INTERNATIONAL NEWS

A jury in California found Tuesday that entertainer Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion almost five decades ago. Judy Huth, now aged 64, was awarded $500,000 in damages after the jury in Santa Monica determined that Cosby had molested her in 1975 when she was just 16 years old. The case […]

The coffin of slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba returns to his homeland on Wednesday for an emotionally charged tour and burial, more than six decades after his assassination. A plane will take Lumumba’s last remains — a tooth that ex-colonial power Belgium handed over to his family on Monday — from Brussels to Kinshasa […]

The President will depart Abuja later today for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement, noting that at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022, Buhari will join other leaders to […]

Local airline operators, yesterday, said that a number of them now risk collapse barring availability of affordable aviation fuel to sustain commercial operations. They said besides the fuel scarcity that is disrupting scheduled operations, the prevailing market rate of N690-N714/litre was unsustainable. In a related development, other stakeholders in the aviation value-chain also bemoaned the […]

Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC Ltd., has reiterated the commitment to sustain the strategic energy partnership between Nigeria and Spain. Kyari made this known while addressing Nigerian and Spanish business leaders on investment opportunities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in Madrid, Spain. A statement by Mr Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, […]

Nigeria and Spain have canvassed a global action to avert looming food crisis especially in wheat production occasioned by the ongoing war in Ukraine. President Muhammadu Buhari and His Royal Majesty, King Felipe VI of Spain made the call when the two leaders met at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday. Buhari was […]

The African Union Commission (AUC) in partnership with the International Committee of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), has unveiled the calendar of events for the 2022  edition of the awards ceremony. Mrs Cisse Mohamed, AUC, Director for Social Development, Culture and Sports Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has provided about 42 million people with access to improved water and sanitation through its African Development Fund (ADF) initiative. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the AfDB Group, said this at an event to mark the ADF at 50 on Thursday in Accra, Ghana. The ADF is the […]

Russian forces said they attacked a Ukrainian engine factory and several railway stations during heavy air strikes overnight. “High-precision air and sea-launched missiles were used to destroy the production halls of the Motor Sich factory, which builds aircraft engines for the Ukrainian armed forces. “This includes four unmanned drones,’’ Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the soldiers that were injured in the war against Ukraine in a Moscow hospital. “He is visiting them and talking to them,’’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, according to the Interfax news agency. Meanwhile, Peskov dismissed speculation that Putin would use the visit to announce a new […]