Meta bans RT and other Russian state media networks
Reuters NEW YORK – Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used…
South Sudan says it is ready to restart pumping oil through Sudan
Reuters South Sudan and Sudan have made progress towards restarting the pumping of South Sudan’s crude oil through a pipeline running to a port in its neighbour, South Sudan’s finance…
Security operatives arrest baby factory operator in southeastern Nigeria
The suspect lives in a rented apartment and the landlord claimed ignorant of what the suspect was doing. Olayomi Koiki ABIA – Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has…
At least 36 travellers going for Eid-el-Maulud event die in auto crash in Nigeria’s Kaduna State
An official at the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency put the death toll at 36 on Monday morning. Opeyemi Olamilekan KADUNA, Nigeria – At least 36 people have died in…
18 burnt to death as fire guts vehicle on highway in southwestern Nigeria
Bella Ifasola OGUN, Nigeria – No fewer than 18 people were burnt beyond recognition in Nigeria when a vehicle conveying them caught fire along the Benin-Sagamu Expressway on Monday, a…
Terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria attack two churches in Kaduna State, kill 3, abduct pastor, 30 others
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups. Ayomidele…
Two police officers killed in ambush in northern Benin
The two officers were travelling by motorbike when they ran into an ambush. Reuters COTONOU – Unidentified armed men killed two police officers on patrol in northeastern Benin near the…
Nigeria’s NNPC raises petrol prices again as Dangote fuel hits market
The latest increase is likely to add to public anger as Nigerians are already struggling with inflation of 33.4%, which has driven up transport costs and caused a cost of…
Samsung hit with $192m US patent verdict over wireless chargers
Reuters Samsung Electronics owes an inventor’s company more than $192.1 million for infringing five patents related to wireless device charging, a jury in Texas federal court has determined. The jury…
Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin
Reuters HAVANA – Cuba’s communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme…