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US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband sentenced to jail for drink driving

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband pleaded guilty on Tuesday to misdemeanour driving under the influence of alcohol and was sentenced to five...

Illegal mining, source of funds for bandits, terrorists, others – Gov. Lalong

Plateau Gov. Simon Lalong has asked the federal authorities to take urgent steps in tackling illegal mining in some parts of the country,...

Great Britain launches new skilled worker visa for foreigners

Britain has launched a new work visa for fast-growing businesses to hire skilled workers from abroad, Persecondnews.com gathered Monday. The Scale-up visa is...

Lewandowski’s stolen €70,000 Patek Phillippe watch recovered

A watch stolen from the wrist of Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski has been recovered by police. The incident happened on Thursday when the...

NPA generates N172.28bn revenue in first half of 2022, remits N78.49bn into nations’ Consolidated Revenue Fund

As one of the prime revenue earners for the nation, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it has generated N172,285,626,312.00 (One hundred and seventy-two...

India has ‘moral duty’ to buy cheaper oil from Russia – Foreign affairs minister

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday said it is the government’s moral duty to provide cheaper oil to its citizens as pressure...

Oil prices swing amid recession fears

Oil prices swung on Wednesday, losing earlier gains, and slumped to six-month lows as investors weighed fall in US inventories against recession fears...

Salman Rushdie will likely lose one eye, nerves in his arm severed and his liver damaged

US prosecutors have charged a man, 24, with the assault and attempted murder of Sir Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie...

Seplat’s Non-Executive Director, Raimi, quits, sells off 16.139m ordinary shares

…. volume of Seplat’s traded shares declined to 3,193 units at the same price of N1,430.50 per share as of Friday, August 12,...

Ousted Sri Lankan president arrives in Thailand

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last month fled anti-government protests in his country, arrived in Thailand on Thursday night on a...

Africa will decide its energy future – Obasanjo

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, — In the midst of a global oil and gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny,...

US seeking country to accommodate Al Qaeda money courier and would-be suicide bomber Majid Khan

The United States government is urgently looking for a country that will take in former Al Qaeda money courier Majid Khan, who was...

Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth nearly $7bn

Chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion of his shares in the electric car maker, his biggest sale on record, saying...

Serena Williams says she’ll soon retire from Tennis

Grand Slam 23-time winner Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that “the countdown has begun” to her retirement from tennis. “There comes a time in...