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KIM JONG UN GIVES PUTIN LAVISH WELCOME TO NORTH KOREA AND VOWS ‘FULL SUPPORT’ FOR UKRAINE WAR
The streets of the North Korean capital were lined Wednesday with cheering crowds, mounted soldiers and grand portraits — not for Kim Jong Un, but for his guest and growing ally, Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is meeting with the North Korean leader in a rare visit to the reclusive state, as he seeks ammunition for his war in Ukraine and vows…
83 YEARS LATER, 105-YEAR-OLD FINALLY EARNS MASTER’S FROM STANFORD
Virginia Hislop has spent a lifetime trying to increase access to education, and now, at 105 years old, she appears to have completed her own schooling. On Sunday, Hislop celebrated Stanford University’s conference of a master of art’s degree in education — 83 years after having left campus just shy of the degree. Her son-in-law…
UNIBEN GRADUATE ‘BEATEN, RAPED TO DEATH’ IN EDO
A female student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) identified as Adekolore Idowu Glory has been reportedly raped to death. Glory, 22, a recent graduate of the university, was said to have been beaten and raped to death at Iyowa Community, Benin City on June 13. In an X post, a user who identified as Glory’s…
STOP PLANS TO BUY NEW PRIVATE JETS, PETER OBI TELLS FG
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has upbraided the federal government for contemplating the purchase of new aircraft to add to the existing presidential fleet. Mr Obi described the move as unacceptable and a clear show of insensitivity to the suffering of the Nigerian people. House of Representatives Committee on…
FOOD INFLATION SOARS BY 61% IN ONE YEAR-NBS REPORT
Nigerians are finding it more difficult to feed themselves, as food inflation rose to 40.66 per cent in May. This was as the cost of food rose by 61 per cent from 25.25 per cent in June 2023 to 40.66 per cent in May 2024, highlighting a steady rise in the cost of living. This…
POWER OUTAGE HITS GHANA, OTHERS AS NIGERIA’S GAS DISRUPTION LINGERS
Some parts of Ghana and other West African countries are currently experiencing blackouts due to a lingering disruption in gas supply from Nigeria. According to findings by our correspondent, there have been blackouts in several cities in Ghana, Republic of Benin and Togo, following the development. The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited in Accra,…
NO SURVIVORS ON TWIN-ENGINE PLANE THAT CRASHED IN COLORADO MOBILE HOME PARK
There were no survivors aboard a twin-engine Cessna airplane that crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado on Monday, starting a fire that burned two mobile homes, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was not immediately known how many people were aboard the Cessna 421, which went down near the Steamboat Springs…
VIDEO: MY BROTHER KOLA WAS DATING IBB’S DAUGHTER WHILE MY DAD WAS IN JAIL, ABIOLA’S SON CLAIMS
Abdul Mumuni, the son of the late MKO Abiola, says his elder brother Kola, “is unfit to rule Nigeria”. Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. The acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election died in military detention on July 7, 1998. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former head of state, inexplicably annulled the June 12, 1993, general…
MINIMUM WAGE: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUSHES N62,000 PAY DESPITE LABOUR’S OPPOSITION
The Presidency, on Sunday, insisted that the N250,000 minimum wage clamour by Organised Labour is unsustainable, warning that the Federal Government cannot channeled all its resources to meet such a demand. The warning comes two days after the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria raised concerns over the N62,000 being proposed by the FG. The…
SUSSEX NHS TRUST APOLOGISES FOR CANCER TREATMENT DELAYS BEFORE MAN’S DEATH
A troubled NHS trust has apologised to the family of a man who died after a series of delays led to him waiting four times longer for an operation than a national cancer target. Before he died in November 2022, Ken Valder, 66, a former tax inspector and voluntary steward at Brighton & Hove Albion football club, complained of…