INTERNATIONAL

Famous Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has been detained at Harare Airport, in Zimbabwe. The controversial journalist announced this via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night. He said the officials detained him for entering the country without a visa. According to him, they said…

The United Kingdom Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has cleared a Nigerian-born medical doctor and social media influencer, Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya, of rape and abusive relationship allegations levelled against him by ex-girlfriend, Bola Aseyan, in 2020. Recall that Mr. Ogunsanya earned a degree from…

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, said on Wednesday that he can’t guarantee that football federations will distribute the bonus payments promised to every player at the women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “We are moving of course in the right direction, we…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a BRICS nations summit in South Africa next month, the country’s presidency said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation. Putin’s potential visit has been a thorny diplomatic issue for South Africa. The Russian leader is the target…

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria   and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Samuela Isopi, has said it was up to Nigeria to decide what to do with the report of the European Union Election Observation Mission…

The Kremlin on Monday said it was exiting a major agreement allowing Ukraine grain exports hours after drones struck Russia’s only bridge connecting its mainland to the annexed Crimea peninsula. Moscow said the deadly Kerch bridge attack had nothing to do with its…

The UK’s oldest medical union on Saturday hit out at government plans to increase the amount migrant workers pay to use the state healthcare service, to cover public-sector wage increases. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government this week approved recommendations to boost wages of…

Actors took to picket lines outside studio headquarters from California to New York on Friday as movie and television production ground to a halt in the most serious Hollywood strike in decades. Hundreds of strikers marched with placards at the Netflix building on…

Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a woman and attempting to rape another. The 28-year-old was accused of attacking a 24-year-old woman at his £4m mansion in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire in October 2020. Mr Mendy was also accused of…