Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday hundreds more Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, bringing the total this week to 1,730. The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement it was registering fighters who left Azovstal, an operation that began Tuesday and was continuing Thursday. “The ICRC […]
The Katsina Pilgrims Board on Wednesday reminded intending pilgrims above the age of 65 year, that they would not be allowed into Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Badaru Bello-Karofi in Katsina. The board made this known during orientation for intending pilgrims and Islamic scholars in […]
The African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO), and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have called for the establishment of an African Energy Transition Bank. The call is contained in a joint communiqué issued by the Press Office of Afreximbank at the end of a meeting with APPO in Luanda, Angola. According to the communiqué, the aim is […]
Netflix has laid off about 150 staff, just a month after the entertainment giant said it was losing subscribers for the first time in a decade. The redundancies, announced by the streaming service on Tuesday, will mainly affect its US office in California. They account for about 2% of its North American workforce. Netflix said […]
A cardinal goal of the federal government is to transform the Nigerian economy into a gas-powered economy by 2030. Ancillary to that is the hope to align the country with the global push for transition to cleaner sources of energy. To achieve that lofty goal, the federal government adopted gas as the vehicle for its […]
After almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine’s military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia’s assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine’s resistance. On Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag […]
Elon Musk has said his $44bn deal to buy Twitter may be in jeopardy due to a disagreement over the number of fake accounts on the social media platform. Mr Musk tweeted that the deal “cannot move forward” unless Twitter backs up its claims that less than 5% of accounts are fake or spam accounts. […]
Dr Shomade Taofeek, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of State Hospital, Ota in Ogun State, has advised Nigerians above 40 years to regularly check their blood pressure and control salt intake to avoid hypertension. He gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ota, in commemoration of […]
President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has ruled himself out of the 2023 Presidential race in Nigeria. Dr Adesina made his position known in a statement on Tuesday, after months of calls for him to join the race and after a group bought the presidential nomination form for the All Progressives Congress […]
Paul Bassey, General Coordinator of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup final match, on Tuesday said both teams for the game would arrive on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Orlando Pirates of South Africa and RSB Berkane of Morocco are scheduled to meet in the match […]