Iran Seeks Better Relations With Nigeria, Proposes Direct Flights Between Tehran And Lagos
Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed her willingness to commence direct flights to Nigeria. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said “Iranian-based Mahan […]
Gunman Kills One And Then Himself At Tennessee Supermarket, 14 Wounded
A gunman killed one person, wounded 14 and then apparently killed himself at a Tennessee supermarket on Thursday, pursuing panicked shoppers and employees as they fled down the aisles while some took refuge in store freezers, police said. Of the 14 wounded, one was in surgery and another in intensive care after the shooting in […]
UN Sec-Gen Guterres Applauds AfDB’s Global Leadership on Climate Adaptation
Six weeks ahead of this year’s global climate summit (COP26), African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina on Thursday spoke out on the urgent need to finance climate adaptation. He called on the developed world to deliver on its promise of $100 billion per year for climate change. The African Development Bank chief was […]
US Special Envoy To Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions
The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest of “inhumane” large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland as it is wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said Thursday. Daniel Foote was appointed to the position only in July, following the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise. Even before the […]
House Committee On Capitol Attack Subpoenas Trump’s Ex-chief Of Staff And Other Top Aides
The House select committee scrutinizing the Capitol attack on Thursday sent subpoenas to Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a cadre of top Trump aides, demanding their testimony to shed light on the former president’s connection to the 6 January riot. The subpoenas and demands for depositions marked the most aggressive investigative […]
Police Arrest 3 Bandits Involved In The Kidnap Of 126 Bethel Baptist Schoolchildren
The Police Special Tactical Squad led by DCP Kolo Yusuf has arrested three members of the armed bandits, involved in the kidnap of 126 students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Maraban Damishi in Kaduna State on July 5th, 2021. This was made known by the Commissioner of Police in charge of Force Public Relations, […]
COVID-19: WHO Warns Of Fourth Wave As Nigeria Confirms 433 Cases, Two Death Thursday
Nigeria on Thursday recorded two additional fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic with 433 fresh cases reported across 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was contained in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) late Thursday night. The data indicates that Nigeria’s total infection from […]
No Going Back On Million-man Freedom March By Yoruba Nation Today In New York —Akintoye
Ahead of today’s grand finale of the million-man freedom march by the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self- Determination (NINAS), holding opposite the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, United States, all the indigenous people of the South and Middle-Belt in the United States and Canada have been urged to troop out in their […]
FG Has The Right To File Fresh Charges Against Igboho – Malami
The Federal Government said, yesterday, it will file a fresh action against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, following the judgment of Oyo State High Court, which awarded N20 billion in damages in his favor. The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the News Agency of […]
Bipartisan Police Reform Negotiations Over Without Deal
After months of negotiations, bipartisan police reform talks are officially over without a deal. Sources told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott that Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., called Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Wednesday morning to tell him that negotiations would be ending after Scott didn’t accept the final offer Democrats had made. Lead negotiators for […]
