One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned the United States on Wednesday that the world could spiral towards a nuclear dystopia if Washington pressed on with what the Kremlin casts as a long-term plot to destroy Russia. Dmitry Medvedev, who was president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said the United States had conspired to destroy Russia as part of an “primitive game” since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. “It means Russia must be humiliated, limited, shattered, divided and destroyed,” Medvedev, 56, said in a 550-word statement. The views of…

The total debts owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory Administration rose to N6.43tn at the end of 2021. While sub-national domestic debt stock was N4.46tn, the sub-national external debt stock was N1.97tn in 2021. Lagos, Ogun and Rivers became the three most indebted states, according to the latest data from Debt Management Office. The N4.46tn domestic debt represents 11.27 per cent of the country’s domestic debt stock of N23.70tn as of December 2021, up from N20.21tn in the previous year. Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Imo emerged as the top five debtors, with a combined domestic…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos will create 3,000 direct and indirect employment jobs for Nigerian youth. Buhari said this as he commissioned the new terminal on Tuesday. “This improvement will increase airport operation and management services to about 14 million passengers per annum. With a positive multiplier effect by creating 3,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities for our youth,” Buhari said. Also, the president said the terminal will increase inflow of foreign direct investment and exponential growth in the Growth Domestic Product (GDP). According to the Nigeria Bureau…

Representative of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Tuesday met with police officers in the Ogun State Command over a threat to embark on strike by the junior officers. Some aggrieved rank and file in the Nigeria Police Force, according to reports, threatened the strike, over poor salary, lack of sophisticated weapons to fight crime, bad condition of their barracks, failure to provide uniforms, among others. It was gathered that the Police IG had begun meeting with the police officers nationwide over the looming strike. The IG represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge…