Russia unleashed a powerful wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, targeting Kiev, Sumy and Kharkiv, officials said on Monday morning. Two people were injured in the capital Kiev, and the attacks caused damage in several neighbourhoods, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Several fires broke out in western Kiev, damaging houses and vehicles….
In a commanding performance, Liverpool secured a 3-0 victory over Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, with two goals from Luis Diaz and one from Mohamed Salah. The match saw Erik ten Hag’s side left in the dust by their fierce rivals. Liverpool took control early on, with United struggling to keep up…
The Ijaw People’s Association (IPA) of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, has described the chairman of TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, as “a treasure to the Ijaw nation.” The group noted that Tompolo was an astute entrepreneur and businessman and a large-hearted social transformer who had brought pride…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, will represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Second Indonesia-Africa Forum, taking place in Bali, Indonesia, from September 1st to 3rd, 2024. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the minister’s media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, it was announced that…
The state visit of President Bola Tinubu to China will culminate in the strengthening of bilateral relations between China and Nigeria. Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, Director, Economic, Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Akinremi spoke against the backdrop of the…
A four-man Nigerian gang member has been jailed for a total of 13 years after forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates that allowed people to live in the UK illegally. According to a UK news platform, Evening Standard, Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54,…
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh, has charged Nigeria’s Paralympic athletes to redeem the nation’s pride at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The minister said this ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Games. He stated that the Games presented a unique platform for Nigeria to demonstrate excellence and determination on the…
Team Nigeria’s pair of Kudoro and Salami on Wednesday in Lima, Peru failed to advance beyond the opening round in their respective events. Taiwo Kudoro finished seventh in heat 6 of the opening round in the women’s 400 metres hurdles event, after recording a time of one minute 01.51 seconds. In the men’s version of…
Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport and Community Safety said. “All the…
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called for the temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents against the backdrop of a major counterterrorism operation in the north of the West Bank. “The Israel Defence Forces has been intensively operating in the Jenin at night, and Tulkarm refugee camps to combat the terrorist infrastructure established there. “Iran…
