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India To Bid For Commonwealth Games As Part Of Olympic Push
India says it will bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, seen as part of a wider push by the cricket-mad nation to host the 2036 [more…]
Chinese Climber Dies On Pakistan’s K2 Mountain
A Chinese mountaineer died while descending the world’s second-highest peak, with Pakistani rescuers waiting on Thursday for weather conditions to improve to recover her body. [more…]
Hardship: Okonjo-Iweala Meets Tinubu, Advocates Social Protection Measures
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government to establish social safety nets to cushion the impact [more…]
Minister of Information Launches Citizens’ Engagement in South-East
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Thursday arrived at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, to begin a two-day sensitisation programme and [more…]
Despite Risks, Residents Fight To Protect Russian National Park
After getting fined for her environmental protest against a road being built through a national park near Moscow, Irina Kuriseva is back to check on [more…]
Trump Warns Of Make-Or-Break Chance With Putin As Pressure Mounts
Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one [more…]
Kwam 1’s Appointment May Encourage Airport Misbehavior — Ex-Lawmaker
Former House of Representatives member, Dachung Bagos, has faulted the Federal Government’s appointment of Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as Kwam 1, as [more…]
Rivers Police Arrest Church Leaders Over Viral Child Flogging Video
Police in Rivers State have arrested three church leaders following the circulation of a viral video showing minors being flogged during a so-called “spiritual cleansing” [more…]
Emmanson Yet to Reach Decision on Suing Ibom Air, Says Counsel
Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger recently released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos after her altercation with some airline hostesses, is yet to [more…]
At Least 20 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Italy’s Lampedusa
At least 20 migrants died after a boat overturned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, with many more still missing, the United Nations High Commissioner for [more…]
