INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Gun violence is on the rise in Sweden according to a report by national TV broadcaster SVT based on police records and its own investigations. This year, 18 people have been shot in Sweden so far, compared to five in the same time span in 2021, 12 in 2020, 10 in 2019 and eight in […]

The United States Government has said its new $537million (approx N223,257,750,000.00) in Lagos will be its largest consulate in the world when completed in 2027. Ambassador Mary Leonard and Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this at the Eko Atlantic City in Lagos during the ongoing groundbreaking ceremony for the consulate. The 10-storey consular complex will, […]

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), says its four-point strategy is responsible for restoring normalcy in the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Mrs Roselyn Wilkie, NMDPRA, Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Wilkie, the increase in product […]

Fuel prices were increased again in India Wednesday for the eighth time in the last nine days. According to a price notification of state fuel retailers, in the capital city of Delhi, petrol and diesel prices were hiked by INR 0.80 a litre respectively.   A litre of petrol in Delhi now costs (1.33 dollars) […]

       Russian President Vladimir Putin As European countries look to wean themselves off of Russian energy, Moscow is looking to fill at least part of the gap by increasing oil exports to Asia. There is a market “in South East-Asia, in the East,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. The world market […]

Zelensky As Ukrainian cities are under renewed Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on people around the world to demonstrate on Thursday to mark one month since the start of Russia’s attack of Ukraine. He said Russia started the war against freedom as it is. He added that Moscow is trying to defeat […]

Joe Biden, U.S. President U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting NATO and EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, a show of trans-Atlantic unity exactly one month after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden joins Western allies for a special meeting of NATO leaders, a G7 summit and an EU leaders’ summit for talks […]

WHO logo Ukrainian health care institutions have been attacked 64 times since Russia invaded its western neighbour one month ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed Thursday. These attacks, equating to two to three every day, had caused 15 deaths and 37 injuries, the international health body said in a statement. WHO condemns these attacks […]

The Ministry of Education in Afghanistan which has been ruled by the Islamist Taliban since last summer, has announced that all schools in the country will resume lessons on Wednesday. For the first time since the Taliban took over, girls over the sixth grade will be allowed to return to their classes but under certain […]

The United Nations General Assembly is set to meet Wednesday in a bid to agree on a fresh resolution on Russia’s war against Ukraine. A draft resolution regarding the humanitarian consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to be widely approved in the largest UN body with 193 members. It is likely but not […]