FOREIGN NEWS

Iran has restricted major social media platforms following the ongoing protest in Iran, because of the death of Masha Amini who was arrested in Tehran for allegedly wearing ‘an unsuitable attire’ and putting on her hijab headscarf improperly.  The country curbed access to Instagram and WhatsApp, according to residents and internet observer NetBlocks. NetBlocks also reported […]

Protests spread to 15 cities across Iran overnight over the death of the young woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country’s morality police, state media reported on Wednesday. On the fifth night of street rallies, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people, the official IRNA […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday addressed world leaders in New York, calling for debt cancellation of poor countries. Speaking at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Buhari said developing countries were facing numerous challenges, including being able to service external debts. He asked the world leaders to address what he described as […]

South Africans are demanding the world’s largest known clear-cut diamond on the late Queen Elizabeth’s sceptre following her death. The Great Star of Africa or Cullinan l is the largest known clear-cut diamond in the world which was mined in South Africa in 1905 and was given to the British Royal Family as a gift. […]

European police have arrested five members of a gang suspected of smuggling migrants, mostly Kurds, aboard private planes from Turkey to Europe using fake diplomatic passports, Europol said on Friday. Authorities seized two aircraft, a luxury car and equipment used to make fake identity documents, in raids in Belgium and Italy on Tuesday, Europe’s policing […]

A total of 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, yesterday took the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship. The ceremony was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told State House correspondents that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on February 9, 2022, […]

A motorist collided with a vehicle carrying Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as his motorcade passed through Kyiv, though the president was not seriously injured in the accident, his spokesman said early Thursday morning. In his nightly televised address, video of which was posted shortly after the accident, Zelensky said he had just returned from the […]

The investiture of the now King Charles III as Prince of Wales by his mother in an archaic ritual in the magnificent 13th century castle was watched by millions of people around the world live on television. Charles’s investiture may be the last at the castle, with growing opposition to any similar ceremony for his […]

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it is withholding the Air Transport License ( ATL) of local operator Azman Air till a time when the carrier provides the required documentation for its operational licenses renewal. According to the NCAA, after the documents have been provided, the airline would have to sign a Memorandum of […]

The European Union’s second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the fee for technical reasons. In a statement, the EU’s General court said it “largely confirms the commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices” […]