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US President Donald Trump has arrived to a thunderous reception in Gujarat on his first official visit to India. Mr Trump is addressing a massive public rally with PM Narendra Modi at the Motera stadium, the world’s largest cricket venue. ...

Italy today announced its fourth death from coronavirus as the country imposes drastic security measures to contain the first major outbreak in Europe. The 84-year-old man was confirmed dead today in Lombardy in northern Italy, where 50,000 people have been ...

  Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, has advised residents of the state to remain calm and not resort to self – help in respect of the late Remo Stars Football Club defender, Kazeem Tiamiyu who was killed by men of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to welcome his US counterpart Donald Trump to India with a massive rally on Monday, kicking off a two-day visit likely to be more about pomp and ceremony than concrete agreements. The American president, ...

A Nigerian man, Tony Abayomi Alder, who waited for 23 years to have his own child has died just 7 months after welcoming a set of twins. The man who is said to have deligently serves God and was faithful ...

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday confirmed the death of its leader Qassim al-Rimi and appointed a successor, weeks after the US said it had “eliminated” the Islamist militant chief, SITE Intelligence group said. The announcement came in an ...

Obi Primary School located in Uzebba Ihuleha community in the Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State like many schools resumed for academic activities after the first-term holiday which ushered in Christmas and New Year holidays. The school founded ...

A man has been arrested after beating his girlfriend’s son and allegedly cutting his genitals with his fingernails, authorities have said. Mohammad Mahmoud Shaar, 26, of Coconut Creek, Florida, dropped off his girlfriend at her workplace last Thursday before taking ...

Togo President Faure Gnassingbe has won a fourth term in power, the national electoral commission declared on Monday, as his main rival accused authorities of fraud. The incumbent leader took 72 percent of the vote share in the first round ...

A self-taught engineer who called himself the “world’s greatest daredevil” died when his homemade rocket crashed during an attempt to prove the Earth is flat. Mike Hughes’ death was captured on video as he was filmed for a new TV ...

The Lagos state police command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Ojo Adeyinka, for forging the State’s Riders Identity Cards of Motor Vehicle Administration. According to a statement from the state police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, the suspect who is a ...

A woman, Hadiza Bello, and three other accomplices have been sentenced to 160 years in prison by a Federal High Court, sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, for dealing in fake naira notes. The convicts were dragged before the court by ...

Four Chinese nationals and 16 others have been arrested by the Lagos State Government for operating illegal dredging sites in various waterfronts in Ibeju-Lekki and Eti-Osa Local Government Areas of the State. The Chinese nationals who were accused of causing ...

A British gran who smuggled £1million of cocaine on to a cruise ship fears she will leave a foreign prison in a coffin after getting suspected breast cancer. Susan Clarke, 71, has been in a ­maximum-security jail in Portugal since ...

  The Police Command in Anambra says it has arrested a 38 year-old man suspected to be a serial r.a.p.i.s.t following an anonymous tip. Police Public Relations’ Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Awka, identified the ...

In a bid to discourage the business of cattle rearing and stifle the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen in their area, the people of Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, have banned the sales and ...

  The Kaduna State Governorment said, it has nabbed a suspected fake Medical Doctor, Saidu Ahmed Ya’u, who has been in the employment of the state for 11 years. The State Ministry of Justice has charged Ya’u before the Chief ...

Zimbabwe’s former deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Terrence Mukupe has accused popular preacher and General Overseer of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of impregnating his wife. The former minister accused the Prophet of sleeping ...

There is palpable tension in Sagamu town, Ogun State, following the alleged killing of a footballer, Tiyamiyu Kazeem, the Assistant Captain of Remo Stars Football Club, a Nigerian National League side, by policemen attached to the State Anti-Robbery on Saturday ...

British couple David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, are struggling with mental health in a Japanese hospital after cruel online trolls accuse them of ‘milking it’. The pair who were on the cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary, have both ...

House of Representatives member, Shina Peller is a chief again. The Chairman of Aquila group of companies along side his wife were conferred with Chieftaincy titles in Epe, Lagos State this weekend. Shina shared photos from the event and wrote: ...

Troops have killed 13 bandits and arrested eight others in Zamfara, Katsina, and Kebbi States. The Acting Force Information Officer of Operation Hadari Daji (OPHD), Captain Ayobami Oni-Orisan, disclosed this in a statement. He explained that the feat was recorded ...

Felicia Adikwu, a Jukun by tribe, is right now in a dilemma. She is pregnant for her children’s extramural studies teacher, popularly called “lesson teacher” in Nigeria and, she doesn’t know what to do about it. She is full of ...

A sixth death from the coronavirus has been reported in Iran as authorities in more than a dozen affected provinces ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres in a bid to contain the outbreak. Ali Aghazadeh, governor of ...

  A man has reported an alleged sexual assault of a 3-year-old Nigerian girl raped by a 35-year-old man leading to her private part and anus getting torn. According to the post by one Somto on Twitter, the little girl eventually ...