Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed with military honours in Berlin on Wednesday by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.The leaders are set to discuss military aid and a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, followed by a working lunch and joint press conference. Zelensky will also meet German business leaders and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace. This…
Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, has made a bold move with the launch of Threads, a text-based app aiming to compete with Twitter. In this article, we delve into the details of Threads, exploring its user experience, features, and potential implications for Elon Musk’s Twitter empire. Meta’s Threads: A Promising Twitter Rival…
Colombian Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla has resigned at the request of President Gustavo Petro, following allegations of his involvement in bribery schemes involving parliamentarians. This resignation marks another chapter in Colombia’s ongoing struggle with corruption at high levels of government. Bonilla is accused by a former advisor of being aware that lawmakers were allegedly receiving…
The Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmud has appealed to the Kwara Government to formally engage local Fulani youths as vigilantes and forest guards to help combat insecurity in the state. Mahmud stated this on Monday in Ilorin during a news conference organised on the sidelines of a meeting organised for Fulani people in…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday arrived at the Yola International Airport at about 1.20 p.m. for the inauguration of projects executed by the Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri administration in Adamawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the projects include model schools constructed across the 21 local government areas of the state. The model schools…
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) will begin enforcing its project management licensing requirements on April 1. The Director-General, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbadiwe spoke on the sidelines of the inauguration of the institute’s Governing Council by the Minister of State for…
The Nigeria Country Director, World Bank Group, Dr Ndiame Diop, has called on the Federal Government to infuse structural and economic reforms to transform Nigeria. Diop stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday at the Distinguished Personality Lecture Series of the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan (UI). He said that economic transformation to create…
Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a good thing for Britain, Downing Street said, as it declined to comment on whether U.S. strikes on the country were legal. A Number 10 spokesman said the government’s focus remained on securing a diplomatic solution in the wake of the U.S. attack against Iran’s nuclear programme…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has stated that he will not compel his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), which Diri formally joined on November 3. Diri, who resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 15, emphasized engagement over confrontation during the weekly state executive council…
Turkey has detained nine people in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya who disclosed this early Wednesday, said that the owner of the hotel has also been detained. Yerlikaya also reported that the bodies of…
