•Binance Founder, Changpeng Zhao The founder of cryptocurrency firm, Binance, was sentenced to four months in US prison yesterday after pleading guilty to money laundering charges, in the most high-profile crypto case since Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed. Changpeng Zhao, a Canadian, resigned from his post at the world’s largest cryptocurrency ex...
•Miracle Miracle Igbokwe, winner of the 2018 Big Brother Naija ‘Double Wahala’ season, has graduated with distinction from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA. Miracle captured the moment he climbed the stage to receive his certificate in a video. Miracle in July 2018 obtained his Private Pilot License and Flight Dispatcher ...
A new Analytical Report (AR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has fingered the European Union, China and the US as notorious disruptors of global trade using subsidies and grants as the fulcrum. The report titled, “The Return of Industry Policy,” was presented Messrs Lorenzo Rotunno and Adam Jakubik of the Strategy, Policy and Review [...
•A building destroyed in Israeli strike in Damascus Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles marked the culmination of a tense two weeks in which Washington engaged in whirlwind efforts to prepare for the expected violence. American aircraft and planes downed dozens of drones and missiles when Iran launched th...
•Ukrainian servicemen of a drone hunting team The United States has agreed to sell $138m worth of urgently needed military equipment to Ukraine to repair and upgrade its HAWK missile systems while a larger $60bn aid package remains stalled in Congress. Ukraine’s air defences, which largely consisted of Soviet-era planes and missile systems whe...
•Japa The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced significant changes to the duration of work permits for non-citizens, including Nigerians, through a temporary and final rule (TFR). Under this new rule, the automatic extension period for some Employment Authorisation Documents (EADs) has been extended from 180 days to a ...
•Surgeons conducting a surgical operation A groundbreaking medical procedure took place in Boston, where surgeons successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man who needed a transplant. If the breakthrough is successful, it could bring hope to people who are suffering from kidney failure, reports Ne...
•Former US President Donald Trump A Georgia judge ruled today that the district attorney who brought 2020 election interference charges against Donald Trump can remain on the case if her lead prosecutor steps aside. The former president and his co-defendants had been seeking to have District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified — a move which lik...
A US general and top officials visited Niger Republic today to see the ruling junta, renewing contact after the coup leaders ousted the elected leader, booted out French forces and moved closer to Russia. General Michael Langley, the commander of US Africa Command, was part of the delegation that is visiting Niger through tomorrow, the [&helli...
•US Capitol riot Donald Trump yesterday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them “hostages.” The rioters – egged on by the then-president and fueled by his false claims of voter fraud – stormed the seat of […]