The Federal Government has met with envoys of the G7 countries in Nigeria, expressing worries over the Russian-Ukraine conflict with a call for peace to resolve the conflict. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, met with the envoys on Friday in Abuja, saying that the Nigerian government called for peace and the use of diplomacy in resolving all differences. Onyeama said Nigeria does not condone the approach of aggression by Russia, calling on Russia to pull back. “Peace and diplomacy to be prioritised by both sides. “We support every effort being made to stop the aggression and Russian troops to return to Russia,” Onyeama said. Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting, German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory, who is also chair of the G7 Group, appreciated the African Union on its statement on the situation. Ory, who also commended Nigeria for putting in its weight, said Nigeria is a very important voice that the world needed to hear. He said that what is also c

  More than 100 Ukrainians have died in the first day of war Brave Ukrainian woman confronts heavily armed Russian troops A Ukrainian woman is being hailed for her bravery after she confronted a heavily-armed Russian soldier and offered him sunflower seeds — so that they might bloom when he dies. The woman was captured on camera voicing her outrage as Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, with tanks rolling across the border and air strikes targeting major cities. Ukraine says it suffered 137 casualties on the first day of the war. The woman can be seen in the video asking the soldiers "Who are you?", to which a soldier standing in the street says: "We have exercises here. Please go this way." After asking if they are Russians, she said: "So what the f*** are you doing here?” As the soldiers tried to calm her down, the enraged woman said: "You’re occupants, you’re fascists! What the f*** are you doing on our land with all these guns? “Take these seeds and p

  The House of Representatives has declared a national emergency on the increasing spate of ritual killings. The Green Chambers asked the Inspector General of Police to bring to book all those involved in the act. The House also asked the Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board to increase monitoring of videos produced with ritual killing contents and ensure that such contents are deleted in line with its mandate. Adopting a motion of urgent public importance by Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, the House asked the National Orientation Agency (NOA), the media, school owners and parents to carry out enlightenment campaignS with a view to curbing the rising cases of ritual killings in the country. Okechukwu had raised concerns about the rising cases of kidnaping for ritual purposes and the increasing cases of missing persons, which he said has assumed an alarming rate. He also said that scenes containing killings for ritual purposes have become rampant in home videos, adding that if n

Five soldiers died on Tuesday while others were critically injured after a MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle) in which they were travelling had an accident in Anambra State. According to SaharaReporters, the soldiers from the 302 Artillery Regiment, General Support, Onitsha were on their way to Ihiala to join their colleagues at a military checkpoint after receiving information that operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) were planning to attack the checkpoint. Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had in December 2020 launched ESN to protect the people of the South-East region from terrorists and bandits allegedly trooping in from the North. The IPOB leader described the outfit as a replica of the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Amotekun, earlier launched by South-West governors to curb insecurity in their region. “The sole aim and objective of this newly formed security outfit known as Eastern Security Networ

Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and former U20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke drafted in as immediate assistant to Eguavoen. One of the most garlanded footballers to have come out of Nigeria, Amuneke scored both goals that won Nigeria the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations final match against Zambia in Tunis, scored the goal that won Nigeria and Africa’s first Olympic football gold medal in 1996 and played in the 1994 and 1996 FIFA World Cup finals, scoring two goals in USA ’94. As coach, the electrifying winger qualified Tanzania for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and led the Taifa Stars in the finals. He is a Member of both the FIFA and CAF Technical Study Groups. “The NFF Board has approved a recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as

  An unidentified Mobile Police Man who was drunk has shot dead a Staff Sergeant of the Nigeria army, Donatus,  attached to Op. Hadin Kai at the Shehu Palace general area in Maiduguri. The intoxicated policeman who was seeking a hard drug and couldnt get, got irritated and started shooting sporadically, the staff seregent in a move to disarm him was also shot in the cheek, with heavy blood pumping out, until he gave up to ghost. “It was learnt that the Mopol returned for sentry but he was looking for hard drug, initially the staff sergeant wanted to disarmed him but later left him. Minutes later he started shooting sporadically and accidentally shot the Staff Sergeant on the cheek killing him instantly

A young girl was rescued from jumping into the lagoon outward Iyana Oworo end of the bridge by officials of Rapid Response Squad (RR S) on patrol of 3rd Mainland Bridge, on Thursday. The teenager who was restrained by the officers from committing suicide by jumping into the lagoon in a conversation revealed that “I was beaten at home, that is why I ran away to commit suicide.” The officers’ attention was said to have been drawn to the lady by a dispatch rider before racing to the scene to restrain her from jumping into the lagoon. She has been conveyed to Iyana Oworo Police division, where efforts are in progress to contact family members. A 21-year-old man, Odunare Olalekan, had in December 2021 committed suicide by jumping into a lagoon at the Epe end in the Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State. A viral video showed Olalekan sitting on the handrail of Berger Bridge and suddenly jumping into the lagoon. A voice in the video was heard asking Olalekan what was wrong with him, but so