UK Easing Covid Testing And Monitoring Despite Case Uptick
After dropping nearly all coronavirus restrictions last month, Britain is now ending some of its most widespread COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs, a move some scientists fear will complicate efforts to track the virus and detect worrisome new variants. Officials have largely dismissed those concerns, despite a recent uptick in cases across Europe, insisting that […]
Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian Journalist Tells Of 14-hour Interrogation
A Russian journalist has been fined and released after she protested against the war in Ukraine on a live TV news programme and made an anti-war video. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after she ran on to the set on Monday holding a sign saying “no war”. She said she […]
Ukraine War: European Leaders Risk Train Ride To Meet Zelensky
Ukraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of support as the city came under further Russian attack. The prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday evening as a curfew […]
Power Grid Collapsed Again On Tuesday, Stakeholders’ Meeting Enters Its Second Day
Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after it went down on Monday, causing widespread darkness across the country. Customers were once again warned about the outage by power distribution firms, as it was learned that a meeting called by the Federal Government on Monday to discuss issues in […]
Lagos Socialite Receives N2 Million Bail For Distributing Fuel Souvenirs
Ms. Chidinma Ogbulu, aka Erelu Okin, a socialite, has been charged with distributing petrol as a souvenir during a ceremony before a Special Offences (Mobile) Court in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. On March 5, 2022, at the Havillah Event Centre in Lagos, Ogbulu reportedly distributed petrol while celebrating her chieftaincy title. The state […]
US Astronaut To Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions
U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. NASA insists Vande Hei’s homecoming plans at the end of the month remain unchanged, even as […]
Zelensky Urges Russian Troops To Surrender
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Russian soldiers to surrender. In his nightly TV address, he said Russian forces had suffered worse losses during their invasion of his country than in the Chechnya conflict. He said they had already begun to understand that they would not achieve anything by war. “I know that you […]
Ukraine War: Lawyers Search For Journalist Who Protested On Russian TV
A Russian journalist who burst on to a live TV news programme to protest against the war in Ukraine has been reported missing overnight. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after she ran on to the set on Monday holding an anti-war sign. The sign, clearly visible for a few seconds, […]
EFCC Arrests Suspected International “Catcher” On FBI List, Osondu Igwilo, Three Others For $100m Fraud
Osondu Victor Igwilo, who had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, since 2018, was arrested on Thursday when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Command, swooped on him. Fifty-two year-old Igwilo, who is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “ catchers’’ was arrested […]
Babysitter Killed Mistress’s Son, Says Cult Demanded Blood
Chiamaka Odo, a 14-year-old babysitter, has admitted to murdering her mistress son, Jayden Osokolo, in Lagos State. CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, speaking on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, said Odo strangled Jayden. On Monday, he stated this while parading Odo and other suspects apprehended in connection with a string of crimes committed […]
