•Taxi driver Napoleon Osorio Napoleon Osorio is proud of being the first taxi driver to have accepted payment in bitcoin in the first country in the world to make the cryptocurrency legal tender: El Salvador. He credits President Nayib Bukele’s decision to bank on bitcoin three years ago with changing his life, reports AFP. “Before […]...
•Gray Cranes flying above northern Israeli Hula A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals, authorities said yesterday. The adult patient, who has underlying conditions, was admitted to hospital on August 22, received antiviral medicatio...
•President Tinubu of Nigeria and Chinese President Xi Jinping Nigeria has signed a $3.3 billion agreement with China to develop the Brass Industrial Park and Methanol Complex. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Finance in a statement signed by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga, yesterday. According to the statem...
•Fire outbreak A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school in central Kenya in the early hours of today, police said. “We saw several children in there that had been burnt,” Phillip Gathogo, a local resident, told reporters. “I was just lucky to […]
•British flag Transport authorities in London have introduced a new public bus service linking two areas of the capital with large Jewish populations, as anti-Semitic incidents hit record levels. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had been struck by the fear felt by Jews who told him they had received abuse when changing buses to […]
•Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand swore Paetongtarn Shinawatra in as prime minister today, capping a month of political turmoil that saw her predecessor thrown out of office and the main opposition party dissolved. Paetongtarn, the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, took the oath in a closed-door...
•The 2 Nigerian brothers Samuel and Samson, and their victim, late Jordan DeMay A US court has sentenced two Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, to 17 years and six months in prison. They were sentenced for their involvement in a sextortion scheme that tragically led to the suicide of 17-year-old Jordan […]
The new United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa policy is restricting the number of potential Nigerian applicants to Dubai and other Emirates regions in the Asian continent. This is as travel agencies in the country said despite the re-opening of the booking portal by Emirates Airlines two weeks ago, just a few air travelers have indicated […]...
•Kamala Harris and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he will support Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after Washington accused Moscow of seeking to influence the vote. Putin often comments on political and social issues in the United States, often with sarcasm, report...
•President Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron is getting ready to announce a new prime minister following the legislative elections that caused political deadlock in France. The announcement could come as early as Wednesday evening, according to sources close to him. However, the identity of the new head of government is still uncertain...

