Switzerland has topped the list of the most powerful passports in 2024 according to the Nomad Passport Index. The tax and immigration consulting firm, Nomad Capitalist disclosed that factors responsible for the strength of passports include visa-free travel, taxation, global perception, dual citizenship status, and personal freedom. According to the Nomad Capitalist, the requirements […]
In the closing moments of the electoral campaign, Senegal’s president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, stepped onto the stage holding the hands of both his wives Marie and Absa. It was an unprecedented sight in the national politics of the West African country and a clear choice by the first-round winner who promises radical change. […]
Members of a local vigilante group in the Okujagu community in Trans-Amadi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have arrested Chigozie Okpara, a suspected homosexual. He was apprehended on Sunday night for allegedly having carnal knowledge of an underage boy. A resident of the area told PUNCH Online that the man, who is in his 40s, […]
Germany recently passed the law to allow partial possession of cannabis and smoking in public by adults. The country’s parliament voted to legalize cannabis possession in a momentous vote on February 23, 2024 — a law that would allow people over the age of 18 to possess substantial amounts of the drug in public […]
At least six people were killed in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, on Easter Monday. A source told journalists that no fewer than six persons were gunned down in the city during the Easter celebration. It was gathered that while some were felled in the Okpuno area behind Juhel, others occurred around the […]
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, was in the news all weekend over the debt profile of the state after his eight-year tenure. During a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Saturday, Uba Sani, governor of the state, said he inherited a debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion and 115 contractual liabilities from the […]
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research institute working in the area of global health statistics and impact evaluation at the University of Washington, USA, has disclosed that heart diseases are responsible for 33 per cent of deaths across the globe. Following heart diseases is cancer which has 18 per cent […]
A 15-year-old girl has been reportedly electrocuted while fetching water in the Olomore Housing Estate area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The incident, according to a statement issued by spokesperson of Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, happened on Sunday. According to Odutola, a case of electrocution was reported to the Divisional Police Officer […]
At least 23 people were killed during late March clashes between herders and farmers in a region of southern Chad that frequently sees similar land disputes, Chad’s communications minister told AFP on Monday. The fighting was set off by the “assassination” of a nomadic Arab-speaking herder and raged between March 17 and 21 […]
Cannabis users in Germany have welcomed a new law decriminalising the drug and its usage in the European country. The law took effect at midnight of Monday, after lawmakers cleared the path for legalisation in March. Karl Lauterbach, health minister, had advocated for the policy after arguing that the previous drug policy had failed […]
