Tesla: People Issuing Death Threats Against Me – Elon Musk
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, disclosed that he has been receiving death threats. He made this statement during a recent interview with FOX News host Bret Baier. The tech billionaire was responding to personal attacks and Tesla dealerships facing firebombs. “Well, I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers. I mean, Tesla...
BREAKING: Country Music Icon Kenny Rogers Dies
American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81. A family representative said he “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes”. Rogers topped pop and country charts during the 1970s and 1980s and won three Grammy awards. Known for his husky voice and ballads including The Gambler, Lucille and Coward Of The County, his career spanned more than six decades. He...
Okonjo-Iweala Meets US President, Joe Biden In Rome, Talks COVID-19 Vaccination (Photos)
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has met with US President Joe Biden at the G20 Meeting in Rome. Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigeria's Finance Minister who shared pictures from their meeting, said she used the opportunity to appreciate the support rendered by the US on vaccine equity and pandemic preparedness. She tweeted, “Great...
Nigerian Man, Obi 33-Year-Old Dies After Ex-Lover Set Him Ablaze Along With Girlfriend In Australia
A Nigerian man, Stanley Obi, and his girlfriend have been set ablaze by his former partner and mother of his kids at his home in New Beith, Brisbane's southern suburbs of Australia. Police are unravelling the troubled history of a former couple involved in a Logan house fire that has left both of them dead. Stanley Obi, 33, a Nigerian died...
Simon Ekpa Released Hours After Grilling By Finnish Police
Finnish police on Thursday released a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, hours after he was arrested and grilled. ABN TV earlier reported that Finnish authorities arrested Ekpa. The police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. Ekpa was later released on Thursday evening after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime in Finland. The Finnish Central Criminal...
Russia Will Find Other Importers For Its Oil — Mikhail Ulyanov On EU’s Sanction On Russia
Russia will find other importers for its oil, Russian Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said, commenting on the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia, which includes partial embargo on Russian oi...
Lithuania Declares Russia A Perpetrator Of Terrorism
The Lithuanian Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a "genocide" and Russia a perpetrator of terrorism. In the resolution, the Seimas, Lithuania’s Parliament, recognized "the full-scale armed aggression...
Ukraine Dismisses Russia’s Ceasefire As Ploy To Stop Kyiv’s Progress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas on Thursday. Zelensky described the move by his neighbouring foe as a cover to stop Ukraine’s progress in the eastern Donbas region, Al Jazeera reports on Friday. Speaking in Russian and addressing both the Kremlin and Russians, Zelensky in his nightly video said...
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Announce Withdrawal From ICC
The West African states of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, ICC, stating that they no longer recognise its jurisdiction. The three military-led countries accused the court of arbitrarily prosecuting war crimes and serving as an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression.” They emphasised their commitment to upholding human rights protection in line with their...
Foreign Military Helicopter Crashes In Croatia
A military helicopter belonging to a foreign country crashed in central Croatia, the country’s defence ministry said Wednesday, as one media report suggested it was a Hungarian aircraft. Croatia’s armed forces gave no details of casualties for the crash, which happened in a mountainous area near the central Adriatic town of Sibenik. They said only that the aircraft did not...
