Japan Teenager Ohashi Smashes 200m Breaststroke World Record
Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi smashed the men’s 200m breaststroke world record in winning gold at the Asian Games on Thursday, setting a new mark of 2min 04.83sec. The 17-year-old cut…
Nigerian Programmer Wins Silver at High-Tech Championship in Russia
Nigerian software programmer Olaniran Taiwo Sikiru has won a silver medal at the 2026 High-Tech Championship Final in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, marking Nigeria’s first participation in the international professional skills…
Award-Winning French Actress Marina Vlady Dies At 88
French actress Marina Vlady, who appeared in more than 80 films and picked up a prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, died on Thursday at the age of…
CNN, MS NOW, Politico Regain Access To White House After Judge’s Order
CNN, MS NOW and Politico were allowed back into the White House, six days after being banned by President Donald Trump, after a federal judge ordered that the journalists have…
Ibom Air Records 65,000 Flights in Seven Years
Akwa Ibom State-owned airline, Ibom Air, has recorded more than 65,000 flights and transported nearly five million passengers since commencing commercial operations in June 2019. The airline disclosed the milestone…
Xi Urges US ‘Prudence’ On Taiwan, End To Iran War
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged President Donald Trump to show “prudence” on the issue of Taiwan independence. He also called on the US president to quickly end the Iran…
Dozens of Delegations Walk Out as Netanyahu Begins UN Speech
Dozens of delegations walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address at the 81st UN General Assembly in…
FG Issues New Tax Order, Cuts Interest on Late Tax Payments
The Federal Government has introduced a new regime for calculating interest on late payment of taxes, reducing the additional interest charged on naira-denominated tax liabilities from five percentage points to…
North Korea To Keep Nuclear Weapons ‘Forever’ — Foreign Minister
North Korea will keep its nuclear weapons “forever”, its foreign minister vowed Thursday, dismissing the South Korean president’s renewed calls for a denuclearised Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has legally enshrined its…
Africa’s Absence From UN Security Council ‘Unjust And Indefensible’ – Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for reform of the UN Security Council to make the body more reflective of the current global order, describing Africa’s continued absence from…