Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). Arriving on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time), the President was received by Breno Costa in the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil….
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. President Tinubu honoured the Indian Prime Minister on Sunday, November 17, during the Nigeria/India Bilateral meeting held at the Presidential villa, Abuja. The meeting is part of the activities marking…
Britain’s head of state King Charles III turns 76 on Thursday, still in the grip of cancer treatment but with his passion for work undimmed by what his son and heir Prince William called a “brutal” year. Charles paused royal duties in February after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed cancer. Two and a half…
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, former GOP presidential candidate, will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency. Trump stated that the pair will work together to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies. “It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our…
Ecuadorian footballer and FC Cincinnati player, Marco Angulo, has died from injuries sustained in a car accident, the Ecuadorian Football Association announced on Tuesday. Angulo’s former youth team teammate, Roberto Cabezas, also lost his life in the crash. The 22-year-old Angulo was a passenger in a car that collided with a metal barrier on the…
American television host, Oprah Winfrey has debunked reports that she was paid $1 million to campaign for the Democratic Party’s candidate in the just-concluded US presidential election, Kamala Harris. Washington Examiner had claimed the TV personality’s company, Harpo Productions, received a pay check to host a celebrity town hall on behalf of Harris in September….
Türkiye has denied reports claiming that it is allowing crude oil shipments to Israel via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, BTC, pipeline. The country’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, in a statement on Monday, said that companies using the BTC pipeline respect Ankara’s stance against trade with Israel and have refrained from any deliveries designated for Israeli ports….
The United States President-elect, Donald Trump has appointed Elise Stefanik as America’s Ambassador to the United Nations. Trump described Stefanik as tough, strong, and a smart fighter. “I am honoured to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart…
An explosion Saturday at a railway station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more, police and medics said. “The death toll has reached 17. It might possibly go higher,” Inspector General Moazzam Jah Ansari told AFP. Another 46 wounded in the blast at the Quetta railway station have been…
Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday described as “totally unfounded” US accusations of a plot by Tehran to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump. The foreign ministry “rejects allegations that Iran is implicated in an assassination attempt targeting former or current American officials,” spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement, after US prosecutors announced charges over the alleged…