WORLD LEADERS MOURN FORMER PRESIDENT BUHARI, HAIL HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND INTEGRITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tributes have continued to pour in from across the globe following the death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari,...
TWO PENSIONERS KILLED AS STOLEN BMW CRASHES INTO CARE HOME DURING POLICE CHASE IN ENGLAND
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two elderly women have died after a stolen BMW being pursued by police crashed into their care home in northern England,...
BANGLADESH SCRAPS ‘SIR’ SALUTATION FOR WOMEN OFFICIALS UNDER CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
Agency Report Bangladesh’s caretaker government has annulled a controversial protocol that required women in official roles to be addressed as “sir,” describing it as an...
CAMBODIA AMENDS CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW CITIZENSHIP REVOCATION FOR ‘FOREIGN COLLUSION’
Agency Report [caption id="attachment_185469" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet greets people as he arrives to attend a meeting at the National Assembly building...
SOUTH KOREA’S DISGRACED EX-PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL DETAINED AGAIN OVER MARTIAL LAW COUP ATTEMPT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time on Thursday as prosecutors intensified their investigation into...
FORMER RUSSIAN MINISTER ROMAN STAROVOYT COMMITS SUICIDE HOURS AFTER DISMISSAL BY PUTIN
By Aishat Momoh. O. Russia’s former Minister of Transport, Roman Starovoyt, was found dead by suicide on Monday, just hours after President Vladimir Putin...
U.S. FACES WORST MEASLES OUTBREAK IN OVER 30 YEARS AMID FALLING VACCINATION RATES
Agency Report The United States is grappling with its most severe measles epidemic since 1992, with 1,277 confirmed cases reported across nearly 40 states, according...
TRUMP IMPOSES 25% TARIFFS ON JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, WARNS OF ESCALATION AHEAD OF TRADE DEADLINE
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea, escalating...
KENYA STREETS DESERTED AS POLICE BLOCK ROADS TO DETER ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS ON SABA SABA DAY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Streets in Kenya’s capital Nairobi were largely deserted on Monday as police mounted roadblocks and deployed heavily across key routes...
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURGES IN MAY, BOOSTING HOPES OF ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
By Aishat Momoh. O. Germany’s industrial sector delivered a welcome surprise in May, with production rising sharply despite ongoing trade tensions with the United...