US RESTORES SOME MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS, SAYS TOP TRUMP OFFICIAL
Agency Report A senior US health official on Tuesday admitted President Donald Trump’s administration had gone too far in slashing biomedical research grants worth billions...
WORLD NEWS: US, CHINA BEGIN KEY TRADE TALKS IN LONDON
Agency Report China and the United States began a new round of trade talks in London yesterday, Beijing’s state media reported, as the world’s two...
NEWS: IRELAND REPORTS 35 NIGERIANS OVER IMMIGRATION OFFENCES
By Agency Report Ireland on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for flouting various immigration offences. A statement from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), which led...
WORLD NEWS: MYANMAR ARRESTS SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL OVER KILLING OF GENERAL
Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media...
WORLD NEWS: BODIES OF 14 AFRICAN MIGRANTS DISCOVERED IN VENEZUELA
Agency Report Authorities in northeastern Venezuela have discovered the bodies of 14 African migrants on a river that connects to the Atlantic Ocean, Interior and...
WORLD NEWS: MOROCCO URGES EID AL-ADHA SACRIFICE BOYCOTT AMID SEVERE DROUGHT AND LIVESTOCK SHORTAGE
By Aishat Momoh. O. As the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha nears, many Moroccans are grappling with an unprecedented request from the monarchy: skip the...
JUST IN: ABUJA DISCO REFUNDS N241 MILLION ELECTRICITY CREDIT TO CUSTOMERS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has refunded electricity credit worth N241.45m to 9,823 customers across its franchise areas as compensation for...
SAUDI ARABIA WELCOMES OVER 1.3 MILLION PILGRIMS FOR HAJJ AMID SWELTERING HEAT AND HEIGHTENED SECURITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. More than 1.3 million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in Mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, with Saudi authorities ramping up...
UK TO BUILD 12 NEW ATTACK SUBMARINES IN MAJOR DEFENCE SHAKE-UP AMID RISING GLOBAL THREATS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United Kingdom has unveiled an ambitious Strategic Defence Review, pledging to construct 12 new attack submarines as part of sweeping...
ECB POISED FOR INTEREST RATE CUT AMID GROWTH WORRIES AND US TRADE TENSIONS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to cut interest rates this week as it grapples with weakening growth in...