‘Perhaps I Should Have Done It Too’: Trump Lauds Nigeria Over Twitter’s Suspension
Former US President Donald Trump has praised Nigeria for banning “evil” Twitter and encouraged other countries to do the same in the name of “free and open speech.” A report on the website of DAILY BEAST, a news publication based in the United States, Tuesday quoted Trump, who himself was banned by the platform for […]
Nigeria: Former Leaders Obasanjo, Abdulsalami, Others Meet Thursday to Douse Tension
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd); Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, and others will meet Thursday in Abuja on the state of the nation. The meeting, which will be held under the auspices of Interfaith Initiatives for Peace, was […]
Syria Says Israeli Air Attacks Targeted Damascus
Israeli air attacks struck central Syria late on Tuesday, with state news agency SANA reporting “explosions in Damascus” before adding that its air defences had been activated against the “Israeli aggression”. Israeli planes arrived from Lebanese air space, the news agency added. It did not mention any reports of casualties or damage but the Syrian […]
UN Warns Of ‘Mass Deaths’ In Myanmar After 100,000 Flee Fighting
A United Nations rights expert has warned of “mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure” in eastern Myanmar after “brutal, indiscriminate attacks” by the military forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in Kayah State. In a statement on Wednesday, Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur for Myanmar, called for urgent international […]
House Catches Fire, Cars Stuck In Water As Wicked Weather Hits Tri-State
There were reports of flooding, lightning strikes and power outages across the area as storms moved through the Tri-State area. The storms hit around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon and lasted into the early evening. Despite flood warnings in NYC and areas to the north and west, New Jersey bore the brunt of the damage […]
65 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Apprehended In Three States By EFCC
Investigators of Ibadan, Federal Capital Territory, and Enugu zonal offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 65 suspected Internet fraudsters. Numerous statements by the anti-graft agency’s Head, Media, and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspects were arrested in different locations across the three states. In Oyo State, 50 suspects were arrested at […]
200 Licensed Nigerian Doctors In The UK Increase The List To 8,384
The General Medical Council which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom licensed at least 200 Nigerian doctors in April and May alone. This indicates that at least three Nigerian doctors were licensed per day in April and May 2021 despite a new policy by the UK government in […]
Plateau Records 441 Suspected Cases Of Cholera, Six Dead From Bacterial Disease
Commissioner for health in Plateau State, Dr. Nimkong Ndam, has said that the state recorded 441 suspected cases of cholera and six deaths from bacterial disease in the state. Ndam said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Jos. He said the 441 suspected cases were line-listed, and four […]
SERAP Drags Buhari To ECOWAS Court
President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to ECOWAS court over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The legal fight is being spearheaded by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians. Nigeria’s leading human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana is representing the 177 plaintiffs. They sued Buhari for criminalization of Nigerians and […]
Trump Calls Bitcoin ‘a Scam Against the Dollar’
Former US President Donald Trump has told Fox Business that he sees Bitcoin as a “scam” affecting the value of the US dollar. “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam,” Mr Trump said. “I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar.” He added that he wanted the dollar to be “the […]
