Nigeria, India, Israel are Trump’s strongholds – Survey
A survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre has listed Nigeria as one of the strongholds of United States President, Donald Trump. This is as the survey found that support for President Trump remains largely negative around the world. The Centre discovered that across the 33 countries surveyed a median of 64 per cent said they do not have confidence in...
Oil Prices Hikes As Hamas-Israel Attacks Fuel Supply Fears
Oil prices rallied while the dollar and yen advanced Monday after Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel at the weekend, sparking fresh concerns about tensions in the Middle East. The crisis fanned concerns about supplies of crude from the region at a time when supply worries are already high owing to Saudi Arabia and Russia’s output cuts. It has also...
US Airman Sets Himself Ablaze In Front Of Israeli Embassy In Washington
An active member of the US Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday, officials said, as media reported he was protesting the war in Gaza. Emergency responders rushed to the scene just before 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a “call for person on fire outside the Israeli Embassy,” according to a...
NYSC: We want skirts included in NYSC uniform – Serve with skirts movement protests
Serve With Skirts Movement, an advocacy group was on Wednesday, stage a peaceful protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja to demand inclusion of skirts as part of the uniform for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Members of the group, comprising of young boys and girls, held banners with inscriptions like “there is a difference between the world and...
Swedish PM Resigns Following Vote Of No Confidence
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday, one week after he lost a vote of no confidence, leaving it up to the speaker of parliament to begin the search for a replacement. Lofven could have either called a snap election or resigned following the no-confidence vote last week. He told a press conference that a snap election was “not what...
Four NSWL Football Coaches Banned From Work
Four football coaches named in a National Women’s Soccer League investigation into abuse and malpractice in women’s football have been banned for life, the NWSL said in a statement on Monday. The punishments were part of a wide-ranging package of suspensions and fines against multiple individuals and organisations which followed publication of the NWSL’s findings last month in its Joint...
Pope Says Has Chosen His Tomb In Rome, Not Vatican
Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter’s Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore,” the pontiff, who turns 87 this weekend, told Mexican broadcaster Televisa’s N+ streaming service. In the same...
COVID-19: Russia Records Highest Daily Death Toll
Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic as the country grapples with a spike in infections spurred by the highly contagious Delta variant. An official government tally reported 652 coronavirus fatalities over the past 24 hours, topping a record that was set in December last year. A record-high number of daily deaths —...
Kenya: President Ruto Suspends Four Electoral Commissioners Who Rejected His Win
Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday ordered the suspension of four independent electoral commissioners who disputed his win in the August presidential election and set up a panel to inquiry to investigate if they should be removed, the presidency said . This comes as the national assembly urges Ruto to form a tribunal against the Commissioners — Juliana Cherera, Justus...
More People May Die If Trump Doesn’t Cooperate – Biden
US President-elect, Joe Biden, has expressed frustration about Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process. According to Biden, “more people may die” without a coordinated fight on COVID-19. He stated this while speaking to reporters in Wilmington when asked what is the greatest threat from Trump blocking a smooth transfer of power. “More people may die if we...
