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President Vladimir Putin is prepared for negotiations with everyone, including European leaders, but will not initiate such, the Kremlin declared on Friday. Moscow responded to a Reuters question on a Financial ‌Times report that European Union leaders were preparing for potential talks regarding the war with Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Russian premier has repeatedly expressed his willingness to “negotiate with everyone.”  “However, as Putin has repeatedly stated, we will not initiate such contacts after the position ‌taken by ⁠the Europeans,” Peskov stressed. The president’s spokesperson recalled that European governments cut contact with Moscow in 2022 after the start of the war with Ukraine. Peskov said “Brussels and individual…

Nollywood couple, actress Adebimpe Oyebade and actor Lateef Adedimeji, have disowned a viral triplets’ photo. This is coming a week after the couple announced the arrival of their triplets after five years of waiting. Shortly after the naming ceremony on Thursday, pictures of the couple carrying the triplets surfaced on social media. Reacting to the circulated photos in an Instagram post on Friday, Bimpe Oyebade tagged the viral pictures as AI-generated, noting that “all the babies pictures flying around aren’t our babies, please.” She further promised to share photos of their triplets at the appropriate time. “We’ll share @etawithlove pictures…

The Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has uncovered and disrupted a sophisticated examination malpractice syndicate during the conduct of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, at the College of Education, Warri, Delta State. The police said the operation followed intelligence-led investigations into attempts by criminal elements to compromise the integrity of the examination through technology-assisted fraud and unauthorized remote access to examination systems. Addressing the press on Friday at the Police Headquarters, the Police Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Okon Placid, said preliminary investigations revealed that during the examination,…

The presidency has criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, saying the party lacks a clear plan and vision for the country ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a post on X on Friday, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the NDC, like the African Democratic Congress, ADC, had failed to present a concrete manifesto to Nigerians. Onanuga said he had visited the NDC website twice in recent days out of curiosity to review the party’s manifesto and compare its vision with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. According to him, attempts to download the manifesto from the website returned…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the move by lawyers representing Nafiu Bala Gombe to seek the transfer of his lawsuit against the party’s National Working Committee, led by former Senate President David Mark. In a statement issued on Friday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, described the request as suspicious and accused the plaintiff of attempting to delay the case. According to the statement, the ADC said it found it “curious, if not outright laughable, that a plaintiff who claims to want justice is now running away from the speedy hearing of his own case.” The party…

Popular businessman Isaac Fayose has lambasted Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, over his comparison of the cost of fuel in the United Kingdom, UK, and that of Nigeria. DAILY POST reports that Omokri, in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, drew attention to the widening gap in petrol prices between the two countries. He wrote, “Petrol is now N3200 per litre in England, almost three times what we pay in Nigeria. Price increases are a global issue caused by the Middle East crisis.” His remark, however, did not go down well with a cross-section of Nigerians,…

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has said his team will be ready to “deliver” against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Both sides are set to face off for the trophy on May 30. The Gunners eliminated Atletico Madrid on a 2-1 aggregate, while PSG held Bayern to a 1-1 draw in the second leg after beating them 5-4 in Paris. Arteta has now claimed either PSG or Bayern would have been a tough opponent for Arsenal. “It is what it is,” Arteta told reporters on Friday. “We know the level of the opposition we have to face either way, PSG or…

The race for the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency is gathering steam as various aspirants have commenced consultations with party leaders and other stakeholders. Aspirants vying for APC tickets for the 2027 elections are hoping to win the support of stakeholders ahead of the primaries, where flagbearers for the main election would be selected. Already, the APC had adopted an arrangement whereby candidates would emerge by consensus during the primaries. An aspirant for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Sarah Ivie Adidi, on Thursday commenced grassroots ward tour across Bwari Area Council of…

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded immediate suspension of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) and Chinese firms’ deal to restart Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. Atiku made this known in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu. Recall that NNPCL recently announced a partnership with two Chinese firms, Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited and Xingcheng (Fuzhou) Industrial Park Operation and Management Co. Ltd., to restart Nigerian refineries. Reacting, Atiku described the deal as another dangerous gamble with Nigeria’s economic future, accusing the Tinubu administration of attempting to mortgage critical national assets through opaque…

Six governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), have passed a vote of no confidence in Yobe APC Chairman Alh. Mohammed Gadaka, accusing him of bias and partiality. This was made known in a statement issued at the end of their meeting held yesterday in Abuja. The group demanded Gadaka’s immediate withdrawal from all matters relating to the conduct and supervision of the Yobe State primary elections. “Following the continuous apparent partisanship displayed by the Yobe State APC Chairman, it is very clear that the APC chairman is highly compromised and the aspirants do not have confidence that he…