A forty-seven year-old Nigerian based in the United Kingdom (UK), Mrs. Abigail Marshall Katung, has been re-elected to represent Little London and Woodhouse Ward in the 2023 Leeds City Council elections for the second term. Mrs. Katung, wife of the elected Nigerian Senator, Barr. Sunday Marshall Katung, got re-elected in the just concluded May 4th…
On May 3, 2023, Manipur, a northeastern state in India, was rocked by violent protests that led to property damage and loss of life. The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) organized a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ in the Torbung area of Churachandpur district to protest against the demand of non-tribal Meiteis for Scheduled Tribe status,…
Lucy Letby, the nurse accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 more at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, took the witness stand for the first time to deny harming any infants. Letby, 33, allegedly used methods such as injecting air into the babies or poisoning them with insulin. The prosecution…
In a devastating incident that took place on Monday morning, a chemical plant explosion claimed the lives of five individuals and left another injured in the city of Liaocheng, located in China’s eastern province of Shandong. The accident occurred in the hydrogen peroxide production area of Luxi Chemical Group, a major chemical company in the…
According to research, medicinal cannabis can help relieve cancer pain and can complement other painkilling drugs. A study of 358 adults with cancer found that an equal balance of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), the active ingredients in cannabis, significantly helped pain intensity and the interference of pain in daily life. THC is the substance…
China has made significant strides in its development journey, achieving impressive milestones in a relatively short period. Its success in modernization was highlighted at the Lanting Forum on Chinese Modernization and the World, which took place in April at the Meet-The-World Lounge in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message, acknowledging that modernization is…
Japan is making arrangements to bring forward the lifting of its current COVID-19 border control measures to Saturday in anticipation of an increase in overseas travelers during the Golden Week holidays, government sources said Wednesday. The government had originally planned to end the border measures on May 8, the same day the legal status of…
Japan lifted its COVID-19 border controls for all arrivals on Saturday, with the decision brought forward by the government in anticipation of an increase in travelers during the annual Golden Week holiday that began the same day. The change means Japan will no longer require all entrants to present certification of at least three COVID-19…
Nigeria and the Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Dialogue Mechanism on Technical Cooperation, which also involves establishment of the OACPS Secretariat in Nigeria. The MoU was signed in Abuja by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on behalf of the Nigerian government…
The United States Department of State and Department of Defense officials, alongside their Nigerian counterparts, have celebrated the completion of $38 million of improvements to the Kainji Air Base in Nigeria. The air base improvements are essential to facilitate the operation and maintenance of the A-29 Super Tucano wing and associated munitions stationed there. The…
