Jailed Putin Critic Navalny ‘Losing Sensation In Legs And Hands’
The health of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deteriorating and he is beginning to lose sensation in his legs and hands, his lawyer says. Vadim Kobzev said Navalny, who is in a penal colony serving a sentence for embezzlement, had been diagnosed with two spinal hernias. Last week, Navalny started a hunger strike to […]
Nigeria: Attorney General Disowns Suit Against Ex-VP Atiku’s Citizenship
Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday distanced himself from a suit at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, querying the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Malami, in a statement by his media aide, Dr. Umar Gwandu, denied instituting any legal action on the […]
India Suffers Vaccine Shortages As COVID-19 Cases Spike
More than 700 million people across India were facing coronavirus vaccine shortages Thursday, local media reported, as infection numbers hit yet another daily record. Case numbers had eased in India but a second wave of the virus has since returned with a vengeance, with more than 126,000 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, […]
Imo State: Two Police Officers Injured, One Missing In Another Station Attack
Gunmen attacked another police station in Imo State late Wednesday injuring two officers and leading to the disappearance of another. Mbieri Divisional police headquarters located at Mbaitoli local government area of Imo state was the latest victim. The attack on the Mbieri station is the seventh police station to be attacked by gunmen in Imo […]
Former Orange County Immigration Officer Charged With Citizenship Fraud
An immigration services officer, who previously lived in Aliso Viejo and worked in Los Angeles, was arrested Wednesday in Maryland on federal charges that he used a false name to gain U.S. citizenship. Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, 48, a Nigerian national, was named in the criminal complaint under a false name of Karl Nwabugwu Odike Ifemembi, according […]
73-Year-Old Djibouti President Set To Extend 22-Year Rule
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to extend his two-decade rule of the tiny Horn of Africa nation as the country heads to the polls Friday. Guelleh, 73, is facing political newcomer Zakaria Ismail Farah, his only rival after traditional opposition parties decided to boycott the election. A businessman specialised in the importation of […]
Italy’s Ex-PM Berlusconi Hospitalised Again
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised for the second time in two weeks, a source within his Forza Italia party said Wednesday. The flamboyant 84-year-old billionaire and media tycoon has been at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital since Tuesday afternoon, the source said. Berlusconi arrived for a check-up, and doctors decided to keep […]
Nigeria: Terrorists, Kidnappers Demanding Ransom In Cryptocurrency, Moghalu Says
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and former presidential candidate, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has said that cryptocurrency has become attractive to kidnappers and terrorists who demand to be paid a ransom in the virtual currency because it is not easily traceable and is also uncontrolled by governments and central banks. […]
Canada Faces ‘Very Serious Third Wave’ Of Pandemic, Trudeau Says
Canada is facing “a very serious third wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, as the country’s most populous province is struggling to respond to rising infections and hospitalizations, and the rapid spread of coronavirus variants. During a news conference in Ottawa, Trudeau warned that hospitalizations are increasing, intensive care […]
Courts Grounded Across Nigeria As Judiciary Workers Begin Strike
Judiciary workers on Tuesday made good their threat to embark on industrial action to press home their demand for the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. Reports from states showed that a task force raised by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to enforce the strike, went from courtroom to courtroom to ensure […]
