and Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Lagos Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, disclosed this in videos shared on X.com on Monday. He wrote, “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu receiving Governors from…
Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has given fresh conditions for the resumption of oil production in Ogoni land. MOSOP leader, Mr Fegalo Nsuke, while speaking at the group’s Congress and rally held over the weekend at the Gokana Central Field in Bera, Ogoni, Rivers State, said the Ogoni Bill of Rights mandates MOSOP to make “representations on behalf of the Ogoni people as long as injustices continues.” He listed the injustice that led to Ogoni struggle to include; absence of basic amenities – lack of roads, potable water, housing, hospitals, among others. All these amenities, he said, have…
…as court refuses to declare their seats vacant, affirms PDP membership A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, affirmed that Martin Amaewhule and the 26 other members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are still members of the People’s Democratic Party. Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the Rivers State High Court, in his judgement in Port Harcourt on Monday, in a suit filed by Hyacinth Amadi, Godspower Obuah and Tonye Dairus, seeking to declare the seats of 27 lawmakers vacant, held that the claimants failed…
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has released an investigative report detailing the plight of Boko Haram victims in the North East. The report, titled, ‘Help us build our lives’: Girl survivors of Boko Haram and military abuses in north-east Nigeria’, captured experiences of how girls who escaped Boko Haram captivity were “reunited” with their surrendered “husbands” in government-owned facilities. The organisation said the report is based on at least 126 interviews, including 82 with survivors, that were conducted between 2019 and 2024. It revealed how girls survived trafficking and crimes against humanity by Boko Haram, including abduction, forced marriage, enslavement,…
. Exotic SUV prices range between N19m and N68m for each lawmaker Inspite of the hardship currently pervading the country, nine state Governors have in recent times expended over N15billion on the purchase of SUVs and other exotic cars for the members of their various state Houses of Assembly. Read details below, as captured by Daily Trust: Governors spend billions on cars for lawmakers Many state governors have spent billions of naira to purchase exotic vehicles of different foreign brands for members of the state houses of assembly despite the economic downturn in the country, Daily Trust can report. Analyses…
Some members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of ‘Reform Minded Lawmakers’, on Monday, proposed a single term of six years for President and Governors among other electoral reforms, as contained in various bills presented before the House. The Reps members made this proposal during a press conference in Abuja. Spokesperson of the group of lawmakers, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said constitutional and electoral reform had continued to be a burning topic in Nigeria since independence from Britain in 1960, stating that in the past 50 years, the controversy had led to unrest and further widened religious and ethnic…
…insists on N250,000 Samuel Adesola, Abuja Organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Monday, rejected Federal Government’s proposed N62,000 minimum wage offer for workers, warning they may resume their suspended strike after Tuesday. NLC Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, while appearing on a Channels TV’s Morning Brief, warned that the union will not negotiate a ”starvation wage”. The NLC Assistant General Secretary stated that if the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on workers’ demands by Tuesday, the Nigeria NLC and the TUC will meet to decide whether to resume the nationwide…
By Tom Garba He wears the royal looks, he has the physical fitness and the unimaginable intelligence of a humanitarian whose passion is to touch humanity and transform lives. Sir James Aondokar Iorpuu, a man with approachable mien and a ruddy face, attractive to see in his leadership traits. He’s the Man in Benue State Emergency Management Agency, popularly known as Benue SEMA. James’ wealth of experience as a civil servant, and his prowess in serving humanity made him prominent in and outside Benue State, a testament to his capabilities and the trust placed on him by Rev Fr Dr.…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded a N6.5 trillion trade surplus between January and March of 2024. NBS made this known in its foreign trade report for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024 on Sunday. In the first quarter of the year, NBS said Nigeria’s exports totalled N19.1 trillion and total imports stood at N12.6 trillion — indicating a trade surplus of N6.5 trillion. A trade surplus is an economic indicator of a positive trade balance in which the exports of a nation outweigh the country’s imports. “Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stood at N31.8 trillion in Q1,…