Court Dismisses Motion By Nigerian Police Against Edison Ehie
The Port Harcourt division of the Rivers State High Court has thrown out a preliminary objection brought before it by the Nigerian Police through its counsel, Celestine Dickson. In the…
Gov Lawal Distributes Learning Materials To 250 Schools in Zamfara
About 250 schools across Zamfara State will benefit from scores of educational materials to be distributed by the Zamfara State Government across the State. This was revealed by the State…
Drugmaker Sandoz To Pay $265 Mn To Settle Pricing Case
Swiss generic drugmaker Sandoz said on Thursday that it would pay $265 million to settle a pricing antitrust case in the United States. Under the agreement, Sandoz is resolving all…
Zuckerberg, South Korea’s President Yoon Talk AI Cooperation
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul Thursday and discussed cooperation on AI and ways to prevent fake news circulation ahead of key elections,…
Russia Sentences Ukrainian To 12 Years For Spying
A court in a Russian border region on Thursday sentenced a Ukrainian man to 12 years in prison on espionage charges for passing military information to Ukraine’s secret services. Russia…
Papua New Guinea And Indonesia Finalise Defence Deal
Papua New Guinea has finally ratified a defence pact with Indonesia, nearly 14 years after the prickly neighbours first signed it, the government said in a statement. The two countries…
British Airways Owner Says 2023 Profit Soars Six-Fold
British Airways parent IAG announced Thursday that net profit surged six-fold last year, boosted by “strong” demand particularly from leisure travellers as the bounceback from Covid continued. Profit after taxation…
Baseball Superstar Shohei Ohtani Reveals He Is ‘Now Married’
Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani revealed on Thursday that he has gotten married and is “very excited” to embark on the next chapter of his life. In an Instagram post…
Experts Report Nicaraguan ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations’ to UN
Driven by a desire to squelch critical voices, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his entourage have committed systematic human rights violations “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” a group of UN-mandated…
Dangote Cement Wins Environmental Sustainability Award
The Dangote Cement Plc has emerged winner of the 2023 NatureNews Environmental Sustainability Award. The award was conferred on the company Tuesday at the 3rd Anniversary Lecture of NatureNews and…