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U.S. urges Ukraine to accept talks with Russia
The United States is privately encouraging Ukraine to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia, the Washington Post reported, as the State Department said Moscow was escalating the war and did not seriously wish to engage in peace talks, according…
Turkish Airlines removes 6 seats to fit world’s tallest passenger
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The world’s tallest woman, Rumeysa Gelgi who is seven-feet tall, was able to take her first flight after The Turkish Airline removed six seats for her to fly from Istanbul, Turkey, to San Francisco, United…
APPO retains Nigeria’s Omar Farouk Ibrahim as Secretary General
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Council of Ministers of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) has extended the tenure of Nigeria’s Omar Farouk Ibrahim as the Secretary General of the body which coordinated energy policies and programmes for socio-economic development of the…
Naira redesign: Politicians dump Naira at forex market
Sopuruchi Onwuka Huge volumes of apparently stashed away for election purposes are finding their way to the parallel foreign exchange market on fears of being tracked if they make their ways to the banks. The rush to mop up foreign…
Goodbye Dubai: UAE bans visa for Nigerians, Emirates suspends flight
Sopuruchi Onwuka Signature airline for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Emirates, has declared termination of further flights into Nigeria after it also stated that it could not get its ticket money out of the country following dollar crunch. The notice…
Bandits demand N30 m for abducted Katsina farm girls
Marauding bandits laying siege in the northwestern parts of the country have abducted some 22 children on whom they have slammed N30 million ransom. The number of abducted children who are mainly underage girls remain uncertain but police records showed…
Russia resumes Ukraine grain export deal
Russia resumed its participation in the Black Sea grain-export deal after extracting written guarantees from Ukraine that the safe-passage corridor would be used only for grain exports. Russia’s return to the deal came after a convoy of ships ignored President…
Oando donates relief materials to Niger Delta flood victims
On Monday, the NAOC Joint Venture (JV) made up of Oando PLC, Agip and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Ltd (NPDC), delivered food and essential commodities to 260 communities affected by flood in Rivers Bayelsa, Delta and Imo states. As…
NNPC scrambles management team for recovered Addax assets
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is working to minimize activity downtime at the oil block just recovered from Addax Petroleum after an exit settlement. The company which is visibly shopping more assets to beef up operated production…
American mom abused own children to ingratiate ISIS jihadists
A Kansas woman who led an Islamic State battalion has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after her children shared harrowing victim impact statements of their experience. Allison Fluke-Ekren provided military training to over 100 women and young girls…
