Russia is set to launch the world’s first floating nuclear power station, which will sail 5,000km (3,000 miles) from the Arctic port of Murmansk to Chukotka in the far east. The nuclear agency Rosenergoatom says the Akademik Lomonosov’s mobility will…
Google has shut down 210 channels on YouTube it said were part of a “coordinated” attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. The firm said attempts had been made to “disguise the origin of these accounts and…
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an “international crisis” that needs to top the agenda at this weekend’s G7 summit. “Our house is burning,” he tweeted. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro…
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says social media companies have to stop the spread of hate, after his midfielder Paul Pogba received racist abuse online last week. The Frenchman became the third player in a week to be racially…
At least five people have been killed in a stampede at a rap concert in the Algerian capital. Thousands had gathered at a stadium in Algiers to see rapper Abderraouf Derradji, better known as Soolking, perform when a stampede is…
Everton Manager, Marco Silva yesterday declared that Super Eagles’ forward, Alex Iwobi is not yet ready for his first start in the English Premier League. Iwobi was Everton’s last business on deadline day with the former Arsenal star arriving on…
The United States Department of Justice Thursday named 80 persons, many of whom are Nigerian nationals, whom it said conspired to steal millions of dollars from Americans and American businesses through online scams. In the 252-count federal indictment statement seen…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded a bill highlighting his various initiatives to drive economic growth, counter poverty, and ensure equitable distribution of resources in the state, to the State House of Assembly to give legal teeth to it.…
The Edo State House of Assembly, and its Speaker, Francis Okiye, on Thursday, withdrew the suit they filed to stop the moves by the National Assembly to take over the state assembly’s functions. This came barely two weeks after Justice…
The ongoing 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace has elected three religious leaders from Nigeria into her council. The Sultan of Sokoto and President, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, was elected co-moderator of the organisation…
