Tributes have been paid to a Nigerian student who was killed after a two-vehicle crash in Glasgow city centre. Chinenye Vera Okonkwo, 33, was walking on St Vincent Street when she was critically injured at about 19:40 on Thursday. Ms…
Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank. The search engine giant is rushing into the space after the bot ChatGPT caught the…
A Belarusian court on Wednesday sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Andrzej Poczobut, 49, was found guilty…
Barcelona has temporarily broken off ties with Israel over its policy towards Palestine. The Catalan capital has been twinned with Tel Aviv and Gaza for 25 years, but this relationship has been temporarily suspended. Ada Colau, the left-wing mayor of…
Nigeria government on Thursday ordered the closure of universities for students to participate in the 2023 general election. Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) gave the directive in a letter addressed to universities’ vice-chancellors and directors. NUC Deputy executive secretary (administration),…
What is a city without a crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in Lasgidi. Ahead elections, Customs intercepts military wares, explosive-making chemical in Lagos(Leadership) Ahead of the February 25…
Warner Bros Discovery has ditched plans for a 100% merge streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+, according to the Wall Street Journal. In a report this morning citing unidentified insiders, the news outlet said the decision came after research suggested…
Christine was working at a South London branch of McDonald’s in 2018 when, she says, she was sexually harassed by a manager. “He pulled his pants down in the stockroom,” she said, adding the experience left her “terrified”. Her story…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, elected Joe Ajaero as its national president. Ajaero, who until his emergence as president was the deputy national president of the labour union, made history by emerging unopposed as the union’s president. Ajaero, who…
New Zealand’s navy has intercepted a floating haul of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean in what the country says is its largest drug bust ever. The stash – weighing total 3.2 tonnes (3,200kg) and worth NZ$500m (£263m; $316m) – was…
