INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in a runoff presidential election on Sunday, April 24 — a rematch of the 2017 vote. It’s Macron vs. Le Pen, round two. France’s presidential election will be a rematch of the 2017 contest, when the far right’s Marine Le Pen faced off against political newcomer […]

The Catholic Diocese in New Jersey, United States of America has agreed to pay $87.5m (£67.04m) to hundreds of people sexually abused by the church. In a first, the deal also paves the way for lawsuits against insurances firms that protect dioceses against charges of negligence. It is one of the largest settlements involving the […]

THIRTEEN (13) out of 19 Nigerians that were detained in various camps in Poland have been released. Their release followed the intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador to Poland, Major General Christian Ugwu (rtd). A statement yesterday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit Nigerians in Diaspora Commission quoted Ugwu as saying […]

  Nigeria and Mauritius have retained their seats to serve for another four years in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) from 2023 to 2026. The candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two remaining vacant positions for Africa in CESCR. CESCR is the body of 18 independent […]

The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on yesterday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defense systems to the Nigerian military. The package includes $25 […]

A boat carrying about 34  passengers, yesterday, capsized in Magana village, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State killing 28 passengers. The boat was transporting locals from neighbouring villages to major towns for their daily activities. The village head of Gidan-Magana, Mohammed Auwalu, said, yesterday, that the boat left the village with 34 people on […]

An 18-year-old man, Chibuike Emmanuel, was last Tuesday night electrocuted while charging his iPhone 8 at Ozobo in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The victim, who was brought from Lagos to spend his holiday in Ozobo, was said to have died at about 5 p.m. in the residence of her mother’s friend. […]

Around 16,400 people had arrived in Britain under Ukraine visa schemes, according to British government figures on Thursday. About 13,200 had arrived under the Ukraine family scheme and 3,200 under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme, provisional data shows. About 94,700 applications have been received for both schemes and 56,500 visas had been granted by […]

A Swiss court on Wednesday sentenced a former head of Raiffeisen banking group to three years and nine months in prison for fraud. The accused, Pierin Vincenz, was pronounced guilty by the court on multiple counts of embezzlement, forgery of documents, and illegal deals in Zurich. However. Vincenz, was found not guilty on other charges […]

Russia still confident of its energy sector in spite of the sanctions imposed by Western governments in an attempt to halt its war on neighbouring Ukraine and discussions of a possible export ban. “As far as Russian oil, gas and coal are concerned, we can increase their demand on the domestic market. “We will stimulate […]