35 killed as Russian airstrike hits Ukraine military base
Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia’s grinding invasion. More than 30 Russian cruise missiles targeted the sprawling training facility that is less than 25 kilometers (15...
Church’s General Overseer arrested with drugs at Lagos airport
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. The General Overseer was arrested by the anti-drug officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja in Lagos State, while on his way to a three-week...
Putin holds 75-minute call with France, Germany on how ‘to end war in Ukraine’
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has held a 75-minute phone call with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Olaf Scholz about efforts to ‘end the war’. The Kremlin did not elaborate on the talks, but the Russian President said yesterday that there had been ‘certain positive shifts’ in negotiations for peace in Ukraine. Despite the sign of some progress being made, a French...
Italy seizes Russian billionaire’s $578m yacht
Italian police have seized a yacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, the prime minister's office said on Saturday. This comes a few days after the businessman was placed on an EU sanctions list following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The 143-metre (470-foot) Sailing Yacht A, which has a price tag of 530 million euros ($578 million), has been sequestered at...
Russians strike near Kyiv, block aid convoy
Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine on Saturday, pounding Mariupol in the south, shelling the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, and thwarting the efforts of people trying to flee the violence. In Mariupol, which has endured some of the worst punishment since Russia invaded, efforts to bring food, water and medicine into the port city of 430,000 and to evacuate civilians, were...
Russia destroys Ukrainian airbase
Russian rocket attacks destroyed a Ukrainian airbase and hit an ammunition depot near Vasylkiv in the Kyiv region, Interfax Ukraine has quoted its mayor as saying. The exhausted-looking governor of Chernihiv, around 150 km (100 miles) northeast of Kyiv, gave a video update in front of the ruins of the city's Ukraine Hotel. "There is no such hotel any more," Viacheslav...
Ukraine: Zelenskiy warns Russia over attempt to occupy Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned Russian forces they face a fight to the death if they try to occupy the capital Kyiv, as air raid sirens again woke residents on Sunday morning. "If they decide to carpet bomb and simply erase the history of this region ... and destroy all of us, then they will enter Kyiv. If that's...
Premier League disqualifies Abramovich as Chelsea director
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a Chelsea director by the Premier League board after the British government sanctioned the Russian billionaire. Chelsea owner Abramovich was one of seven more oligarchs sanctioned this week by the UK following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The European champions have been placed under tough restrictions due to the sanctions on Abramovich. Chelsea are unable to sign players,...
Memo: RCCG denies endorsing candidate ahead 2023
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has provided justification to the creation of Office of Directorate of Politics and Governance to engage members willing to be involved in politics ahead of the 2023 general election. The RCCG led by Pastor Enoch Adeboye had released a memo, stating that the newly-created directorate would help to coordinate the engagement of members...
Buhari taunts PDP: You’ve failed as govt, opposition
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a failure both as governing and opposition party. Buhari, however, warned leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) not to allow the ruling party to go in the way of the PDP. The president, who gave the warning in a statement issued by his Senior...
