The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday announced the lift of suspension of direct flights from 17 countries including Nigeria. Other affected countries are South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, Zambia, Madagascar, Angola, Seychelles, United Republic of Comoros, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Also, the Saudi Government scrapped major …

The zoning of the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 presidential election has divided the governors and National Assembly members elected on the platform of the main opposition party, THISDAY has learnt. This is coming as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the process …

Douglas MacArthur was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a Field Marshal to the Philippine Army once, said that “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to …

The projected oil price of the Federal Government of $62/barrel as contained in the 2022 Appropriation Bill has almost doubled going by the current global oil prices, which have been on the increase since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022. Industry figures showed that Brent, the …

The U.S. remains in discussions with Poland to potentially backfill their fleet of fighter planes if Warsaw decides to transfer its used MiG-29s to Ukraine, four U.S. officials tell POLITICO. The ongoing talks, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleads with Congress for help, underscore the frantic push to find weapons to …

Russia has said that the West was behaving like a bandit by imposing sanctions and cutting economic relations over the conflict in Ukraine. However, Russia said it was far too big to be isolated, insisting that the world was much larger than just the United States and its allies. Kremlin …

Sparta Rotterdam goalkeepeer Maduka Okoye was attacked by Vitesse Arnhem fans following his spectacular performance in Friday night’s Eredivisie clash, Newsextra24.com. Okoye made nine superb saves including a penalty in the keenly contested encounter. Some angry home fans chose violence late in the game, attacked him and even hurled a …

Faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to Senator Ademola Adeleke have described an Osun State High Court injunction nullifying the delegate congress of the party as ineffective. A State High Court, sitting in Ijebu-Jesa had on Thursday, nullified the ward congress held by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, …

Chuks Ibegbu, the immediate past spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned of the dangers of denying Igbo nation Nigeria’s presidential seat in the upcoming 2023 general elections in the country. Ibegbu gave the warning during an enlarged meeting with Nigerian socio-cultural and political youth groups’ leaders held in Umuahia, on Friday. …

A socio-political activist, Reno Omokri on Saturday, challenged the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu to engage in physical exercise of dancing and footballing like the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo did in a viral video. Obasanjo was sighted in a video on Saturday dancing and playing …