The U.S. National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to refrain from making disparaging remarks about U.S. President Donald Trump and focus on negotiations to end the war started by Russia in February 2022. Waltz issued this warning on Friday, February 2- as pressure mounted on Zelensky to negotiate mineral rights …
Victoria will soon get ticketless public transport fares
Train passengers in Victoria will soon be able to use bank cards, smartphones, or wearable devices to tap onto public transport. Public transport minister Gabrielle Williams said there would be a staggered rollout across the rail network next year. It comes after US company Conduent Business Services was awarded the state’s public transport ticketing contract …
Spain court convicts ex-football chief Rubiales for sexual assault over forced kiss
A Spanish court on Thursday, February 20, convicted former Spanish football FA boss, Luis Rubiales of sexual assault over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,300). However, the court acquitted him and the three others accused of the charge of coercion in the case. Prosecutors had sought …
Court clears IPOB leader of terrorism charges, awards N5m damages against FG
Justice I.N Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo state has cleared the Head of the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Chika Edoziem, of all charges related to terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping, and violent criminal activities. Edoziem, who ranks next to the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was previously …
Nigeria worse off than during IBB’s era – Peter Obi
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria is currently worse off when compared to the late ’80s and early ’90s. Obi shared this opinion on X after in Abuja on Thursday, February 20, after attending the launch of ‘A Journey in Service’, an autobiography …
Nigerian drug kingpin arrested for deceiving Koreans into smuggling drugs through romance scams
The Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) has arrested a ringleader of a Nigerian drug crime organization for deceiving Koreans into smuggling drugs through romance scams and other schemes. K Jeff, 59, the leader of an emerging drug ring based in Nigeria, was arrested last Thursday in a joint operation between the NIS’s Transnational Crime Information …
Argentina court drops charges against three tied to the death of singer Liam Payne
A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October, according to a ruling obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. According to …
Abiola won June 12 election – IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has said late BasHorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the June 12, 1993, presidential election. The June 12 election has been a heated topic with several accounts of the events narrated by different parties. Daily Trust reports that in his autobiography: “A Journey in Service,” which was …
Zimbabwean gardener sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for murder of woman, son
The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg sentenced a gardener, Pardon Danhire (37), to 25 years for each of the murders of a woman, Nadine Terblanche and her son, Ruandre Voster. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a statement on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, said Danhire was sentenced after entering into a plea …