Seventeen people were injured in a residential complex explosion on Wednesday afternoon in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province. Four people were in critical condition with three discharged after treatment, the local authorities said. The blast occurred in the Beiying neighbourhood of Xiaodian District at around 1p.m., but by 3 p.m., the fire triggered…
President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war. He has threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap. Ukraine’s European allies view the war as fundamental to the continent’s security, and pressure is now…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has reported that an accident at Ukpo Junction, on Nteje-Awka Road in the state, resulted in eight fatalities on Sunday night. The Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday, in Awka. Alexander said the crash involved a Mack tanker without a…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja, envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of southern Adamawa and Taraba States later in the day. It stated that sunny skies with few patches of clouds…
Georgia welcomes the completion of talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on peace agreement, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili said on Wednesday. “Georgia welcomes the completion of talks between Baku and Yerevan on the provisions of a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. “It is undoubtedly a step forward in the presentation and use of the region’s…
The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has appealed to vendors and waste workers to play active role in promoting hygiene practices in their various communities. The state’s Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Wahab urged vendors and waste workers to…
Myanmar’s military has announced a temporary ceasefire to speed up relief and reconstruction efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake that has so far claimed the lives of over 3000 people. In a statement, the ruling junta’s State Administration Council said the deal would be in effect from 2 April to 22 April. Earlier this week,…
The National Park Service (NPS) has assured Nigerians of its ongoing efforts to mitigate climate change through carbon reduction. Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General (C-G) of the NPS, made this commitment in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The C-G stated that the approval for the establishment of…
The Abia Apostolic Intercessory Team, in collaboration with the Umuda Isingwu Ministers’ Forum, has announced the 2025 Resurrection Power Prayer Summit. Themed “Breaking ‘Thou Shall Not Excel’ Curses and Evil Pronouncements,” the summit is scheduled to take place from Tuesday, 1 April to Friday, 4 April 2025, at St James Methodist Church, Umuda Isingwu, Canaan…
A yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons were feared dead when a truck conveying a 40 feet container crashed into a shuttle bus, tricycles and pedestrians at the Idemili junction, near Oba in Idemili South LGA of Anambra, on Tuesday evening. When contacted on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mrs…
