Facebook Changes Company Name To Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future – what Zuckerberg calls the ” metaverse.” Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove so dubbed […]
Top US General Confirms ‘Very Concerning’ Chinese Hypersonic Weapons Test
The top U.S. military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official U.S. confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts say appears to show Beijing’s pursuit of an Earth-orbiting system designed to evade American missile defenses. The Pentagon has been at pains to avoid direct confirmation of the Chinese test this […]
France Seizes British Trawler In Post-Brexit Row Over Fishing Rights
France seized a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a licence on Thursday and issued a warning to a second vessel in a dispute over access to fishing grounds after Brexit. Furious that Britain has refused to grant its fishermen the full number of licences to operate inside British waters that France says […]
Plane From JFK Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant
A flight from New York to California was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger physically assaulted a flight attendant on Wednesday. According to American Airlines, Flight 976 from JFK International Airport to John Wayne Airport in southern California was diverted to Denver after the assault. A photo tweeted by a passenger shows […]
Biden Expected To Meet With House Democrats, Push Progressives To Pass Infrastructure Bill
President Joe Biden is expected to attend a Thursday morning meeting with all House Democrats shortly before his trip to Europe in a last-minute push to get progressives to vote for a stalled bipartisan infrastructure bill, two sources familiar with the plans said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is aiming to hold a vote Thursday on […]
Tinubu Is The Right Leader For Leading Nigeria – S/West Govs
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, the chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, has said that former Lagos State governor and APC National Leader Bola Tinubu is capable of leading Nigeria and that Tinubu is doing his best as the region’s leader. During a visit to Tinubu’s residence at Bourdillon in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, […]
Facility Upgrades Are Within The Ministry Of Interior, NCS’s Jurisdiction – Aregbesola tells Makinde
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was advised by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, to drop the idea of installing security cameras in Abolongo prison yesterday. Aregbesola’s reaction followed Makinde’s visit to the prison to assess the extent of the damage, which followed gunmen attack on the prison in Oyo town, which resulted in […]
Demolition: Father Of 2 With Disability Calls Out To El-Rufai For Aid
Mallam Sufi AbubaI kar a speech impaired and hard to hear father of two has called on the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for aid. Abubakar appealed yesterday in Kaduna while speaking to journalists. He bemoaned the fact that the state government had demolished his stores three times. “This is the third time […]
Convention: Not Less Than 35% Shall Be Reserved For Women In Nomination For Party Offices – WIPF
The Women in Politics Forum, WIPF, Abuja has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot afford to ignore its constitutional provision for gender mainstreaming in choosing her next set of National Executives this weekend. It also warned that the consequences of adopting a ‘Unity List’ during the forthcoming PDP national convention, at the expense of […]
Mali Junta Declares ECOWAS’ Special Rep Persona Non Grata
In a development that gave a sense of heightened tension, the government of Mali, Monday, declared the Special Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Hamidou Boly, “persona non grata” and gave him 72 hours to leave the country. This situation, which signaled some obnoxious diplomatic development, was contained in a statement […]
