•PM Rishi Sunak Britain’s ruling Conservative government has issued guidance for schools dealing with children considering changing their gender identity, in a key “culture war” issue likely to feature in the next election. The education department today, said it had published the long-awaited guidelines for schools in England, reports AFP. Th...
•Barrels of crude oil Oil prices shot up nearly three percent today as more companies suspended shipping through the Red Sea following attacks on vessels by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Meanwhile US stocks sought to continue last week’s rally on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year, although it appear...
•Shipwreck No fewer than 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the boat had set off from the Libyan city of Zwara with about 86 persons on board, reports The Guardian. Libya is a key transit point along the Central Mediterranean route, [&...
•Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu The University of Cambridge has announced a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, Ijeoma Uchegbu, as the seventh President of Wolfson College, one of its 31 colleges. This was made known in a statement titled, “Wolfson elects Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu as the College’s 7th President” on the University’s website...
•Dr Olusimbo Ige Dr Olusimbo Ige, a Nigerian, has been appointed as the Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, thus becoming the first black female to occupy such a position. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), disclosed this in a congratulatory message to her. In the congratulatory stat...
•Angelo Becciu A former deputy secretary of state in the Vatican and nine others were yesterday found guilty in the enclave’s biggest financial corruption scandal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Vatican employees and two outside Italian brokers were among 10 defendants described by prosecutors as “actors in a rotten predatory and lucrative system.” B...
•Families and supporters of hostages hostages held by Palestinian militants since the October 7 attack demonstrating Israel today mourned the deaths of three Gaza hostages killed when troops mistook them for a threat, with the military expressing remorse over a “tragic” incident that sparked protests in Tel Aviv. The Israeli army said Yotam Ha...
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday ordered the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on July 26, and that of his family. The Court “orders the defendant (the military authorities in Niamey, editor’s note) to [&hell...
The United Kingdom (UK) plans to deport international students in the country who do not achieve high enough grades. The Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has advised the United Kingdom Migration Advisory Committee to review the graduate visa as part of a five-point plan to reduce net migration by 300,000 from its record-high levels, reports The...
•Late Pedro Henrique A popular Brazilian gospel singer, Pedro Henrique, died after he collapsed on stage during a performance. The 30-year-old unexpectedly collapsed in front of his band in a concert hall in the northeastern city of Feira de Santana yesterday. In the video clip, before he lost his balance and fell onto his back, […]
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