Author: NPO Admin II
Eight years after Russian troops seized Ukraine’s southern region of Crimea, the event is being celebrated with flag-waving crowds in Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium and special lessons in schools. President Vladimir Putin made a special appearance before the crowd. State workers said they had been told to take part. In schools, teachers held lessons marking the “Crimean spring”. The Russian army has used its bases in Crimea to seize towns and cities on Ukraine’s south coast. Mr Putin has regularly used the anniversary to highlight love of the motherland. Officials said more than 200,000 people had gathered at the stadium, although…
Former Deputy Governor of Osun, Iyiola Omisore has indicated his interest to contest for the position of National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress. The APC holds its national convention on March 26, 2022. The position of the National Secretary has been zoned to the South-West part of the country. Omisore said on Friday that he has submitted his forms to express his interest for the position. Omisore had joined the APC after the election that brought in incumbent governor of Osun Gboyega Oyetola. He had been in the Social Democratic Party where he had decamped to from the Peoples…
The Students Union body of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has given the LAUTECH chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) 72 hours to withdraw from the ongoing strike. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by its President, Anuoluwa Adeboye, and Public Relations Officer, Gabriel Michael. The union, in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan, urged the lecturers to toe the path of lecturers at the Kwara State University (KWASU) who opted out of the strike. ASUU had commenced a nationwide strike due to disagreements between it and the…
One hundred and thirty people have been rescued so far from the rubble of a theatre hit by an airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner says. Hundreds of people were sheltering underground when the theatre was bombed by Russia, ripping the building apart, according to the Ukrainian authorities. In a televised address, human rights commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said rescue work is ongoing at the site and there are still 1,300 people in the basement. BBC
Breaking! Court Says Appointees Can Resign 30 Days to ElectionsA Federal High Court on Friday countered the provision of the Electoral Law concerning resignation of Political appointees which require them to resign according to the provisions of Subsection 12 of Section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022.Justice Evelyn Anyadike, of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, while ruling on the matter brought before the court, stated that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and ought to be struck down as it cannot stand when it is in violation of the clear provisions of the…
The family of late Oluwabamise Ayankola, has rejected the autopsy plan by the Lagos State Government. Bamise, 22 year old had boarded a BRT bus from Lekki to Oshodi last month but was later declared missing by her family. She was found dead on Carter Bridge Lagos three days after intensive search. The driver of the bus, Mr. Nice Omonnikoron was later arrested in Ogun State where he was hiding. Lawyer to the family at a press conference on Friday said there is no way the Lagos State Government which is a party to the matter can be the one…
Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine – and this seems to be paying off. On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia’s precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine. Within half an hour of the ending of the phone call, I interviewed Mr Erdogan’s leading adviser and spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin. Mr Kalin was part of the small group of officials who had listened in on the call. The Russian demands fall into two categories. The first four demands are,…
Arrested former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been transferred to the Abuja facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. NPO Reports reliably learnt Friday morning that against speculations that Obiano has been released and on his way to the United States where he was headed before his arrest in Lagos on Thursday, the former governor was indeed moved from the Lagos detention facility to Abuja Friday morning. Investigations by the NPO Reports showed that EFCC was stunned by the speed with which Obiano had planned to leave the country less than three hours after he handed over…
All remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK. As of 04:00 GMT, unvaccinated arrivals will no longer have to take tests – the rule had already been lifted for the vaccinated – and passenger locator forms have been scrapped. It comes almost exactly two years after the first Covid lockdown measures were imposed in the UK. Travel bosses said lifting the rules was the “final game-changer”. Aviation minister Robert Courts said: “Everything we have worked for – every jab, every test, and the sacrifices made by the whole country means that finally, nearly two…
A 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that slammed head on into a van carrying university athletes in a collision that killed nine on Tuesday. In a Thursday news conference, federal investigators said the truck’s left tyre – which was a spare – blew out before swerving into the oncoming van. Six university golfers, including one from Portugal and one from Mexico, and their coach died in the crash. Both the young pickup driver and his passenger were also killed. Two students, both from Canada, survived the collision and are in a stable condition but still in…