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African gangs haunt Paul Pogba with £11m blackmail
*Bank instrument cuts successful extortion to over £85,000 Paul Pogba attempted to pay £11 million to his armed blackmailers but they had to settle for £85,000 owing to the multimillionaire footballer’s bank withdrawal limit, investigators claim. A report by The…
SpaceX sells $1.4 bn flight ticket for 5 more NASA missions
NASA has finalized an agreement with SpaceX to purchase five more astronaut transportation missions to and from the International Space Station, further entrenching the space company’s position as the prime services vendor for the space agency. The deals, explained in…
NASA creates oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere ahead of human visit
Humans have moved a step closer to settling on Mars after creating oxygen for the first time to condition the atmosphere to support an interplanetary visit. NASA said its instrument named the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment or Moxie…
Semen necklaces noswTikTok’s hottest Jewelry trend
Pieces of jewelry made from semen are becoming an increasingly popular accessory thanks to Amanda Booth, an artist who transforms bodily fluids into pearl-like “gems”—and documents the process on TikTok. In a recent interview with VICE, Booth explained that she…
Germany, Denmark to replace Russian gas with $9 bn island wind parks
Germany and Denmark have agreed on a $9 billion deal to build an offshore wind power project in the Baltic Sea that authorities said would provide enough power for up to 4.5 million households by 2030. According to State of…
Missing hiker’s body found 32 years as Swiss glacier melts down
The remains of a German man who went missing while hiking in 1990 were discovered near the mountain resort community of Zermatt, Switzerland. The area is home to the imposing Matterhorn peak, deep in the Alps. Mountaineers discovered the body,…
Portugal’s health minister quits after pregnant tourist dies
Portugal’s health minister has resigned hours after reports emerged that a pregnant tourist had died after being turned away from a full maternity ward. The 34-year-old Indian woman reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while being transferred between Lisbon hospitals. It…
Nigerian energy industry is transitioning from multiple fronts _ Oseragbaje
Sopuruchi Onwuka Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) calls on stakeholders in the Nigerian energy sector to rise to the challenges multiple transitions in the domestic industry. The company which operates the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 for Nigerian Petroleum…
Marketers, consumers lay conditions for deregulation
Poverty level too high for costly fuel Sopuruchi Onwuka Stakeholders in the Nigerian downstream petroleum industry have called on government to take convincing steps towards addressing multiple imbalances that unsettle the domestic fuel market, warning that it has become increasingly…
JV divestments: NUPRC owes new investors deal guidelines
Sopuruchi Onwuka Industry response to the raging debate over the approval processes in the acquisition deal between American oil multinational firm, ExxonMobil, and indigenous multinational independent firm, Seplat, appears to raise anxiety about the fate of similar deals under the…
