Shanghai Lockdown: Relief And Caution As City Returns To Life
It was supposed to last just nine days – a staggered lockdown to lessen the impact on Shanghai’s economy, state media said. It lasted 65 days. It crippled the city and scarred its people. Restrictions are now being eased as quickly as they were imposed. There’s no gradual process over several weeks. Instead there’s a big […]
Ukraine War: US To Send Longer-range Rockets In Latest Aid Package
The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are to help it strike enemy forces more precisely from a longer distance. Until now, the US had refused the request out of fear the weapons could be used against targets […]
Okada Ban Goes Into Effect Today As Lagos Deploys Extra Boats
The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has put a new ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles, commonly known as Okadas, in six Local Governments and nine local council development areas of Lagos State, which goes into effect on Wednesday (today). Sanwo-Olu announced the ban at a meeting with the state Commissioner of Police, Area Commanders, […]
Citizens Of Zimbabwe Now Sell Their Toes For Dollars – Reports
The fight for life in Zimbabwe has taken on a new form, with citizens apparently selling body parts, particularly leg toes, for dollars. The internet went crazy on Tuesday when reports surfaced that citizens in the Southern African country are being coerced to chop off and submit their big toes to a yet-to-be-identified firm in […]
Israel, UAE Sign Free Trade Deal, First With An Arab Country
Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, the first of its kind that Israel has concluded with an Arab country. The UAE agreed to normalize relations with Israel in a U.S.-brokered deal in 2020, the first of the so-called Abraham Accords that Israel eventually concluded with four Arab nations. […]
Handguns: Canada Proposes Complete Freeze On Ownership
Canada should introduce a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. His government is proposing a new law that would freeze private ownership of all short-barrelled firearms. The legislation would not ban the ownership of handguns outright – but would make it illegal to buy them. […]
Methodist Prelate: Gunmen free Samuel Kanu – Police
The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, has regained his freedom. The PUNCH had reported that the cleric was kidnapped alongside the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, and his (the Prelate’s) chaplain on Sunday. They were kidnapped in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State along the Enugu-Port Harcourt […]
Peter Obi Emerges Labour Party Presidential Candidate By Consensus
Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has emerged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party of Nigeria for the 2023 general elections. Obi emerged after a presidential primary election held in Asaba, Delta State. Obi’s Campaign Director, Doyin Okupe confirmed that other aspirants in the race like Professor Pat Utomi, Faduri Joseph and Olushola […]
Wike: I Will Keep My Word By Supporting Atiku
The Rivers State governor and former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that he would keep his promise by supporting the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Wike had on Saturday shortly before voting commenced at the special national convention of the […]
2023: PDP BoT Asks For Unity Among Party Members
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has pleaded with its party members to close ranks and support the party’s presidential standard-bearer for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, as the party moves to rescue Nigeria. Chairman of the board, Sen. Walid Jibrin, appealed in a statement in Abuja, on Monday. He described […]
