Elon Musk Steps Down as Twitter’s CEO
By Starrys Obazei | May 13, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who bought Twitter in October for $44 billion, announced that he is stepping down as the company’s CEO.…
Footbridge collapses in Finland, injures 27, mostly children
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023, with agency report.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Rescue teams work at the site of an accident in which around 27 people, a majority of them children, were…
Russia Will be Defeated ‘as Nazism was’, Zelensky Vows
By Starrys Obazei | May 8, 2023, with agency report.starrys@ddnewsonline.com President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday vowed that Russian forces would be defeated in Ukraine like Nazi Germany was beaten in…
Charles III becomes king
By Starrys Obazei | May 6, 2023, with agency report.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Charles III will be crowned king today, Saturday in a solemn Christian ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history and…
Foiled Kremlin Drone Attack Aimed at Putin
By Starrys Obazei | May 3, 2023starrys@ddnewsonline.com. A “No Drone Zone” sign sits just off the Kremlin in central Moscow as it prohibits unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) flying over the…
Uganda lawmakers pass a new draft of an anti-gay bill
By Starrys Obazei | May 2, 2023starrys@ddnewsonline.com. Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed a new draft of anti-gay legislation, retaining many draconian provisions despite President Yoweri Museveni’s call to rework an…
UK-based Nigerian Broadcaster Alistair Honoured by Irish Country Music
…becomes the first non-Irish to present awards to leading European country music singers The Founder cum President of Ben Television (BEN TV), Ambassador Alistair Soyode, was recently honored with a…
Eid el-Fitr: UN Chief Calls for Ceasefire in Sudan
By Starrys Obazei | April 21, 2023starrys@ddnewsonline.com. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a ceasefire of “at least three days” in Sudan over Eid al-Fitr, which marks…
Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34-Count Indictment
Donald Trump, former president and frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, pleaded not guilty in New York, United States of America, on April 4 to an unprecedented indictment…
Trump to be Arraigned Next Tuesday After Indictment Over $130,000 Paid to Porn Star
By Starrys Obazei | April 1, 2023starrys@ddnewsonline.com. Former US president Donald Trump will be arraigned before New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan next Tuesday, his lawyer Susan Necheles told…