Crying and clutching toys, traumatised relatives gathered at a child daycare centre in Thailand where a former policeman had slain 34 people, primarily children. Government buildings flew flags at half-mast on Friday to mourn victims, in which 23 of them were children of the carnage in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 kilometres (310 miles) northeast […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has called on Britain to recognise the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital and take serious measures against settlements. Ishtaye made the remarks during a meeting held in the West Bank city of Ramallah with Stephen Hickey, Director for the Middle East and North […]
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says its maiden conference on “Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries’’, holding in Lagos will open new vistas in global tourism. The Secretary-General of UNWTO, Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, stated this at the 65th meeting of the Organisation’s Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) in Arusha, Tanzania. The […]
The Centre for Research on Development of African Media, Governance and Society (CEREDEMS-Africa) and Positive Agenda Nigeria (PAN) report on the 2023 presidential election campaign monitoring has indicated that the talking points of political actors are still largely not issue-based. The organisations presented the summary of their findings at the weekly report discussion held online […]
The South Korean Interior Ministry, on Thursday, announced a government reorganisation plan under which the gender ministry would be abolished. The ministry said that the veterans’ affairs agency would be elevated to the ministry level and a separate body for consular services would be newly established. The plan, announced by Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, requires […]
France is launching a televised electricity forecast as part of a national energy-saving plan that will be presented on Thursday, Le Parisien newspaper reported. After the weather report and between other programmes, information about the load on the power grid would be broadcast using green, yellow and red symbols to show how much power is […]
Two persons were burnt beyond recognition while three others sustained injuries when a tanker, laden with petrol exploded at Ilo-Awela Junction, at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), who confirmed the development to newsmen in Ota, said that the incident happened at about 1.30 […]
By Agency report No fewer than 18 people, seeking to migrate to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean, died in a pair of unrelated boating accidents late on Wednesday, according to Greek officials. One boat sank off the island of Lesbos after encountering strong winds. There were 40 people on board, reportedly all women. By Thursday […]
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc may reach an agreement to end their litigation as soon as Wednesday and clear the way for the world’s richest person to close his $44 billion deal for the social media platform, a source familiar with the litigation told Reuters. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, the judge on Delaware’s Court of Chancery, wrote: “The […]
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mr Umar Bago on Wednesday rewarded three teachers with cars for outstanding performance and exemplary behaviour. Bago, who was represented by his running mate, Alhaji Yakubu Garba, gave out the cars during the Commemoration and Teachers Award programme, organised by the Niger State Ministry […]