Category: Today’s News

Russia has issued a strong rebuke to the United States following comments suggesting that Ukrainian drone strikes on deep-target Russian energy facilities could help accelerate an end to the ongoing conflict. Ukraine has progressively scaled up a retaliatory campaign using long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to strike oil infrastructure, refineries, and military sites within Russian…

A Benue family has released the obituary of the two children who d!ed after being set ablaze by their father’s lover in Zaki-Biam, Ukum Local Government Area of the state.    The suspect identified as Mbayegh, was reported to have set two children, Precious and Seember, ablaze over a little disagreement with their father.  …

TikToker Peller has recounted his experience in police custody after being arrested for obstructing police officers while on duty.   Peller and his friend, Bello Oladipo, were arrested by men of the Lagos state police command on July 2 for driving a vehicle without a plate number on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal road.   They were…

  A young boy is lucky to be alive after he was struck by lightning inside his bedroom while playing video games.   Vlad Skuridin, 13, from Texas, got the fright of a lifetime when lightning struck his home in Cypress on Tuesday while he was playing video games in his bedroom, KPRC 2 News…

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has said Nigerian soldiers now earn a minimum monthly salary of N100,000 and have better food rations.   Musa disclosed this during an interview on News Central on Wednesday, July  9.   The former Chief of Defence Staff also stated that the military remained underfunded despite the improvement in…

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been formally charged following his recent arrest in Alabama, with prosecutors filing one felony charge and two misdemeanour counts against the Democrat. According to court records, Gillum is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, specifically methamphetamine, as well as misdemeanour possession of marijuana for personal use…

US President Donald Trump used his old Air Force One plane to leave the Nato summit in Turkey after a switch was made at the request of the US Secret Service ‘as a security precaution.’   Trump sent his new Qatari-gifted jet ahead to Britain before his arrival. After landing at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk…

Silicon Valley often dominates the narrative surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), but the next wave of transformative AI applications is quietly accelerating across the African continent. From agritech solutions that optimise crop yields to fintech platforms solving financial access challenges, Africa’s AI ecosystem is moving from a nascent market to a global innovation hub. For international…

A memo circulating online claims that Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport will be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, with the change taking effect on July 9, 2026, following recently passed legislation. The memo, reportedly sent to airline staff, states that the airport’s International Air Transport Association (IATA) code will also change from PBI…

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed 600 lives, according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), just three days after the death toll surpassed 500. Updated data from the UN health agency shows that 1,759 confirmed cases have been recorded in the DRC since the…