Pope Francis spent his third night in hospital without complications, a Vatican spokesman said on Monday. He added that the 88-year-old had “a restful night,” breakfasted and read the morning newspapers. The head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has been hospitalised in a Rome hospital since Friday and is, according to the Vatican, suffering…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK and Europe are facing a “generational challenge” and “need to do more” after he said he was willing to put a peacekeeping force into Ukraine. “We’re facing a generational challenge when it comes to national security,” he told reporters in Bristol before he heads to emergency…
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), has expressed fear over the Federal Government’s plan to ban 60,000 litres capacity tankers, following the rising cases of accidents involving fuel tankers. NARTO President, Yusuf Othman in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said such a move would cause…
The release of U.S. national, Marc Fogel, sentenced in Russia to 14 years in prison for possession of cannabis, demonstrates that the great friendship between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would continue, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday. “And I think that’s maybe a sign about what working…
Pope Francis has once again been unable to deliver a public address due to ongoing bronchitis. During the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, the 88-year-old pontiff, who leads 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, asked a priest to read his prepared statement on his behalf. He explained that he was unable to read it…
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has closed its airspace to Rwandan planes for three months over the ongoing armed conflict with the M23 rebel movement. According to a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) issued on Wednesday, all civil and government aircraft registered or based in Rwanda have been banned…
In the face of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, Egypt has announced its own reconstruction plan for the largely destroyed Gaza Strip. “Egypt expresses its aspiration to cooperate with the U.S. administration to achieve a comprehensive and just peace in the region by reaching a just settlement of the Palestinian. “This is the cause…
Gov Umaru Bago of Niger, on Wednesday presented Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to the Federal Housing Authority for the commencement of the ‘Renewed Hope Housing Project’ to be constructed on a 31-hectares land in Minna. The governor presented the C of O to Mr Oyetunde Ojo, the Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA),…
Two gospel preachers on Wednesday urged the youth not to see Valentine’s Day as a day for fornication and other immoral acts but a day to show genuine love for God and humanity. Pastor Williams Nmezi of the Spoken World Ministry, Okokomaiko, Lagos State, and Dr Nkem Chima, President, Centre for Defence of Morality, made…
North Korean state media on Wednesday blasted the United States for President Donald Trump’s plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip by taking over the war-ruined territory and resettling residents elsewhere. “The world is now seething with the U.S. ‘bomb declaration’,” the state-controlled KCNA news agency said on its English language website, without naming Trump. “The…
