The Russian Foreign Ministry blacklisted 398 US congressmen in response to another “wave” of anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden administration against 328 State Duma deputies. “Mirror sanctions restrictions are being introduced against 398 members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. All these congressmen, including the leadership and chairmen of the committees of the lower house of the US Congress, are included in the Russian “stop list” on a permanent basis. “Together with other current legislators, who, like Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were denied entry to the Russian Federation earlier,…
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President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian president Volodymir Zelensky that the United States government will provide additional $800m in weapons, ammunition and security assistance to Ukraine. He also approved transfer of additional helicopters to Ukraine. According to Biden, the new aid package includes artillery systems, artillery rounds and armoured personnel carriers, among others. “This new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems we have already provided and new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch in eastern Ukraine. “These new capabilities include artillery systems, artillery rounds, and armored personnel carriers. I…
The chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has condoled with the people of Gidan Magana in Shagari local government area of Sokoto state on the death of 29 young people as a result of boat mishap Tuesday evening. In a statement by his spokesperson, Hassan Sahabi on Wednesday, Senator Wamakko expressed shock over the incident and prayed Allah to grant the deceased Aljannat Firdaus, as well as give their families the formidable fortitude to bear the irreplaceable losses. The boat mishap claimed the lives of 29 persons, while the search…
British pharmaceuticals producer GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy late-stage biopharmaceutical company Sierra Oncology. GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that it would pay $55 per share of common stock in cash, representing an approximate total equity value of $1.9 billion. The acquisition is to be carried out through a one-step merger in which the outstanding shares of Sierra Oncology will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive $55 per share in cash. Further, GlaxoSmithKline will account for the transaction as a business combination and expects it to be accretive to adjusted earnings per share in 2024, the expected first full…
The Bishop, Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), Rt. Revd. Dr. Christian Onyeka Onyia has caled on Nigerians to reflect on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, rededicate themselves to living in peace, oneness and love of God as Christians all over the world celebrate Easter. In an Easter message mailed to ASHENEWS on Wednesday Bishop Onyia said that despite rising insecurity in states across the federation, Nigerians should not lose trust in God, even as he advocated for peace to reign in the country as “peace and unity are the prerequisites to the progress and development of the entire country.” Bishop…
Four prominent presidential aspirants in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have said that they would sacrifice their individual ambition and accept a consensus arrangement to position the party for victory in 2023. The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki disclosed this on behalf of Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal, Bauchi governor Bala Mohammed and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, to newsmen after their meeting Abia state governor Okezie Ikpeazu, in his Umuobiakwa country home in Obingwa local government area on Tuesday. According to Saraki, the lives and welfare of Nigerians were more important than the individual ambition…
The Nigerian Armed Forces have arrested suspected security personnel who were alleged to be taking N60 million ransom to bandits for the freedom of some captives. The intelligence-driven operations conducted by a Nigerian Army squadron and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces, took out a number of the bandits and also rescued kidnapped victims including women and children. The contingent is of the 271 NAF in Birnin Gwari and Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Gwaska, Kaduna. “N60,000,000 in cash, petroleum products and sophisticated weapons, were recovered during the operations,” an operative told PRNigeria. “We will refer the case of…
A boat capsize on Shagari River of Shagari local government of Sokoto state, has claimed lives of 29 persons while the search of others is on. The incident occurred Tuesday evening, the chairman of the local government council, Aliyu Dantani told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation on Wednesday. According to him, although the total number of passengers in the boat was not known, 29 corpses of the drowned persons, including five children had so far been recovered. He added that officials of the local government and members of the communities were dispersed in search of the missing persons as well…
Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Wednesday said Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks. Until now, Finland and fellow Nordic state and neighbour Sweden have shied away from joining NATO, the U.S.-led alliance founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced an urgent rethink. Marin told reporters in a joint news conference in Stockholm with her Swedish counterpart said “there are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to…
Senator Muhammed Abba Aji has advised the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant under the party, Ahmed Tinubu to support vice president Yemi Osinbajo in achieving his ambition of becoming president of Nigeria in 2023. The former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to two ex-presidents and respected northern elder, gave this advise while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday. According to Aji, Osinbajo stands head and shoulders above all APC’s rich array of presidential aspirants angling for the ticket of the party, adding that contrary to views in some quarters, the vice president…