The Police, on Thursday, charged 34-year-old Gift Okpomini, before an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly posting obscene materials on Tiktok. Okpomini is facing a three-count charge of conduct likely to cause a breach of trust, sending dangerous or obscene things by post and theft. The defendant, whose address was not provided, however, pleaded not […]
Sudanese health authorities have announced the recording of 26 death cases due to an outbreak of dengue fever. Montasir Mohamed Osman, Head of the Health Emergency and Epidemic Control Directorate at the Sudanese Health Ministry, said in a statement that it recorded 26 deaths and confirmed 462 cases. Osman also said nine states recorded 3,439 […]
The Delta State Government has proposed a budget of N15.7 billion for its Sports Commission for the 2023 fiscal year. Chief Tonobok Okowa, the Chairman of the Commission announced this during the 2023 budget defence meeting with the State House of Assembly Committee on Youths and Sports on Thursday in Asaba. The Director-General of the […]
The National Palace of Malaysia, on Thursday, named Anwar Ibrahim, leader of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition as the country’s new Prime Minister. The swearing-in ceremony for Anwar will hold at 5:00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) at the national palace, it stated. Malaysia needs a stable government that will reinvigorate the economy and the […]
Britain and South Africa have agreed to strengthen their health partnership to help prevent future pandemics. South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who visited the Francis Crick Institute of Biomedical Research facility signed the agreement on Wednesday in London. As part of the agreement, British and South African institutions will collaborate on nine research projects on […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja, unveiled the new naira notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Buhari unveiled the new banknotes before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, was in attendance during the ceremony. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow is ready to expand the supply of fertilisers and work with all partners in this area. There are artificial barriers created by some countries to the export of Russian fertilisers, which are negatively affecting global markets. But Putin made the remarks during a meeting with Dmitry […]
A six-year-old boy was rescued from rubbles, 48 hours after a magnitude-5.6 earthquake devastated a district in Indonesia’s West Java province. The earthquake left at least 271 dead, a rescue official said on Wednesday. The boy, named Azka, was found alive under the ruins of a house in the Nagrek village of Cianjur district on […]
The University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) will hold its Annual Dinner and Awards night on Dec. 3 in Lagos. The events hold at the De Rembrandt Hotel, Ikeja, according to Tunde Awobiyi, Chairman of the Dinner and Awards Committee. This year, new categories of awards have been introduced to appreciate illustrious members. […]
At least 50 people sustained injuries after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Türkiye’s northwestern province of Duzce early Wednesday. The injured were treated in hospitals in Duzce and nearby regions, Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, told the Turkish television channel NTV. Soylu added that one person sustained serious injury after jumping from a balcony out of […]