Ukraine War: Biden Says Nuclear Risk Highest Since 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
The risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said. Mr Biden said Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was “not joking” when he spoke of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering setbacks in Ukraine. The US was “trying to figure out” Mr Putin’s […]
Jacob Zuma’s 15-month Prison Sentence For Contempt Of Court Comes To An End
Friday officially marked the end of former president Jacob Zuma’s prison sentence for being in contempt of court. The Constitutional Court sentenced him to 15 months in jail in its judgment on 29 June last year and he was admitted on 8 July 2021. He was subsequently placed on medical parole on 5 September 2021. […]
2 Russians Seeking Asylum Arrive By Boat To Rural Alaska, Senators Say
A pair of Russian nationals have requested asylum in the U.S. after arriving on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island earlier this week, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan said in a press release on Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security said the two people arrived on a small boat on Tuesday and were met by DHS officials and […]
Hunter Biden Could Be Charged With Tax Crimes
The FBI has gathered enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and making a false statement to buy a gun, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. President Joe Biden’s son has been under federal investigation since 2018. The decision on whether to file criminal charges now rests with the US Attorney […]
NPC Committed To Credible, Acceptable 2023 Census- Dr. Eyitayo
Dr. Eyitayo Oyetunji, the Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission in Oyo State, has sworn the commission’s commitment to conducting a credible and acceptable census. He made the promise on Wednesday in Ibadan during the Oyo State Stakeholders Summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census-Get Involved. Newsmen report that the commission had organized […]
I’m Back Actively Says Tinubu On His Return To Nigeria.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has spoken after returning to Nigeria from the United Kingdom. The former Governor of Lagos returned to the country after spending 12 days in London. Tinubu’s long absence generated rumors about his whereabouts and his health status. However, speaking in Abuja after his […]
NDE Commences 4-day Basic Business Training In FCT
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has begun basic business training for beneficiaries of its environpreneurship development scheme in FCT, Abuja. The director general of the NDE, Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, while addressing trainees during the flag-off of the training in FCT said the program was part of its countless poverty eradication initiatives geared towards providing […]
UK’s Truss Joins Big European Club Seeking ‘New Order Without Russia’
The leaders of 44 European countries meet in Prague on Thursday, at a historic first meeting of a new political club of nations. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke of building “a European political community without Putin’s Russia”. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss will join leaders from the EU, Turkey, Norway and the Balkans, […]
Death Toll In Children’s Daycare Shooting In Thailand Rises To 34
A former police officer has stormed a child daycare centre in Thailand, killing at least 34 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family. The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire on children and adults at the centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province at about 12:30 […]
Mexico Mayor Assassinated In Town Hall Massacre
Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say. Police say gunmen stormed the San Miguel Totolapan town hall at 14:00 (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Photos online show it riddled with bullet holes. Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda’s left-wing PRD party condemned his “cowardly” assassination […]
