Month May 2025

UN Chief Expresses Concern as India Strikes Pakistan

  THE UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed deep concerns after India launched missile attacks on Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday. Guterres, in a note to UN correspondents issued by his spokesperson in New York, called for military restraint…

PETROAN Lauds FG’s ban on Foreign Products Importation

  THE Petroleum Products Retail Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to ban the importation of foreign goods produced locally. Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, National president of PETROAN, on Tuesday while commending government’s efforts to strengthen…

US Offers to Pay illegal Migrants for Self-deportation

  THE Trump administration has started a new initiative offering $1000 stipends and free commercial airfare for illegal migrants willing to leave the United States voluntarily, said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plan was announced on Monday, and…

US Woman, Missing for 62 years, Found Alive

Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from Wisconsin, a small city in south-central after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis. Last week, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office announced that the 20 year old who…