Nigeria election 2023: The battle for Lagos
With seven million registered voters, Nigeria’s biggest city could hold the keys to the presidential villa.
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US actress and 1960s sex symbol Raquel Welch dead at age 82
Raquel Welch, the film actress whose sultry, curvaceous looks made her a leading sex symbol of the 1960s and ’70s, has died at age 82, news… Read More »US actress and 1960s sex symbol Raquel Welch dead at age 82
China’s top diplomat holds Paris talks on first leg of European tour
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday at the start of his trip to Europe, amid renewed tensions between… Read More »China’s top diplomat holds Paris talks on first leg of European tour
Sexual harassment report piles pressure on French football chief Le Graët
Pressure mounted on Noël Le Graët to resign as head of French football with the publication Wednesday of a damning report commissioned by the Ministry… Read More »Sexual harassment report piles pressure on French football chief Le Graët
Warm water is expanding cracks in Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday glacier’
Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier – say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed… Read More »Warm water is expanding cracks in Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday glacier’
Nigeria’s naira shortage: Banks attacked in Warri and Benin City
Two banks are reportedly set on fire by customers angered by a lack of new banknotes.
Gloria Orwoba: Kenyan senator asked to leave over ‘period stain’
Kenya’s Gloria Orwoba, who campaigns against “period poverty”, says she was aware her trousers were stained.
WHO chief angrily denies it has ‘quietly shelved’ investigation into Covid’s origins
The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the Covid-19 pandemic started, the agency’s chief said Wednesday following a… Read More »WHO chief angrily denies it has ‘quietly shelved’ investigation into Covid’s origins
‘There is no rule of law’: How a mob in Pakistan killed a man arrested for blasphemy
An angry mob stormed a police station in Punjab, Pakistan, murdering a man being held there on accusations of blasphemy on February 11, 2023. Several… Read More »‘There is no rule of law’: How a mob in Pakistan killed a man arrested for blasphemy
Israeli firm ‘boasted’ of meddling in more than 30 elections worldwide
An Israeli firm sought to influence more than 30 elections around the world for clients by hacking, sabotage and spreading disinformation, according to an undercover… Read More »Israeli firm ‘boasted’ of meddling in more than 30 elections worldwide
