USA Approves 5-Minute Test For COVID-19
A USA company, Abbott, has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), delivering positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes. What makes this test so different is where it can be used: outside the four walls of...
Abia Multimillionaire Businessman, Chief Bourdex’s Daughter Enlisted In US Army (Photos, Video)
Aliji Ure Onuoha, daughter of Chief David Ogba Onuoha Bourdex, the 2019 APGA Senatorial candidate in Abia North has been enlisted in the service United States of American Army as a cadet. She was among the 168 officers who made it to graduation on Friday out of 250 persons shortlisted for the course, ABN TV learnt. Chief Onuoha Bourdex took to...
King Charles Strips Brother Andrew Of Royal Titles Over Alleged Sexual Assault
King Charles III is stripping his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and ousting him from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate, the palace said on Thursday, the latest fallout to hit the scandal-plagued royal over the Jeffrey Epstein affair. “Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Buckingham Palace said, adding Charles had begun the...
EU Leaders Agrees On The Sixth Package Of Sanctions Against Russia, Cutting Sberbank Off SWIFT
EU leaders negotiated the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes, in particular, partial embargo on import of Russian oil and cutting Russia’s Sberbank of the SWIFT international payment system, European Council President Charles...
EU May Use Russia’s $18bn Frozen Assets To Repair Ukraine
The European Union (EU) is set to discuss the possible confiscation of Russian assets in order to rebuild Ukraine. The meeting of permanent representatives will take place on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. It follows the approval on Monday to include circumvention and violation of European sanctions on the list of EU criminal offences. The list of themes to be raised at the...
Former US Secretary Of State, Colin Powell Dies Of Covid-19 Complications
Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell has died aged 84 of Covid-19 complications, his family has announced. "General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," the Powell family wrote on Facebook on Monday afternoon, October 18 said. "We have lost a...
Overstaying Visas Attracts Permanent Ban, US Warns Nigerians
The United States government has issued a stern warning to Nigerian travellers about the severe consequences of overstaying their visa, emphasising that violators could face permanent bans from re-entering the country. The US Mission in Nigeria posted the warning via its X on Monday. The immigration authorities clarified that consular officers can access an individual’s full immigration history, making it nearly...
‘Don’t Lie To Yourselves’: Potential Russia-NATO Conflict Can Go Nuclear, Medvedev Warns
Flooding Ukraine with weapons increases the odds of a conflict between Russia and NATO, which can turn into a nuclear war, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram on Thursday. "Efforts by NATO countries to flo...
Japanese World Oldest Person Dies At 119
A Japanese woman certified the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first...
US Securities Regulator Sues Musk Over Twitter Share Purchase
Elon Musk has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which claims that he violated the law when he bought Twitter stock in 2022, according to a filing made public on Tuesday. “Defendant Elon Musk failed to timely file with the SEC a beneficial ownership report disclosing his acquisition of more than five percent of the outstanding shares...
