Author: Roxana Scopa

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University and Non Academic Staff Union at the University of Ilorin on Monday embarked on strike in compliance with the directive of the national bodies of the two unions. SSANU and NASU members began a seven-day nationwide strike to protest what they described as unfair treatment and […]

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North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Monday, according to Seoul’s military, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in South Korea to meet with top officials and participate in a democracy summit. Blinken is in Seoul for the third Summit for Democracy, a project of US President Joe Biden, which the South is hosting this week, and […]

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Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be “intimidated” as he celebrated an election victory that allows the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in over 200 years. All of the 71-year-old’s main rivals are deceased, imprisoned, or in exile, and he has led a continual crackdown on anyone openly opposing his rule or his military actions in Ukraine.

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Civil Society Organisations, on Sunday, cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against politically motivated prosecution. The CSOs also advised the EFCC against acting as “political tools” in the hands of disgruntled politicians. The CSOs under the aegis of Committee for the Defence of Democracy and Rule of Law particularly decried what they described as […]

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