The United States’ top diplomat will meet virtually with Southeast Asian officials next week, a senior State Department official said on Saturday, as President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to show the region is a priority while also addressing the crisis in Myanmar. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will attend virtual meetings for five consecutive…
Simone Biles has withdrawn from the vault and uneven bar apparatus finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as the US gymnast continued to wrestle with mental health issues. Biles had earlier stunned the Tokyo Games when she dropped out of the team competition following a poor opening vault and then decided not to defend…
Hundreds of Malaysians staged an anti-government protest on Saturday in defiance of a ban on public gatherings under coronavirus curbs, piling pressure on the embattled prime minister to resign. The protesters, wearing masks and keeping distance from one another, waved banners reading “failed government” as well as black flags. It was the first sizeable demonstration…
Newly reported COVID-19 cases in Olympic host city Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058 on Saturday, exceeding the 4,000-mark for the first time and overshadowing the Summer Games. Nationwide cases totalled 12,341 as of 6:30pm (09:30 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said, the highest for Japan and up 15 percent on the day, underscoring…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared parts of southern Turkey As disaster areas with the death toll from the fires rising to six after two forest workers were killed. Fires across Turkey since Wednesday have burned down forests, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations and forcing people to evacuate. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry…
The Committee’s Chairman, Senator Theodore Orji, expressed concern over the outstanding N70.96 billion debt being owed the DisCo by its customers including Ministries, Departments and Agencies.He noted that as a business venture, such indebtedness was an impediment to its vision of providing quality supply of electricity to its customers. Orji assured the management of the…
*ASSISTS 300 TRAINEES WITH N245 MILLION MACHINERY SUPPORTThe food sufficiency programme of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been taken a notch higher. The Governor, on Thursday, rolled out massive agricultural investment that empowers 3,000 urban and rural farmers in key sectoral value chains. Women, youths and peasant farmers were the main beneficiaries of the…
By Rotimi IjikanmiThe Federal Government says it is not aware of any 875 million dolars ammunition deal with the US which is being purportedly blocked by some lawmakers in that country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the purported ammunition deal reported in some sections of the media as ” fake…
Mr Erastus Awortu, Chairman, Andoni Local Government Area in Rivers, has sued for partnership from government and donor agencies towards actualisation of economic and rural development at the grassroots. Awortu, made this known during a courtesy call on the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) on Friday in Port Harcourt. He noted that the NDBDA…
