Author: Solomon Alaka

  Every year, EU citizens have access to more than €38 billion in funding opportunities through the EU’s Funding and Tenders Portal. To make applying for these funds easier and more user-friendly, a new mobile app ‘EU funding & me’ was launched this week.  This new app acts as a complementary tool to the portal. […]

A truck driver in Utah has been ordered held without bail after two young girls were discovered locked inside his refrigerated trailer following a traffic accident in Lindon, authorities confirmed. Utah Highway Patrol troopers made the discovery during a post-accident inspection, noting “two sets of eyes” inside the trailer. According to the arrest affidavit, the […]

Representatives of every UN Member State, there are 193 of them, and other organizations get to deliver speeches at the organization’s general debate in the grandeur of the storied General Assembly Hall, as a series of high-level meetings are held on key issues facing humanity. With the weight of global crises from war and climate […]

The people of Ijesaland and their diaspora will gather in celebration on Friday, September 19, 2025, as His Royal Majesty, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, marks his 77th birthday. The event, hosted at the Muson Centre in Lagos, will be a dual celebration of heritage and progress, reflecting the monarch’s enduring commitment to cultural […]

Germany’s Journalists’ Union Condemns ABC’s Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Germany’s leading journalists’ union has sharply criticized ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live following the host’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The move, which has ignited debate over press freedom and political influence in U.S. media, prompted the German Journalists’ […]

18 September 2025 — A sprawling, multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, driven by sophisticated criminal syndicates and increasingly staffed by victims of human trafficking. These operations—often referred to as “fraud factories”—have evolved from defunct gambling centers into high-tech scam compounds, exploiting vulnerable individuals and posing a growing threat to global security. […]

“Welcome progress from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the US towards urgently needed 3-month humanitarian truce in Sudan,” Mr. Fletcher wrote on social media. “We stand ready to deliver,” he added. “Safe, unhindered access is key.” The joint statement made by the four countries comes amid Sudan’s spiralling crisis of violence, hunger and environmental disaster. After two […]