In the last few weeks, floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have ravaged Viet Nam, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, affecting nearly 6 million children and compromising their access to clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter—pushing already marginalized communities deeper into crisis. In the same period, tornadoes, hurricanes, and unprecedented rain storms have…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen who pleaded guilty to beating his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat must serve 35 years in prison before the possibility of parole, the state’s high court reaffirmed Friday. Willard Miller was 16 when he and another teen killed Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old teacher at Fairfield High…
Imo state police commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, has invited community leaders, civil society organizations, and stakeholders to a crucial security meeting aimed at strengthening police-community relationships and evaluating police service delivery. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, is in recognition of the 2024 SERVICOM Week, slated for October 15, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Police Officers…
During his James Bond days, Daniel Craig was one of the most lusted-after actors in the world, but the actor has revealed that he thinks some of his famous sex scenes have been “terrible”. “I’ve shot some terrible f—ing love scenes in my career,” the actor, 56, said while promoting his new movie, Queer. “They’re out there to see.” Craig…
That it has taken two natural disasters — Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton — for some Republicans to realize that “some government functions need to be above politics” is “enraging,” Chris Hayes said Wednesday. The MSNBC host referenced misinformation shared by Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene among others. “So here are the facts,”…
The President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harris, has urged Dangote Refinery to stop operating in secrecy and reveal the cost of his Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Nigerians. Gills-Harris urged the management of the refinery to be open and get inputs from stakeholders. The PETROAN boss stated this…
“I used to say I’m a happy person, but was still looking for something for somebody else to fill, and it’s just like, ‘No, I’m actually good.’” Jennifer Lopez has admitted that, yes, “it’s f—ing hard” navigating a high-profile celebrity divorce. After the 55-year-old superstar and actor Ben Affleck, 52, separated earlier this year following two years of…
An insider has revealed why the NNPC increased petrol prices and stopped acting as a middleman for Dangote refinery. The decision came from the financial pressures the NNPC had faced due to high subsidy payments and its role as the only distributor of petrol. Since the Dangote refinery began production on September 3, the NNPC…
Nigeria must enhance its crude oil production capacity and effectively manage its crude supply to ensure adequate feedstock for domestic refineries in order to transit from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum products, Chairman of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said. Dangote made this assertion during his…
By Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike & Daniel Abia PORT HARCOURT — Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, warned yesterday that oil production in the state will be threatened, if there was any further violence or attacks in the state. This came on a day the state government also constituted a seven-man judicial commission to investigate the arson…
