University Of Oxford Commences Teaching Of Igbo Language
One of the leading universities in the world, University of Oxford, UK has commenced the teaching of English language to its students, ABN TV reports. Announcing this on a Facebook post, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha who is the first lecturer to teach Igbo language in the institution expressed gratitude over the development, promising to bring Igbo language and culture to a...
Invasion: EU Announces $520m To Buy Weapons For Ukraine
The EU plans to provide another 500 million euros ($520m) for weapons and other military equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces. The EU Foreign Affairs Chief, Josep Borrell, made the announcement Friday during a meeting of top diplomats from the G7...
Taiwan To Donate $6 Million To Five Ukrainian Cities, Says Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
Taiwan announced Tuesday it will donate $6 million to five Ukrainian cities affected by Russia’s invasion – including Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city – as a token of support and to help rebuild schools and civilian infrastructure, acco...
“Russia Uses Hunger As Weapon Of War And Holds The Whole World Hostage” – Annalena Baerbock
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russia of using ''hunger as a weapon of war'' and holding ''the whole world hostage,'' ahead of a key gathering on Friday in Berlin. US State Secretary Antony Blinken is among those attending the conf...
Sri Lanka President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Resigns After Fleeing
Sri Lanka President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, resigned on Thursday following months of mass protests in the island country. Mr Rajapaksa, who was expected to resign on Wednesday, had fled the country first to the Maldives and then to Singapore from where ...
Alleged Organ Harvesting: UK Court Grants Beatrice Ekweremadu Bail
Beatrice Ekweremadu was granted bail by a London court on Monday, over a month after she was held by the UK police on charges of human trafficking and organ harvesting. Mrs Ekweremadu was arrested alongside her husband Ike on June 23 by the police, ...
YouTube Removes R. Kelly’s Channels After Sex Crime Conviction
YouTube has removed two channels of disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, who was found guilty of some sex crimes last week. YouTube said in statement that two of the singer's channels, RKellyTV and RKellyVevo, have been removed and he will no longer be able to create or own any other YouTube channel. Catalog of his music will however be available on YouTube Music, YouTube’s...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dead
South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” he said in a statement. A tireless activist, he...
Microsoft To Acquire US Gaming Giant Activision-Blizzard For $69bn
Microsoft announced Tuesday a landmark $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, grabbing the sex harassment scandal-hit firm as the tech colossus seeks to boost its power in video games. Merging with troubled Activision will make Microsoft the third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony, it said, a major shift in the booming world of games. “This acquisition will...
Court In US Shifts Sentencing Of Hushpuppi, Silent On Abba Kyari
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi by five months. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, in response to an email inquiry by The PUNCH late Thursday, said the date which was initially scheduled for Valentine’s Day, has been moved to...
