INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on yesterday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defense systems to the Nigerian military. The package includes $25 […]

A boat carrying about 34  passengers, yesterday, capsized in Magana village, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State killing 28 passengers. The boat was transporting locals from neighbouring villages to major towns for their daily activities. The village head of Gidan-Magana, Mohammed Auwalu, said, yesterday, that the boat left the village with 34 people on […]

An 18-year-old man, Chibuike Emmanuel, was last Tuesday night electrocuted while charging his iPhone 8 at Ozobo in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The victim, who was brought from Lagos to spend his holiday in Ozobo, was said to have died at about 5 p.m. in the residence of her mother’s friend. […]

Around 16,400 people had arrived in Britain under Ukraine visa schemes, according to British government figures on Thursday. About 13,200 had arrived under the Ukraine family scheme and 3,200 under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme, provisional data shows. About 94,700 applications have been received for both schemes and 56,500 visas had been granted by […]

A Swiss court on Wednesday sentenced a former head of Raiffeisen banking group to three years and nine months in prison for fraud. The accused, Pierin Vincenz, was pronounced guilty by the court on multiple counts of embezzlement, forgery of documents, and illegal deals in Zurich. However. Vincenz, was found not guilty on other charges […]

Russia still confident of its energy sector in spite of the sanctions imposed by Western governments in an attempt to halt its war on neighbouring Ukraine and discussions of a possible export ban. “As far as Russian oil, gas and coal are concerned, we can increase their demand on the domestic market. “We will stimulate […]

British pharmaceuticals producer GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy late-stage biopharmaceutical company Sierra Oncology. GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that it would pay 55 dollars per share of common stock in cash, representing an approximate total equity value of 1.9 billion dollars. The acquisition is to be carried out through a one-step merger in which the outstanding […]

The 27 European Union member states have agreed to send another 500 million Euros in military aid for Ukraine, top EU Diplomat, Josep Borrell, announced on Wednesday in a statement. Borrell said it was crucial the EU increased military support to Ukraine as Russia gears up for a new assault in the country’s east as […]

A court in southern Germany on Wednesday admitted a university scientist to a one-year suspended sentence for spying for the Russian secret service. The presiding judge at the Higher Regional Court in Munich said the 30-year-old researcher from University of Augsburg “came to terms with the fact that he had done research for a Russian […]

European countries, yesterday, continued their quest to have Nigeria export more Liquiefied Natural Gas, LNG, to the European Union, as they seek a move away from Russian energy dependency. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing Europe to diversify its energy supply. Energy Vanguard gathered that LNG is fast becoming the low carbon alternative fuel of […]