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Floods in India leave 14 dead, 102 missing At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on Thursday after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering flash ...

  Lawyer Writes Nigerian Police Chief, Seeks Immediate Transfer Of Case Involving Erisco Foods Customer Detained Over Facebook Post From Abuja To Lagos Chioma was arrested by the police on the orders of the company over her Facebook post regarding ...

UAE team in Abuja to finetune talks on visa ban A five-member United Arab Emirates (UAE) team is in Nigeria to harmonise positions with authorities for the final stage resumption of commercial flights between both countries and issuance of visas to Nigerians. ...

  INEC to transmit results of Bayelsa guber poll manually The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in ...

The Russian armed forces, on Wednesday, said dozens of Ukrainian drones were repelled during the night in regions close to the border. A British analysis suggested Moscow forces also shot down one of their own combat jets last month. The ...

  No existing federal road can last seven years – Umahi The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that no existing federal road can last up to seven years. He said the verdict was based on findings gathered during his ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the date for off-cycle governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states. INEC disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement on X, saying the Edo poll will be held on September 21, 2024. The ...

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf yesterday, approved the appointment of an additional 94 Senior Special Assistants. In a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday, only five women were among the 94 newly appointed ...

A police inspector’s son has stabbed a neighbour to death! Tension has enveloped the Officers’ Barracks of the Warri Area Command of the Nigeria Police in Delta State as the son of a serving Inspector resident in the barracks has ...

  Leah Sharibu marries another ISWAP commander Nigerian schoolgirl who has now spent five years in terrorists’ captivity, Leah Sharibu, has reportedly “remarried” another Islamist terrorists’ commander, after abandoning the first ‘husband’ she was forcefully given to, local security sources told ...

Climate Action Platform for Africa names ex-VP Osinbajo Chair board of directors The immediate former Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has been named the new Chair of the Board of Directors for the Climate Action Platform for Africa. ...

  The election petition tribunal sitting in Akure has nullified the election of a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ileoluji/Okeigbo constituency, Hon. Nelson Akinsuroju of the All Progressives Congress, APC. While ruling on a petition filed ...

  Some teens have targeted an Apple store just to loot the new iphone 15. About twenty people have been arrested after widespread looting broke out in Philadelphia last night, with one woman who livestreamed the chaos. Police in the ...

  France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup   French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his country will withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger in the wake of the July coup that overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. ...

Ex-US President, Donald Trump is leading the country’s current President, Biden in new poll. Trump is leading with 10 points in a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. The 77-year-old trounced the Democrat 52% to 42% in a hypothetical rematch of the ...

A married Pennsylvania State Police trooper is facing false imprisonment charges after he allegedly violently detained his ex-girlfriend and committed her to a mental health treatment program under bogus claims. Ronald Davis, 37, was arrested Thursday on accusations he abused ...

Health officials in Jamaica have declared an outbreak of the dengue fever Saturday with at least 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases in the Caribbean nation. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness says the outbreak comes as its National Surveillance ...

  President Bola Tinubu has mandated security agencies to rescue the female students abducted in Zamfara. Bandits last week attacked the Sabon-Gida community, Bungudu Local Government Area, kidnapping over 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara. While six of them were later ...

  San Diego’s city council has voted unanimously to shut down access to Point La Jolla and Boomer Beach after complaints from residents and activists with regard to sea lions. “People will be prevented from actually going on to the ...

Italy’s ‘last Godfather’ on the run for 30 years dies just months after arrest A notorious Italian Mafia boss, who spent nearly three decades on the run, has died in custody, according to Italian media reports. Matteo Messina Denaro, 61, ...

A man on his way to a job interview has spotted a woman’s body in the mouth of a massive alligator but initially thought it was a mannequin. Jamarcus Bullard was walking past a canal in Largo, Florida, when he made the grim discovery. The body ...

A 3-year-old tot and two adults were shot dead when gunfire erupted during an argument over a dog sale at a Florida apartment complex Saturday night, according to authorities. The three victims were among five people to travel to the ...

The Cement Producers Association of Nigeria has warned that the ongoing plan of the federal government to introduce concrete roads will raise the price of cement to N9, 000 per bag from the current price of N5, 000. This was disclosed ...

  Buhari regretted some of his decisions as president – Femi Adesina Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the ex-President regretted some of the decisions he took while in office and felt ...

There was a fire incident on Wednesday evening at Ibis Royal Hotel, Airport Road, in Ajao Estate, Lagos. Videos showing the raging fire is currently circulating on social media, even though it happened yesterday evening. The Senior Special Assistant on ...