An American citizen identified as Michael Travis Leake has been arrested and detained by Russian authorities on drug trafficking charges. According to NBC, Leake, a paratrooper and musician was arrested in Moscow on Saturday. The US citizen in question has been charged with “illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic …
Read More »Senegal: Invaluable archives destroyed during unrest at Dakar’s main university
One week after the end of a deadly unrest that shook Senegal, the country still counts its losses. Volunteers and staff from Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University are trying to salvage what can still be out of some 200,000 university archives. Youths armed with Molotov cocktail allegedly set ablaze the …
Read More »Just In: Tinubu meets Kwankwaso at Aso Villa
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, at the State House, Abuja. Kwankwaso who was the flagbearer of the New Nigerian Peoples Party in last February’s Presidential election, arrived at the Aso Rock Villa minutes around 05:30 pm. In mid-May, The PUNCH reported that Kwankwaso …
Read More »United boost as Osimhen price slashed to €120m
The coast looks clear for Manchester United to sign their dream striker Victor Osimhen as reports say Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis lowered his price tag from €150m to €120m, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Red Devils manager Erik ten Hag is in desperate need of a new striker for next …
Read More »Uganda: Museveni in State of Nation address reaffirms support for anti-LGBTQ law
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday defied international calls to rescind an anti-gay law seen as one of the world’s harshest, including a potential death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”. “The signing of the bill is finished, no one will move us,” Museveni said in a statement after a meeting with …
Read More »NESREA, FRIN collaborate to reduce plastic pollution
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Read More »Antigua and Barbuda: Rastafari granted authorization to grow herb
For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use. “I (was) born within the Rastafari community. My mother and father are Rastafari,” says Ras Kiyode Erasto, a priest with the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari. Erasto suffered bullying and …
Read More »Sweden declares sex as sport, to host competition
Sweden has officially declared sex as a sport and is also set to host its first-ever sex competition. The participants will engage in sex sessions which can go up to six hours daily. A panel of judges will decide the winners of the sex competition while the audience will also influence the …
Read More »SGF: Group hails Tinubu over Akume’s appointment
A group, under the aegis of the Northern Christian Youth Professionals, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for finding the former Governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, good enough to be appointed as the Secretary General of the Federation. While praising the president as a man who is genuinely interested …
Read More »BRICS ministers urge global ‘rebalancing’ as Putin looms large
Top diplomats from BRICS countries called for a “rebalancing” of the global order during talks in South Africa on Thursday, as the bloc seeks a larger voice in the international arena. Foreign ministers from the five-nation grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Cape Town for …
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