China Reports First COVID-19 Deaths In More Than A Year
China’s health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years driven by a surge in the highly transmissible omicron variant. The deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring the country’s coronavirus death toll to 4,638. Both fatalities occurred in elderly patients and were the result […]
Ukraine War In Maps: Tracking The Russian Invasion
Russian advances have ground to a halt in many areas, with Ukrainian forces holding out in several cities and also launching effective counterattacks. Here are the latest developments on day 24 of the invasion: Fighting taking place on streets in the centre of Mariupol Russian forces agree to allow residents to evacuate several cities in the […]
American Gunmakers Help Ukrainians Fight Back Against Putin
Adrian Kellgren’s family-owned gun company in Florida was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Ukraine suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country. Fearing the worst, Kellgren and his company KelTec decided to put those stranded 400 guns to use, sending them to Ukraine’s nascent resistance movement to […]
NMDPRA Warns Marketers Against Sabotage
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned petroleum marketers in Niger State against sabotaging the government’s efforts in ending fuel scarcity by hoarding and diverting the products. The state operations controller, Mr. Joshua Madaki, indicated at a meeting with members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) and Major Marketers Association […]
Gov. Okowa: No Alternative To Peace
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has advised people of the state to eschew hostilities, saying there was no alternative to peaceful living. Okowa gave the advice yesterday in Asaba while receiving the report of the judicial panel of inquiry on the intra-communal crisis in Evwreni, Ughelli North local government area of the state. He said […]
Russian Cruise Missiles Strike Lviv Airport
A Russian missile attack on Lviv airport in western Ukraine has destroyed a factory, and damaged a bus repair garage. City residents were woken by air raid sirens just before dawn and the mayor of Lviv said “several missiles hit an aircraft repair factory.” Writing on Telegram, mayor Andriy Sadovy said the aircraft repair building […]
Nigeria: Immediate Past Anambra Governor Obiano Arrested At Lagos Airport En Route Texas
Immediate past governor of Anambra State Willie Obiano, who had been on anti-graft institution EFCC’s watchlist for months, was arrested at about 8.30pm on Thursday, while on his way out of Nigeria to Houston, Texas in the United States. THISDAY gathered that the EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service to inform it anytime the […]
Echoing Biden, Blinken Says He Believes Russia Committing ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that he personally believes war crimes have been committed in Ukraine, a day after President Joe Biden labeled Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the first time since Putin launched his invasion. “Yesterday, President Biden said that in his opinion, war crimes have been committed in Ukraine. Personally, I […]
Ukraine Conflict: Putin Lays Out His Demands In Turkish Phone Call
Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine – and this seems to be paying off. On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia’s precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine. Within half an hour of […]
American Killed In Ukraine Described Increasing Hardships For Civilians In City Near Russia
Months before Russian troops attacked Ukraine, American Jimmy Hill went there to be with his Ukranian partner, Ira, who has multiple sclerosis. When war broke out, Hill stayed, despite the deteriorating conditions in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. “He was not going to leave Ira’s side in her condition,” Hill’s sister Katya told CNN’s “Erin Burnett […]
