Five Dead After Man Drives Into Crowd In China
Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians in Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring 13 others. The incident has sparked widespread public outrage, with many accusing the man of deliberately targeting people. Videos posted online show the driver getting out of the car and throwing banknotes into the air, shortly after the crash. Police have detained the...
Flights Grounded In US Over System Failure
All flights across the United States of America have been grounded due to a system failure at the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, according to a Notice to Airmen According to the NOTAMs, the impact on flights is likely to be global. Also, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that an outage related to NOTAMs, which are essential notices & directives for flight...
NATO, EU Look To Protect Critical Infrastructure
NATO and the EU on Wednesday announced a “joint task force” aimed at bolstering the protection of critical infrastructure in the face of threats from Russia. The move comes after a sabotage attack on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines last year and as the two organisations seek to bolster cooperation in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. European Commission...
Peter Obi’s Company, Next International Dissolved By UK Authorities
For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. PREMIUM TIMES (not ABN TV) checks, revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021 following a first and second gazette...
Senegal Bans Night Buses After Crash Killed 40
The Senegalese government decided Tuesday to ban night buses between towns and villages after the death toll in a weekend head-on crash left 40 dead. The import of used tyres from abroad was also outlawed in a list of measures announced after one of the worst road disasters for years, caused by a burst tyre. More than 100 people were also...
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...
US House Of Representatives Member Seeks Biden’s Intervention Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention
A US House Of Representatives for Texas, district 139, Rep Jarvis Johnson, has called on US government led by president Joe Biden to intervene over the continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying the IPOB Leader is being illegally held contrary to UN Opinion and several Nigeria court judgements ordering...
AIT Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, Arrested By UK Police
Chairman of DAAR Communications Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the UK Scotland Yard. He was picked up on Sunday at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport in London. A reliable source who was on the same flight confirmed the arrest to Whistler. The source said: "We were on a flight from Frankfurt to London, and as we were about to arrive...
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...
Putin Says He’s Ready For Peace Talks With Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialogue with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin said Thursday. “Putin again confirmed Russia’s openness to serious dialogue on the condition of Kyiv authorities fulfilling the well-known and repeatedly voiced requirements of taking into account the new territorial realities,” the Kremlin...
