No fewer than 239,000 people attempted to enter the EU irregularly in 2024, down 38per cent from 2023, the EU border protection agency Frontex said. This was the lowest figure since 2021, when migration movements were restricted by the Coronavirus pandemic, the agency said on Tuesday in Warsaw. The Frontex annual report cites one main…
Prof Jonah Onuoha, Director, Centre for American Studies at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) says, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s second tenure will impact significantly on advancing global peace. Onuoha said this in an interview with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday when he discussed Trump’s forthcoming inauguration on Jan. 20 as the 47th President of the…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged Nigeria and other African nations to fully harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through strategic investments. She made this call at the 10th Convocation Ceremony of the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) Class of 2024 in Abuja on Tuesday….
Continental stakeholders under the aegis of African parliamentarians, civil society organisations (CSOs), health experts, and development partners have pledged to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 through collaboration. They made the pledge at the 5th Africa TB Summit on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was hosted by the…
Ukraine has damaged several industrial sites with a massive drone attack across various Russian regions. Roman Busargin, the governor of the Saratov region, said on messaging service Telegram on Tuesday that two facilities had been hit, one in Saratov and one in the city of Engels. He added that there were no casualties. Media reports…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting to disrupt the TurkStream gas pipeline to Europe with the aid of attacks by Ukrainian drones. Lavrov said this in Moscow on Tuesday. The U.S. was pushing its “Ukrainian clients’’ to put TurkStream out of action following what he saw it as…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on Tuesday, said that the German Navy would contribute ships to defend infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. He said this was amid concerns about Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet’’ of oil tankers and recent incidents of damage to cables. Scholz, who is attending a gathering in Helsinki on Baltic Sea security, said that…
Due to increased amounts of ash and fine dust in the air, city authorities in fire-ravaged Los Angeles are providing free protective masks to people. As the deadly wildfires that have been wreaking destruction in Los Angeles County enter their second week, the city said it was concerned about the health impacts to vulnerable groups…
Chinese Government has said that it had reduced its exports of civilian drones to the U.S. eight fold year-on-year last November. According to RIA Novosti, calculation is based on data from the U.S. customs service. The dynamic was also negative as compared to October 2024, when China’s drone exports to the U.S. fell twice, namely…
The Sudanese Government believes that regaining control of Aj Jazira state from the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), will pave the way for lasting peace in Sudan. Mr Ahmed Taboul, Charge d’ Affaires of Sudan Embassy in Nigeria, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According…
