India and Namibia have signed a deal to bring cheetahs into the South Asian country, with the first batch of eight wild cats set to arrive next month, officials said. India has been working to relocate the animals since 2020, when the Supreme Court announced that African cheetahs could be introduced in a “carefully chosen…
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit in Washington, DC this December to discuss pressing challenges from food security to climate change. “The summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and will underscore the importance of U.S.-Africa…
US pro-Israel groups have claimed victory in another win in Democratic congressional primaries, helping defeat a veteran former lawmaker critical of Israel, who was endorsed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Former prosecutor Glenn Ivey – backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which spent millions of dollars to help his campaign – won…
Italian premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the Senate, but it was a hollow victory after boycotts by three of his key coalition allies in the voting virtually doomed any prospects for his unity government’s survival. The vote on Wednesday went 95-38 in the favour of Draghi’s government in the 315-member Senate…
The Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has visited the presiding Bishop, Living Faith Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo over his presidential ambition. It was gathered that Obi visited Oyedepo privately on Tuesday as they met behind closed-door. The LP presidential candidate used the occasion of his 61st birthday to visit Oyedepo at his Canaanland…
Imo State Governor, Sen Hope Uzodimma, has insisted that the 14 youths allegedly murdered by operatives of Ebubeagu are bandits.Uzodinma said the claims that the victims killed at Otulu Awomamma in Oru East Local Government Area were innocent youths returning from a wedding ceremony as distractive propaganda to blackmail his government. The governor spoke on…
Record-setting temperatures in the United Kingdom are also creating weather-related incidents probably never before seen on this scale, according to London Fire Brigade Assistant Commissioner Jonathan Smith. London has “probably never seen weather related incidents, particularly to do with heat, on this scale before,” he said. Smith said that the service is dealing with “a…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, celebrated the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on the latter’s 61st birthday. In an Instagram post, the former Vice President described Obi as his “good friend,” wishing him many years in good health. Sharing a picture of the former Anambra governor,…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God has issued a disclaimer debunking a purported meeting between its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Several news platforms (not The PUNCH) had reported that the revered cleric met with Tinubu on Sunday at the Redemption Camp in Ogun…
