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Gunmen, on Tuesday, opened fire on the security team of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. The president is scheduled to visit Katsina during the sallah celebration which will hold over the weekend. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Tuesday, said two persons sustained injuries. […]

Fuel shortages at filling stations are worsening in Ethiopia, as motorists endure long hours in efforts to refill. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, motorists in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital, were seen waiting as long as eight hours to get the product — a situation that could deteriorate later in […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, says his secondary school result was the second-best in the country when he graduated in 1976. Okowa is the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election. The governor spoke on Tuesday at a media briefing after inspecting some projects in the […]

Sajid Javid, UK secretary of state for health and social care, and Rishi Sunak, UK treasury chief, have both resigned their positions.  The two UK ministers announced their resignations minutes apart on Tuesday. The resignations come after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised over his handling of the concerns raised over Chris […]

Researchers from Finland have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery”, which can reportedly store power from renewable energy sources.  Markku Ylönen and Tommi Erone, the developers, who spoke to the BBC, said the innovation could solve the problem of year-round supply of renewable energy such as solar and wind. The […]

The European Parliament has adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as part of efforts to ensure improved accountability for online platforms. The European Parliament is the body responsible for making laws for the European Union (EU). According to a statement, the new rules were adopted on […]

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have set aside about $13 billion to protect poor families from the ripple effects of high food prices. The two biggest Gulf economies will use the fund to stockpile essential commodities as well as distribute direct cash transfers to support social security beneficiaries, according to reports. […]

A customised cancer vaccine made from the tumours of patients has reportedly produced hopeful results in early trials on patients in the UK. According to Sky News, the vaccine, TG4050, is made by a French company called Transgene using a technology similar to the one that produced AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine. In making the […]

Isyaka Mamman, an 85-year-old Nigerian-born doctor, is to be sentenced by the Manchester Crown Court for gross negligent manslaughter of a patient at the Royal Oldham Hospital, United Kingdom. According to the Manchester Evening News, in September 2018, Mamman despite objections from Shahida Parveen, the patient and her husband, attempted a “dangerous” procedure […]

Victor Umeh, former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), says the coalition talks between the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) ended on June 15. Umeh, who is vying for a senatorial seat on the LP platform, said the talks “collapsed completely” because both parties could […]