INTERNATIONAL

More Trials Needed For NAFDAC-Approved Malaria Vaccine – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine given provisional approval by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) still needs to undergo more trials. The trials are to be recommended by WHO. WHO Country Representative to Nigeria…

25/04/2023

Joe Biden, 80, Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he is running for re-election in 2024, plunging at the record age of 80 into a ferocious new White House campaign “to finish the job.” “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for…

25/04/2023

Rape Allegation Against Trump Heads To Civil Trial

Jury selection is scheduled to start Tuesday in a civil trial pitting Donald Trump against a prominent former American columnist, who says he raped her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll, 79, says Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store…

25/04/2023

Pope Francis Urges Dialogue Over ‘Grave’ Sudan Situation

Pope Francis on Sunday called for dialogue between warring military factions in Sudan as a bloody outbreak of fighting entered a second week. “Unfortunately the situation remains grave in Sudan. “That is why I am renewing my call for the violence to stop as…

24/04/2023

Alleged Blasphemy: EU Parliament Urges FG to Release Kano Singer, Others

The European Parliament has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Kano-based singer, who is being held over alleged blasphemy. It called on the government “to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and drop all charges against him.”In…

23/04/2023

UK Deputy PM Resigns Over Bullying Report

UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab announced his resignation on Friday after bullying claims against him were upheld in a report, a fresh political shock for Britain’s Conservatives. Raab’s resignation gives Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a headache some two weeks before local elections…

22/04/2023

Microsoft Drops Twitter From Advert Platform, Musk Threatens Suit

Tech company, Microsoft, has announced moves to drop social media service, Twitter, from its advertisement platform, Smart Campaigns. In a release shared via the company’s website, it was stated that the platform which enables ad buyers to manage their various social media accounts…

21/04/2023

Zelensky Writes Tinubu, Invites Him On State Visit – Tunde Rahman

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again congratulated Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu and invited him on a state visit to the European nation. The Ukrainian president said this in a statement he personally signed, according to Tinubu’s media aide Tunde Rahman. “Please accept my sincere…

20/04/2023

US Supreme Court To Weigh In On Abortion Pill Ban

The US Supreme Court was poised Wednesday to wade into the divisive battle over the abortion drug mifepristone with a ruling on tough new court-ordered restrictions on the widely used pill. The nation’s highest court has until midnight Eastern Time (0400 GMT Thursday)…

20/04/2023

Rishi Sunak Faces UK Parliament Probe Over Wife’s Business Interest

The British parliament's Commissioner for Standards opened an investigation into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this month, according to a list of open inquiries posted on its website on Monday. The list said the matter under investigation was a "declaration of interest". The…

18/04/2023