Category: News

Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson Not Yet Astronauts, US Says

In a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers, the US has tightened its definition of the word “astronaut”. New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety. That means Jeff Bezos and Sir […]

Police Foil Kidnap Attempt By Bandits, Rescue Eight Travellers In Katsina

The Katsina Police Command have foiled a kidnap attempt on travelers along Jibia-Batsari road Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State and rescued eight persons. The rescued victims include six females and two males while three others are, however, still missing. The police spokesperson, Gambo Isah in a statement on Friday said the bandits who […]

Nigeria: Three Abducted Tegina School Girls Reportedly Dead, Many Seriously Sick

Three of the 156 abducted girls of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State were believed to have died, a THISDAY investigation has revealed. Many of the remaining students were also said to be seriously ill resulting from hunger, cold and trauma. The girls, some of their […]

‘Just The Beginning’: US Imposes New Sanctions On Cuba

The United States imposed sanctions on a senior Cuban security official and an interior ministry brigade following a crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this month, the US Treasury Department announced Thursday. The move marks the first concrete steps by President Joe Biden’s administration to apply pressure on the Cuban government as the United States faces […]

Fuel Shortage Hovers As Tanker Drivers Begin Strike In Rivers

Mr. Joseph Ebele, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Rivers chapter has said that the current Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, PTD, strike can lead to fuel shortage. Ebele, who communicated the concern in a statement on Thursday in Port Harcourt, said that the strike, if not halted, might lead to very long queues […]

Deceased Doctors: FG Commences Payment Of Death Benefits To Beneficiaries

The Federal Government Thursday said it has commenced the payment of death benefits to deceased doctors and other health workers under the Group Life Insurance. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this after a meeting between the Federal Government’s representatives and the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors. Ngige, who described the meeting […]

Nigeria Dispute Could Jeopardise Return of Benin Bronzes

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African […]

Death Rates Soar In Southeast Asia As Virus Wave Spreads

Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe. Overflowing hospitals in Malaysia had to resort to treating patients on the floor. And in Myanmar’s largest city, graveyard workers have been laboring day and night to keep up with the grim demand […]

Jan. 6 Commission Collapses After Nancy Pelosi Vetoes GOP Selections Jim Jordan, Jim Banks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s recommendations for the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, causing McCarthy to pull all of his Republican nominees. Pelosi rejected two of McCarthy’s recommendations — Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio, a […]