INTERNATIONAL

A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand…

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Nigeria, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, and Angola between January 21 and 26, 2024. US Department of State spokesman, Matthew Miller, made this known in a statement on Thursday. “Throughout the trip, the Secretary will highlight…

The World Trade Organization’s chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday said she was “less optimistic” about world trade in 2024, pointing to tensions in the Red Sea. She said weaker global economic growth, “worsening geopolitical tensions, the new disruptions we see in the Red…

United States (US) is set to repatriate about $8.9 million in assets to Nigeria after a Royal Court in Jersey, ruled that stolen assets worth $8.9 million be returned. The order of the Royal Court in Jersey followed a forfeiture notice to the…

A preliminary hearing for a group of former footballers taking legal action over brain injuries allegedly suffered during their careers has reached the High Court. The action is against the Football Association (FA), English Football League (EFL), Football Association of Wales (FAW) and…

The United Kingdom government has released a list of licensed companies and organisations that are approved to sponsor the relocation of skilled workers. According to the updated information on its website, the UK listed the licensed companies to sponsor skilled immigrants through the…

In a monumental stride toward party unification, the highly anticipated APC UK Chapter Congress transpired on Saturday, 13th January 2024. With an unequivocal commitment to mending factional divides, Congress facilitated increased participation, symbolizing a resolute step towards inclusivity in the political discourse. Esteemed…

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on behalf of multiple passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines flight last week that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after a portion of the fuselage blew…

Adebayo Ogunlesi’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has been sold to American institutional investment company, BlackRock Inc. for $12.5 billion. The deal is expected to be finalized in Q3 2024, and it involves a payment of $3 billion in cash and approximately 12 million…

Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Atlantic archipelago of about 500,000 inhabitants follows Mauritius…