‘Warn your children against hunger protest’, Nigerian president’s daughter tells market women
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has urged market women in Dosumu Market, Lagos, to advise their children against participating in the planned hunger…
Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody on…
Britain is ‘broke and broken’, new government declares
Reuters LONDON – Britain’s government declared the country was “broke and broken” ahead of an assessment of the public finances on Monday which the newly-elected Labour Party will use to…
Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 11 at football ground, vows response
Reuters A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 11 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a…
‘Horrifying’ Israeli strike on girls’ school in Gaza kills at least 30
Middle East Eye Israeli air strikes on a girls’ school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killed at least 30 people and wounded over 100 on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry…
Facebook deletes Nigerian singer Dauda Rarara’s account as northerners mass-report him for claiming in his new song that President Tinubu solved Nigeria’s poverty and insecurity despite his mother’s recent abduction
Martins Owoseni The Facebook account of one Dauda Kahutu Rarara, a popular Nigeria’s ruling party, APC’s praise singer, has been deleted due to mass reporting by his followers after he…
Police arrest pastor, four others for selling two-month-old baby in Nigeria’s Lagos
Bella Ifasola Lagos – Police have rescued a two-month-old baby boy, and five suspects have been detained for alleged child trafficking in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria. The Lagos State Police…
Naira falls to ₦1,610/$ in parallel market, ₦1,609.29/$ in Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market
Olayomi Koiki The Nigerian Naira on Friday, 26 July, fell to N1,610 per dollar in the parallel market, down from N1,580 per dollar the previous day. In the Nigerian Autonomous…
Climate protest in Paris foiled on first day of Olympics
AFP PARIS – French police on July 27 blocked climate activists from holding a demonstration in central Paris on the first official day of the Olympic Games. Protesters from Extinction…
Italian PM arrives in China for her first official visit
Agency Report BEIJING – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Beijing on Saturday, Chinese state media said, in her first visit to the country since she took office nearly…