Russian police have traced opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s movements and what he drank before falling ill in Siberia last month, and are trying to locate a witness who has left the country, the interior ministry said on Friday. The ministry said it was preparing another request for legal assistance from Germany, where Navalny was airlifted […]
U.S. President Donald Trump predicted at a rally in Michigan on Thursday that he would win the election battleground state as thousands of cheering, largely maskless supporters defied state guidelines aimed at containing the novel coronavirus. Trump tells supporters Nobel nomination is a ‘big thing’ “This is not the crowd of a person who comes […]
Mozambique on Thursday denied accusations by rights group Amnesty International that soldiers had committed atrocities, saying the acts were carried out by Islamist insurgents impersonating troops. Militants with links to Islamic State have stepped up attacks in Mozambique this year, alarming governments across southern Africa. Amnesty said on Wednesday it had seen videos showing soldiers […]
The Association of Nigerian Academics in the United Kingdom (ANAUK) has provided financial support to privately sponsored Nigerian students in British higher institutions. At the height of COVID-19 pandemic, many students experienced severe financial hardship due to their inability to work and little or no support from their families and educational institutions. In response to […]
The Ogun State Police Command has advised the public especially those who lost their vehicles /motorcycles to thieves or left abandoned to report at Agbara and Idiroko Divisional headquarters for identification and claims within 14 days of this publication. Agbara vehicles One unregistered Mazda 323 Saloon Car; One Mazda 626 with registration number FL 293 […]
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, yesterday promised to return FESTAC Town in Lagos to its original plan. He spoke during a tour of FESTAC Town with FHA Executive Director of Business Development AbdulMumin Jibrin and other officials. He warned that illegalities in the estate would not be condoned, […]
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr. Obadiah Mailafia has received a third invitation from the Department of State Security (DSS) in less than two months. He was asked to appear on Monday, September 14 by 11am. Mailafia told The Nation on Friday his life was in danger because certain […]
Health workers under Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have called on Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo to intervene in the dispute between them and the Federal Government. JOHESU Chairman Bio Josiah accused the Federal Government of short-changing members in the payment of COVID-19 Inducement Allowances. He said the Federal Ministry of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has dragged the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) before the Federal High Court in Abuja to invalidate the controversial 6th broadcasting code. A copy of the originating summon sighted by The Nation in Abuja joins Attorney General of […]
The New Commissioner of Police in charge of the Nigeria Police Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS), Imohimi Edgal, has released special hotlines, calling on citizens to report excesses of operatives of the unit across the country. The citizens’ complaint hotlines are: 08121226468, 08081911644 and 09095097307. Others are: 08055911306 and 08062856290. It was gathered that Edgal […]
