Actor Will Smith Banned From Attending Oscars For 10 Years After Slapping Chris Rock On Stage
Will Smith has been banned from attending the Academy Awards for the next decade after slapping Chris Rock during the ceremony last month. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences c...
Canada To Restrict Non-Resident Nigerians, Others From Buying Houses
The Canadian government has revealed that it will restrict foreign nationals including Nigerians from acquiring ‘non-recreational, residential property in Canada for a period of two years. The rest...
Over 30 Killed In Russian Rocket Strike At Railway Station In Ukraine
At least 39 people were killed and dozens wounded when rockets hit a train station in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. Donetsk regional governor said thousands of people trying to flee Russi...
US Senate Confirms First Black Woman As Supreme Court Justice
History was made on Thursday, April 7 as the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confir...
Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Says Cedi Is Sole Legal Tender
The government of Ghana has banned spending and transacting businesses in foreign currencies in the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday...
UN General Assembly Suspends Russia From Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine. Of the 193...
Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder
A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Life terms were also hande...
Colorado Signs Abortion Bill Into Law
The United States Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, on Monday signed groundbreaking legislation safeguarding women’s right to abortion. The Reproductive Health Equity Act, which codifies...
North Korea Opposes War But Would Use Nuclear Weapons If South Korea Attacks – Kim Yo Jong
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday, said North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South...
Zelensky Says Ukraine Wants To “Show The World” What Happened In Bucha
Ukraine wants to "show the world" what happened in Bucha, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, vowing that the country will "not pause" until it finds...
