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Thirteen people died in a fire at a hostel in Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty, on Thursday, the city’s emergencies department said in a statement Eleven victims were Kazakhs, one person was from Russia and one from Uzbekistan, local news website ...

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100 He served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during ...

The Lagos State Government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, on Tuesday, sealed a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and seven hotels over noise pollution LASEPA, in a statement on its X (formerly Twitter) handle added ...

The Nigeria Police, on Wednesday, arrested and detained three personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for shooting two students of Senior Secondary School, Life Camp, within the Jabi and Gwarinpa areas of the Federal Capital Territory The ...

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has sentenced the Osolo of Ado-Odo, Muftau Dosunmu, to six months in prison for presenting himself as an Oba The Osolo title, which is one of the high chiefs in ...

Robbers kill Ogun finance director in bullion van ambush The Commissioner of Police for Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, on Wednesday, night confirmed the killing of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, the Director of Finance and Accounts attached to the office of Governor ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has criticized the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as deceitful, adding that it has no mechanism for economic recovery Tinubu, on Wednesday presented the ...

Israel and Hamas extend temporary cease-fire another day in 11th-hour agreement Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the temporary cease-fire between them another day in an eleventh-hour agreement minutes before the truce was set to expire, Qatari mediators said. The parties came to ...

LA social justice advocate shot de.ad by homeless woman who broke into his home A Los Angeles social justice advocate was killed on Monday when a homeless woman, who lived out of her car, broke into his home and shot ...

A Chinese student and video game streamer was declared dead from possible exhaustion, after livestreaming for five nights in a row The student, whose surname was Li, was in his final year at Henan’s Pingdingshan Vocational and Technical College, and ...

Bandits have killed 18 hunters in a separate attacks in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State Daily Trust learnt that 15 hunters were killed during confrontation with bandits at a mountain area near Maihula town on Tuesday. It was ...

Peter Obi has condemned ongoing demolition of properties in Lagos and other parts of the country Properties built on drainages in Lagos are currently being demolished to avert flooding in the State by the Lagos State Government. He said considering ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting more data from China amid an outbreak of pneumonia in children Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist, said the agency was ‘following up with China’ as hospitals across the country continue to ...

Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja, how about N1.2 billion cash was ferried in an aircraft from Lagos to Ekiti State for Ayodele Fayose, a former Ekiti State ...

The father of late Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekk Lekki, Lagos, who died in controversial circumstances, on Wednesday wept over the delayed justice for his son The late Oromoni Jnr had reportedly died on November 30, ...

Operatives of Nigeria Customs Service of Nigeria have intercepted 975 ammunition rounds inside bags of rice hidden in a bush in the Ayetoro area of Imeko Afon local government of Ogun State The Comptroller of Customs in Ogun, Ahmadu Bello ...

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation warned that 2023 had shattered ...

President Bola Tinubu has met with His Majesty, King Charles III, today, on the sidelines of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. In a post on X this afternoon, the President said he had a productive ...

A 70-year-old Ugandan woman, Safina Namukwaya, has delivered a set of twins – a boy and a girl, after becoming pregnant through an In vitro fertilisation treatment Namukwaya went through a successful caesarean delivery on Wednesday at the Women’s Hospital ...

Missing WWII fighter plane is FOUND after 80 years A fighter plane that vanished in a daring raid on Italy – just days before the allies invaded – has been found, solving a mystery that’s endured since the Second World ...

The Ogun government has warned that landlords of houses without toilets in the state should be prepared to forfeit the property to the government The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, issued the warning in a statement made available ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, said the ongoing demolition in the state is not targeted at any group. Olumide stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. The minister ...

Nigerians slam Celestial church parish for inviting Portable to perform at their December program Nigerians on social media has slammed a celestial church parish, who invited singers Portable and Pasuma to their December program for performance. This won’t be the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the just concluded Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has announced his decision not to seek legal redress following his electoral loss. Melaye said his decision was hinged on the fact that ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice The apex court ruled that both old and new notes should continue to remain legal tender ...