AN earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 0859 GMT on Tuesday. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 97.0 km. It was initially determined to be at 15.16…
The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police officers were ready to deal with far-right rioting that broke out following the murder of three children, triggering a week of violence. On Monday, six people were arrested and several…
VICE President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states, AP sources say. She will introduce Walz at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Harris was…
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a former media aide to ex-Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has explained why Northerners are displaying Russian flags during the nationwide protests. Nigerians began the #EndBadGovernance protests on August 1, to show their dissent over food…
THE draw for the UEFA Champions League play-offs took place on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland. Seeded and unseeded clubs were paired based on club coefficient rankings. But restrictions prevented some teams from being drawn against each other. In the Champions…
FORMER president, Olusegun Obasanjo has said cabals in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector will continue to frustrate the $20 billion Dangote Refinery because it is benefiting from refined petrol import. He disclosed this in a recent interview with the Financial…
A United States’ federal judge has ruled that Google holds an unlawful monopoly over online searches and related advertising. This marks a significant victory for U.S. antitrust authorities, who have been waging series of legal battles against the market dominance…
THE UN has said that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked for their involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks against Israel. The development follows the conclusion of an investigation by the…
THE nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that are convulsing the neoliberal fundament of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration are redefining and redrawing the contours of protests in Nigeria in many significant ways. Although I’ve been on the road since Thursday, here are…
PRESIDENT Tinubu’s self-serving speech–which basically sang his own praises, said he’d heard the people’s anguished cries but won’t do anything about the cries and then threatened that the people shouldn’t cry for much longer or they’d be crushed– signposts the…
