A teenager who allegedly used a violent online game to train for a mission to kill Muslims, similar to the 2019 massacre in New Zealand, has been detained in Singapore, security authorities said Monday. Identified as Nick Lee, 18, he allegedly planned an attack mirroring the one carried out by white supremacist Brenton Tarrant in New Zealand six years ago. Tarrant went on a rampage, killing 51 worshippers at mosques around Christchurch in March 2019 in the country’s deadliest modern-day mass shooting. “Lee aspired to carry out attacks against Muslims in Singapore with like-minded far-right individuals that he conversed…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of seeking to bring Iran “to its knees” on Monday as the country marked the 46th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Starting in the morning, Iranians began gathering in public spaces across the country, accompanied by pop songs and patriotic ballads, to celebrate the 1979 establishment of the Islamic republic and the toppling of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In Tehran, they headed to the symbolic Azadi tower, whose name means “freedom” in Persian, and which is in a square formerly named in honour of the shah. “Trump says, ‘we…
18 mins ago The police command in Niger says one of its officers, ASP Shafi’u Usman Bawa with AP/No 337979, has allegedly committed suicide in Kontagora town. Spokesman of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday that the incident occurred on Feb. 8. He said Bawa allegedly took his… 27 mins ago The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday busted and seized suspected fake and adulterated pharmaceutical products at the Onitsha Bridgehead drug market. Dr. Martin Iluyomade, Coordinator of NAFDAC in Southeast who led the…
Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera. His office on Monday released footage of the UK leader completing a rapid home test in Downing Street on Friday, in support of a week-long nationwide initiative to encourage HIV testing. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates 4,700 people are living with undiagnosed HIV in England, with increased testing a key part of the strategy to find them. Starmer in December committed his government to ending new HIV…
Uganda has suspended all health-related operations funded by the United States following an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump, which froze American financial assistance worldwide. In a letter dated January 27, 2025, the US Office of Management and Budget directed a pause on grants, loans, and other financial aid programmes pending a review. As a result, Ugandan officials have halted all US-supported activities, including salary payments for staff working under such initiatives. “All activities related to the disbursement of federal financial assistance have been paused with immediate effect,” Uganda’s Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr Diana Atwine, stated…
6 mins ago Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the re-accreditation of the pharmacy departments in state hospitals by the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board (KW-HMB). The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr Abdulraheem Malik, announced in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin. He said that seven pharmacy departments in state hospitals have secured accreditation from the Pharmacy Council… 9 mins ago The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Ikenga Ugochinyere, has lauded the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, for their efforts in ensuring stability in the…
“Good morning, teacher!” a chorus of Senegalese five-year-olds responded at a school where English has been introduced alongside the official language of French. The pupils at the nursery school near central Dakar repeated the English words out loud. “They’re interested in the lesson, and they start a conversation with ‘How are you?’” teacher Absa Ndiaye told AFP. Hers is one of more than 600 classes in Senegal that have been testing a new programme of teaching English in nursery and primary schools since mid-January in a push for better connectivity with the wider world. The developing country, which has…
President Donald Trump said in remarks airing Sunday that Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of US government jobs, will help find “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” in federal agencies. Speaking in a Fox News interview set to air before the Super Bowl football championship, Trump said the American people “want me to find” waste and that Musk, the world’s richest man and the leader of the president’s cost-cutting efforts, has been “a great help” in rooting out unnecessary spending. “We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. And,…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a South African Marxist-Leninist and pan-Africanist political party, has strongly rebuffed comments by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who called for its leader, Julius Malema, to be declared an international criminal. On Sunday, Musk, the American businessman and CEO of Tesla, took to social media to demand immediate sanctions against Malema over a controversial 2018 speech targeting white people. Musk, in a post on X, labelled Malema an “international criminal” and urged global action against him. Musk’s remarks referred to a viral video from 2018 in which Malema declared that his party, the EFF, was…
2 hours ago The 2025 edition of Rotary International’s World Peace and Understanding Day will be held on Wednesday, February 26, in Lagos. According to the Rotary Club of Lagos, the event will be commemorated with a symposium focusing on the critical need to end hunger 2 hours ago Former bank driver and real estate agent, Mr Idowu Ayoola, is urgently seeking N17.4 million for a cornea transplant that will restore his sight, which he lost after radiotherapy treatment. 3 hours ago An Oyo State businessman, Alhaji Isiak Folorunso, has announced he will be taking legal action against a U.S.-based…