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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to rule on a lawsuit challenging the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the first such verdict by an international court since the war started almost three weeks ago. The UN highest court at The Hague will reveal its decision on Wednesday on Ukraine’s urgent proceedings against Russia. Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating the Genocide Convention of 1948 and is asking the court to order an immediate end to the hostilities. Ukraine is also asking judges to establish that there is no legal justification for the invasion, Russia boycotted the hearing on…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, presided over a hybrid meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The meeting was anchored from the State House Council Chambers, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari was away in London, UK, for routine medical check-up. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, joined the vice president in the Council Chambers for the meeting. Ministers physically present at the meeting were those of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed…
Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari has urged political appointees, who desire to contest elective offices in 2023, to comply with the provisions of the electoral act. The governor made the call on Tuesday in Katsina while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with political appointees. The meeting was also attended by his Deputy, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu. He said: “I briefed them on certain developments in our party, APC and our preparations for the local government elections. “I urge those with ambition to contest elections in 2023 to take a look at the electoral bill which was recently signed…
It’s been condemnation galore over National Youth Service Corps members seen dancing in a viral video at a yet-to-be identified orientation camp. In the video, one female corper was seen giving a lap dance to a male counterpart. The video, which has attracted condemnations from Nigerians, also showed the corpers engaging in other forms of erotic dance. A male corper was also seen hitting his organ against the female’s own, with a corper heard saying, “give am well“. “The general impression of NYSC camp is now a prostitution centre,” Clement Adogwa said while commenting on the Facebook video. Olamide Asiru…
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged. He picked up his phone and tweeted: “I want to join the team.” He was some 8,700km (5,400 miles) away from the front line, in a small apartment in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos. The philosophy graduate is one of several hundred Africans, from countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Algeria, who say they are willing to take up arms in the battle against Russia, partly to escape the bleak prospects faced by many young men at home. “We know that it’s war, it’s…
Ukraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of support as the city came under further Russian attack. The prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday evening as a curfew began in Kyiv. Afterwards, the Czech leader told Ukrainians that they are “not alone”. The group are the first Western leaders to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded. “We admire your brave fight,” Petr Fiala wrote in a tweet. “We know that you’re also fighting for…
A Russian journalist has been fined and released after she protested against the war in Ukraine on a live TV news programme and made an anti-war video. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after she ran on to the set on Monday holding a sign saying “no war”. She said she had been questioned for 14 hours and not slept for two days, and was not given access to legal help. The 30,000 rouble (£214; $280) fine relates to her video message. She had pleaded not guilty to the charge of organising an unauthorised public event.…
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Tolu Ogunlesi, has released statistical data on the frequency of national power grid before the advent of the present administration. Tracing the history of collapses from 2010 to 2020, a period of ten years, Ogunlesi cited data which he said he sourced from “System Operator.” The statistics showed that in 2010, a total of 42 cases of grid collapse happened while in 2011, 19 cases were recorded. Below is the list of cases per year: 2010: 42 2011: 19 2012: 24 2013: 24 2014: 13 2015: 10 2016: 28 2017: 24 2018: 13 2019:…
One of the leading aspirants for the position of the chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Malam Saliu Mustapha on Tuesday said he is a very serious contender for the position. This was after he picked the nomination form for the APC national chairmanship position. The APC will be electing new officials that will manage the affairs of the party at its national convention billed for March 26 in Abuja. Mustapha was the former national deputy chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Turaki of llorin Emirate, Mr. Balls Usman, Director General, Saliu Mustapha Campaign Organisation…
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, says the food economy in the West Africa and Sahel sub-region is projected to reach 480 billion dollars in 2030. Schmale said this at the 13th Multidisciplinary Team Meeting of 15 West African countries and Sahel sub-region in Abuja to brainstorm on the way forward to the food and nutrition situation in the region. The meeting is with the theme “Joining Efforts to Build Resilient Agrifood Systems in West Africa and Sahel”. He said the expected growth would be attributed to systemic approach undertaken by the Food and Agriculture Organisation…