Memorial Day: Local Ceremonies, Parades Held To Honor Fallen Servicemen And Women
The Tri-State Area is honoring our fallen servicemen and women ahead of Memorial Day. In Queens, an annual Memorial Day celebration rolled through the streets of College Point. Despite the rain, participants decorated their vehicles with flags and balloons. The patriotic caravan then made its way to MacNeil Park. In Suffolk County, officials honored fallen […]
Mali Coup Leader In Ghana For ECOWAS Crisis Talks
Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali’s coup leader and newly appointed interim president, has been summoned to an emergency meeting of West African leaders in Ghana. At Sunday’s extraordinary summit, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to discuss how to deal with Mali’s second coup in nine months. Goita left Bamako for […]
Russia Confirms $500m Loan For Belarus As West Toughens Sanctions
Russia has agreed to release a second $500m loan to Belarus as Moscow stepped up its support for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko amid outrage in the West about the grounding of a European passenger plane and the arrest of a dissident journalist. The financial support was announced after Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second […]
Israeli Political Drama: End Of Netanyahu’s 12 Year Rule Could Be In The Cards
Israel was gripped by political drama on Sunday over the possibly imminent end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record run as the country’s leader. After four inconclusive parliamentary elections in two years, a 28-day mandate for opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a new government runs out on Wednesday, and media reports said he was […]
Boko Haram: Scores Killed While Trying To Attack Ran In Borno
Scores of Boko Haram fighters have been killed by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, while trying to attack Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge Council Area of Borno State, the Nigerian Army has said. According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, the terrorists were repelled by the troops […]
Lagos: Residents Fear Erosion Damage On Connected Bridges
Residents of Obawole town in the Ifako-ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State have expressed fear over erosion threatening to collapse the connecting bridge in the area connecting them to adjoining areas. Visiting the area, it was observed that the hilly town is being overtaken by erosion threatening to swallow some parts of the town. […]
In Victory For Trump, Republicans Block Probe Of US Capitol Riot
Republicans in the US Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of criticism the lawmakers were playing down the violence. Democrats and some moderate Republicans had called for a commission to probe the events up to and including Jan. […]
Mali Court Appoints 38-year-old Coup Leader Assimi Goita Interim President
Mali’s constitutional court has named the colonel who led a military coup this week as the country’s new interim leader. The ruling, issued late on Friday, said Assimi Goita would “lead the transition process to its conclusion” and carry the title of “president of the transition, head of state”. The court said it had made […]
PMB Appoints Moronkola As National Institute Of Sports Director-General
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Olawale Akanbi Moronkola as the Director-General of the National Institute of Sports (NIS). He succeeds Dr. John Mahmud who died on January 25, 2021. Until his appointment, Professor Moronkola was of the Department of Health Education, Faculty of Education, the University of Ibadan, and the Chairman, […]
NLC- We’ll Shut Nigeria Without Notice
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has vowed to shut the nation’s socio-economic activities without notice should the government increase the pump price of petrol with a cent of naira as clamored by governors. NLC in a communique after its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting, said its leaders viewed the proposal by the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, […]
