Buhari: Success Of Anambra Election Means 2023 Polls Not In Danger

President Muhammadu Buhari has said with the success recorded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the just-concluded Anambra State governorship election, nothing would threaten the 2023 general elections.
#anambrastate #muhammadubuhari

UK To Ban Travel From 6 Nations As South Africa Detects New COVID Variant

Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South Africa detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations. "The early indication we have of this variant is it may be more transmissible than the Delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it,"
#uk #southafrica #africa

Explosion Hits Siberia Coal Mine In Russia. 52 Dead, Many Injured

A rescue team searching for 35 miners who are trapped deep underground following an explosion at a mine in Eastern Russia have failed to return to the surface. The blast took place 820ft below the surface at Listvyazhnaya coal mine in Siberia shortly after 9am Thursday, when coal dust in the ventilation ducts caught fire.
#siberiacoal #russia

Ethiopia’s PM, Abiy Ahmed Has Gone To The Battlefront

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the front lines to lead his troops in the battle against forces from the northern Tigray region, state-affiliated media reported.
#abiyahmed #ethiopia

Tinubu Is Under Investigation – EFCC Chairman, Bawa

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hinted that the Commission is currently investigating Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bawa disclosed that the investigation would take time because it takes time.
#efcc #tinubu

Magdalena Andersson Resigns Hours After Becoming Sweden’s First Female PM

Despite receiving a standing ovation at the Swedish parliament on Wednesday, she ceased being the leader of the Nordic country in a matter of hours. VOA reported that she turned in her resignation “after suffering a budget defeat in parliament, and her coalition partner, the Greens left the two-party minority government.”
#sweden #magdalenaandersson

Russia Threatens To Destroy 32 Nato Satellites To Cripple Missile Systems

RUSSIA'S new weapon dubbed "Star Warrior" has the West worried as it can blast satellites out of orbit at heights of up to 500 miles above Earth. Vladimir Putin's state owned TV issued a chilling threat that Russia may deploy the system to destroy some 32 Western satellites to render Nato missiles useless.
#russia #vladimirputin

Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Burna, Tems Get Grammy Nominations

WizKid got 2 nominations in the Best Global Album and Best Global Song category, while Femi Kuti is nominated alongside his son Made Kuti in the Best Global album category. BurnaBoy and Tems are nominated as supporting acts in the Best Global song category. This makes Tems the first ever Nigerian female Grammy nominee.
#grammy #wizkid #burnaboy

Methamphetamine Drug Belongs To Almajiris In North

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPO has vowed to curtail the use of illicit drug, methamphetamine also known as mkpuru mmiri among youths in the South-East region.
The group alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) is behind the distribution of the drug in the North, and would not allow such in Igboland.
#drugs #methamphetamine #mkpurummiri

Lewandowski Beats Messi, Jorginho To 2021 Golden Player Award

Bayern Munich Polish striker Robert Lewandowski has been awarded the 2021 Golden Player award by Italian magazine Tuttosport as the best player over the age of 21 in the last year. Lewandowski also received the accolade last year as well.
#lewandoski #jorginho