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World’s richest man, Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was assured that fewer than five percent of accounts on the platform were fake. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%,” tweeted Musk, who has almost 94 million followers on the social network. “This deal […]
Continue ReadingThe Swedish government has confirmed it intends to apply for membership of NATO, joining neighboring Finland in a similar decision following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to date. “There is a broad majority in Sweden’s parliament for Sweden to join NATO,” said the prime minister, Magdalena Andersson. “This is the best thing for the security of […]
Continue ReadingAmerican rapper, Raqhid Render, popularly known as Lil Keed is dead. He died at the age of 24. Raqhid’s death was confirmed by his brother, Semaja Render, who is also a rapper that goes by the stage name, Lil Gotit. Sharing a picture of himself and his brother on his Instagram page, Lil Gotit expressed disbelief and […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk on Tuesday said he would lift Twitter’s ban on former US president Donald Trump if Musk’s deal to buy the global messaging platform is successful. “I would reverse the permanent ban,” the billionaire said at a Financial Times conference, noting that he doesn’t own Twitter yet, so “this is not like a thing […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has released a video commemorating victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War and saying his country will win its current war with Russia. In the video released, Monday, May 9, Zelensky also said Ukraine would not give “a single piece of our land” to Russia. “We are fighting for […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Supreme Court is set to overturn the legal right of women in America to have abortion, according to a leaked document. Millions of United States women and civil rights groups have been left stunned after a document labelled ‘Opinion of the Court’ allegedly showed a majority of the supreme court’s justices supported striking […]
Continue ReadingTwitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter […]
Continue ReadingCanada is set to ban Nigerians and other foreigners from buying homes for two years as prices of real estate properties soar in the North American country. The measure will help the country provide billions of dollars to spur construction activity in an attempt to cool off a surging real-estate market, Bloomberg reported Thursday. According to the […]
Continue ReadingThe full United States Senate voted 53-47 in favor of confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Jackson, who makes history as the first Black woman and the first public defender to serve on the highest US court, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer when he officially retires this summer at […]
Continue ReadingAn Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a teacher, Herry Wirawan, to death for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school. The court upheld an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison. The case of teacher Wirawan had shocked Indonesia and shone a spotlight on […]
Continue ReadingPoverty reduction in Nigeria stagnated since 2015, with more Nigerians falling below the poverty line over the years, the World Bank says. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, was first elected into the office of president of Nigeria in 2015. According to the Washington-based bank, the number of poor Nigerians is projected to hit 95.1 million in […]
Continue ReadingThe first female US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has died aged 84. A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America’s Secretary of State in 1997 during the Clinton administration Albright was instrumental in efforts to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and was hailed as “a champion of democracy’ On Wednesday, March 23, State Department spokesman, […]
Continue ReadingGlobal oil benchmark, Brent crude, appreciated in price on Monday, moving up by 7.3 per cent or $7.88 to $115/barrel at 7.54pm Nigerian time as European Union nations considered joining the United States in a Russian oil embargo. Industry figures showed that the commodity has been gaining in price since about a week, as more […]
Continue ReadingA China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in South-West China with casualties unknown, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, citing the provincial emergency management bureau. The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. […]
Continue ReadingA fifth Russian military General has reportedly been killed near the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials have claimed. In a post on social media, the general staff of Ukraine’s army claimed that the Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev had died when Ukrainian forces hit an airfield in Chornobayivka, near Kherson airport. The Kremlin has not confirmed […]
Continue ReadingThe United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Wednesday with General Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in the first high-level contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine, the White House said. Sullivan reiterated US opposition to the invasion, which began on February 24, and told Patrushev “that if Russia […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky has visited more than 100 soldiers injured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, awarding them medals for their bravery. The president who has received widespread praises for the way he’s led his country during the over two weeks war, visited a military hospital in the Kyiv region on Sunday, March 13, to […]
Continue ReadingSwitzerland will adopt all the sanctions that the European Union has imposed on Russian people and companies and freeze their assets to punish the invasion of Ukraine, the government said in a sharp deviation from the country’s traditional neutrality. “We are in an extraordinary situation where extraordinary measures could be decided,” President and Foreign Minister […]
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson has vowed that Russian president, Vladimir Putin must fail saying the invasion of Ukraine is “worse than our predictions,” . The UK Prime Minister who has pledged to send weapons and aid to Ukraine says the East European country faces an “unfolding disaster” Johnson made the statement on Tuesday, March 1 while on […]
Continue ReadingRussia currency, the Ruble has crashed by 30% against the US dollar, after the US and its allies announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The new record low for the Russian currency is coming after some of the country’s major banks were banned from using the Swift international payment system over […]
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