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Poland gathered its NATO allies for urgent talks on Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, after Russian drones flew into Polish airspace in an overnight attack on Ukraine. Tusk denounced the “large-scale provocation”, saying Poland had identified 19 violations of its airspace and shot down at least three drones after scrambling aircraft alongside allies, adding […]

  The Lagos State Government has announced plans to remove illegal structures built under high-tension cables in the Makoko community, Yaba, Lagos. The move comes after the state, through the Office of Urban and Regional Planning, removed dilapidated buildings and shanties at the Oworonshoki end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Kosofe Local Government Area. […]

  While sorting through the brown nuts she had collected from the leafy shea trees near her home in Saki, southwestern Nigeria, Adija Rahman was scathing of the government’s plans to transform her industry. Africa’s most populous country produces roughly 40 percent of the world’s supply of shea nuts, used to make shea butter, a […]

  A former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kaduna State, Mark Jacobs, believes Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan should be allowed to resume at the Senate following her suspension.  The Senate on Tuesday acknowledged the lawmaker’s notice, informing the upper chamber of her intention to resume following her six-month suspension, but stated that her matter […]

  Japan Airlines publicly apologised Wednesday after a drunk pilot caused the delay of three flights, prompting its second reprimand from the transport ministry in under a year. JAL president Mitsuko Tottori held a news conference to say sorry over the August 28 incident, in which a pilot had too many drinks in Hawaii and […]

  Heavy rains flooded streets and major avenues in a populous suburb of Mexico’s Guadalajara city on Tuesday, preventing hundreds of residents from reaching their homes. The downpours, which began late Monday afternoon, caused storm drains to overflow and blocked routes between the suburb of Tlajomulco de Zuniga in the city’s southern area and downtown […]

  A 70-year-old watchman, Lawan Sani, has been arrested for allegedly molesting three teenage girls in Unguwar Sarakuna. The suspect was said to have molested the victims 15 times. Confirming this in a statement, the spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, said the case was reported about 4:00hours on September 1 after […]

  Flash floods swept two Indonesian islands, including tourist hotspot Bali, killing at least six people, with four others missing, the country’s disaster agency said Wednesday. Torrential rain since late Tuesday triggered flooding across four districts of Bali, forcing the evacuation of 85 people, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Abdul Muhari said in a […]

  The EU’s top court on Wednesday upheld the European Commission’s decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in natural gas and nuclear power, dismissing a complaint by Austria. The European Commission in 2022 defied protests from green campaigners and dissent in its own ranks to give a sustainable finance label to investments in […]

  A former Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch, Douglas Ogbankwa, has faulted the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate, describing it as a case of “double standards.” Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme The Morning Brief, Ogbankwa argued that the Senate acted improperly by suspending the lawmaker while […]

  Israel’s UN envoy defended targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar as the “right” decision on Wednesday, after the strikes on the US ally’s soil drew a rare rebuke from President Donald Trump. The White House said Trump did not agree with Israel’s decision to take military action on Tuesday and had warned Qatar in advance […]

  A gas tanker truck has collided with a bus in Imo State, killing 12 people on the Owerri/Onitsha Expressway. The incident that occurred on Tuesday affected four children and eight adults. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, said eight others sustained injuries. He said the […]