INTERNATIONAL

Iran President Raisi, Foreign Minister Die In Helicopter Crash

Iranian state media said President Ebrahim Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country. Raisi was travelling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who also died in the accident. Rescue teams had been scouring the area since Sunday…

20/05/2024

Emirates To Resume Lagos-Dubai Flights October 1

Emirates Airlines says it will resume services to Nigeria from October 1, 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai. In a statement on Thursday, the airline, with its hub in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said flight services will be operated…

17/05/2024

Slovak PM Robert Fico in Hospital after Shooting

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination on Wednesday, the government office said. Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear. The incident shocked Slovakia,…

16/05/2024

Tobi Amusan Sets World-Leading 100m Hurdles Record

The world record-holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, was the fastest over the barriers, setting a world-leading time of 12.40 (0.9m/s). Danielle Williams, a two-time world champion, was ahead for most of the race but lost her rhythm over the final…

12/05/2024

Italian Judiciary Punishes Prosecutor for Wrongdoing in Nigeria’s OPL 245 Case

The Italian prosecutor involved in the trial of Shell, Eni and others, in the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 case, Fabio De Pasquale, has been demoted by the country’s Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM) for his role in the proceedings. An…

10/05/2024

Chad Junta Chief Deby Wins Presidential Vote

Chad’s junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week’s presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released Thursday, extending his family’s decades-long grip on power. Monday’s vote aimed to end three years of military rule in a country…

10/05/2024

Israel Shells Rafah As Biden Vows Arms Suspension

Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to cut off arms transfers if an offensive into the southern Gaza city goes ahead Israel has defied international…

09/05/2024

Binance CEO: How Nigerian Officials Demanded Bribe From Us

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Binance, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform, Richard Teng, has claimed that some unknown persons sought a bribe of cryptocurrency from its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, before their detention on February 28, 2024. Teng made the…

08/05/2024

‘Dangerous Side Effect’, COVID-19 Vaccine, AstraZeneca Withdrawn By Producer

The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide months after the pharmaceutical giant, admitted for the first time in court documents, that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect. The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after…

08/05/2024

Putin Takes Oath For Record Fifth Presidential Term

Russian President Vladimir Putin was Tuesday sworn into office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony for a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before. The 71-year-old has ruled Russia since the turn of the century, securing a fresh six-year mandate in March…

07/05/2024