Taiwan-China: Beijing Launches Dongfeng Ballistic Missiles After Pelosi Visit
China started its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan today after Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island nation. Taiwan called the military drills around the island “illegitimate and irresponsible”. Taiwan’s defence ministry said that China launched two Dongfeng ballistic missiles into waters at around 2pm local time around the island’s northeast and southwest. Taiwan’s ruling […]
Taiwan Cancels Flights As China Holds Military Drills
Taiwan canceled airline flights Thursday as China fired missiles near the self-ruled island in retaliation for a top American lawmaker’s visit, adding to the risk of disruptions in the flow of Taiwanese-made processor chips needed by global telecom and auto industries. China ordered ships and planes to avoid military drills that encircled Taiwan, which the mainland’s […]
Ukraine War: IAEA Says Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Out Of Control
A huge nuclear power plant occupied by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine is “completely out of control”, the head of the UN’s nuclear agency says. Rafael Grossi was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying the Zaporizhzhia plant needed an inspection and repairs. “You have a catalogue of things that should never be happening […]
Peter Obi Visits British, South African Ambassadors In Nigeria
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate on Wednesday paid Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner, a visit in her office. In a meeting that might not be connected to the 2023 general elections, Obi visited Laing with his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. The former governor of Anambra did not make the meeting’s […]
Christian Group To Provide Clerics Identification Numbers
Christian clerics in the country are now expecting to receive identification numbers from the Christian Association of Clergies in Nigeria. The decision, according to the group, was influenced by the presence of certain people wearing bishopric regalia at Kashim Shettima’s recent unveiling as the vice presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress in Abuja. It stated that it was critical to start issuing identification numbers to all Christian clergy in Nigeria […]
Reconstruction Of Lagos–Abeokuta To Be Completed By December – Ogun Govt
The Sango-Ota route on the Lagos–Abeokuta expressway will be completely rebuilt by December, according to the Ogun State Government. However, the government denied the claim that its recently approved road project was done to win support from the people for the state governor Dapo Abiodun’s bid for a second term. The 32km Ijoko/Sango/Agbado roads reconstruction […]
Kaduna APC Experiences Defections As Executives, Others Dumps Party
A few of the party’s executives have left the Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the general elections in 2023. On July 31, 2022, Bello Shehu Bello, the party’s auditor in Kawo Ward, Kaduna, submitted his resignation from the party. Bello did not, however, provide a reason for leaving the […]
Ex-White House Counsel Subpoenaed By Federal Grand Jury Investigating Jan. 6 Attack
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone in its investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told ABC News. The sources told ABC News that attorneys for Cipollone — like they did with […]
Vin Scully, Dodgers Broadcaster For 67 Years, Dies At 94
Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94. Scully died at his home in the Hidden Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to the team after being informed by […]
Kansas Abortion Vote: Major Victory For Pro-choice Groups
The conservative US state of Kansas has decided in a referendum to protect abortion rights – in a major victory for pro-choice groups. Voters overwhelmingly said they did not wish to amend the state constitution to assert there is no right to abortion. It was the first electoral test of the issue since the US […]
