Two Chinese nationals were killed and one was injured in a suicide attack near Karachi’s international airport on Sunday evening.China’s embassy in Pakistan on Monday reported that the incidence marked the latest in a string of violence against China’s personnel and investments in the country in recent years.According to rescue workers at the scene, not less than seven others were injured, where a massive blast set cars ablaze and was heard throughout the city.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) separatist group claimed responsibility in a statement and said the blast was a suicide attack targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers and...
THOUSANDS MARCH ACROSS THE WORLD FOR GAZA AND LEBANON TO DEMAND FOR CEASEFIRE IN THE WAR
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched in cities around the world, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory nears the one-year mark.In Washington, DC, more than 1,000 protesters demonstrated outside the White House, demanding the United States, Israel’s top military supplier, stop providing weapons and aid to Israel.One man attempted to set himself on fire, lighting his left arm ablaze before bystanders and police extinguished the flames.Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters also gathered in cities across Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas to demand an end to the conflict, which has killed nearly 42,000...
MINISTER OF ART, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ECONOMY CLAIMS SHE’S RIGHT FOR HOLDING A PUBLIC OFFICE WITHOUT NYSC CERTIFICATE
The minister of art, culture and creative economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa declared she did nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while undergoing the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.Musawa who spoke on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme when questioned on how she became a minister without an NYSC certificate or being exempted from the program as require of anyone seeking public offices.She argued that she did not break the law, stating that she had undergone two years of national youth service in her lifetime and that she will give “proper account” of what...
EGUAVOEN INVITES 23 PLAYERS TO CAMP FOR AFCON QUALIFIERS CLASH AGAINST LIBYABy Ibidunni Doyinsola
Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen called up 23 players to face Libya. Sevilla’s winger Chidera Ejuke was called up to the squad for the first time since September 2022.Ejuke has been inform this season with Sevilla and has played 499 minutes. There was no Kelechi Iheanacho in the squad, the 28 year old has struggled with form at his new side Sevilla this season playing a total of five games without finding the back of the net.The 23 players called up to camp are;GoalkeeperStanley Nwabali, Maduka Okoye, Amas ObasogieDefendersBright Osayi-Samuel, Bruno Onyemaechi, Calvin Bassey, Benjamin Tanimu, Ola Aina, Semi...
NDLEA ARREST ONE CANADIAN AND THREE OTHER SUSPECTS FOR ILLICIT DRUGS.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian woman, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for importing a large consignment of a strong strain of synthetic cannabis called ‘Canadian Loud’.Munju was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on a KLM airline flight from Canada at Terminal 1 of the Lagos airport on October 3, 2024.This was revealed in a statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stating that during a joint examination of her three bags, Adrienne, who was in Nigeria for the first time, was found with...
GRAY RESIGNS AS U.K PM’S CHIEF OF STAFF, GET APPOINTMENT AS ENVOYS FOR NATIONS AND REGIONS.
Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, and has instead been appointed as the prime minister’s envoy for nations and regions.Morgan McSweeney, the party’s former campaign director who masterminded July’s election landslide, will replace her as the prime minister’s chief of staff.Ms Gray revealed to support the Prime Minister in her new role while stating the reasons for quitting her previous post: ” it’s an honour to take on the role of chief of staff”, it had become clear that “intense commentary around my position risked becoming a distraction to the government’s vital...
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT U.S REPUBLICAN RUNNING VICE PRESIDENT
JD Vance was best known as a chart-topping author a few years ago. Now he’s a Republican senator, Donald Trump’s running mate and possibly the next US vice-president. Here’s all you need to know about him.A memoir about his difficult upbringing made him famousHillbilly Elegy drew on Vance’s childhood in Ohio and Kentucky, shining a light on the problems facing poor, white communities.“From low social mobility to poverty to divorce and drug addiction, my home is a hub of misery,” he wrote.It was published in the summer of 2016 and held up as a way of explaining Trump’s election victory,...
SEVEN SWING STATES SET TO DECIDE THE 2024 US ELECTION
According to experts, about 240 million people are eligible to vote in this year’s US election, but only a relatively small number of them are likely to decide who becomes the next president, as its believe there are only a handful of so-called “swing” states that could plausibly be won by either Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump.Seven of them – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – hold the keys to the White House.Both campaigns are therefore targeting undecided voters in these states.ARIZONAElectoral College votes: 11 of 538State Population: 7.4 Million People2020 winners: Biden by...
FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES CALL FOR CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON
French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed that 88 predominantly French-speaking countries have collectively called for an “immediate” ceasefire in Lebanon.Speaking at the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris, Macron added that the group had approved an international conference to support Lebanon, which will take place later this month.According to the French president: “We expressed our solidarity with Lebanon. We unanimously called for an immediate and lasting ceasefire and reaffirmed our commitment to de-escalating tensions in the region, we want peace and security for all.”Those comments are in response to an Israeli ground operation into Lebanon, launched at the end of September...
EGBETOKUN ORDER THE UNSEALING OF 23 LGA IN RIVERS STATE
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, has orderedThe Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in Rivers state.This was contain in a statement released on Monday by the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko.The order came in 24 hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara swore in the newly elected chairmen who emerged from Saturday’s local government elections.Recall that the police had sealed the 23 LGA headquarters in July amidst the crisis that followed the controversial tenure extension of the former chairmen. The facilities were...