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Pope Francis on Thursday urged the U.S. and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East. The Pope’s appeal was his first direct comment on the current crisis in a ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to earn millions in endorsements despite walking away from the Royal Family’s wealth. By withdrawing from the sovereign grant, the Sussexes have paved the way to bank a fortune. No longer bound by ...

The management of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU) has approved the reinstatement of 363 workers recently sacked by the institution. The decision was reached by the Prof. Bamitale Omole-led Governing Council at its meeting of 7th January, 2020 ...

Authorities in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates have arrested a yet to be identified African who attempted to smuggle 297 grams of raw diamonds in his gut, the way cocaine or heroine is smuggled. On Thursday, the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry “will be punished” for their decision to quit their roles as senior members of the Royal Family, senior courtiers have warned. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex yesterday released a bombshell statement announcing their controversial ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been ordered by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to implement 70% local content in broadcasting. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday revealing the Minister’s new directives ...

About 12 persons including children were on Wednesday confirmed dead in a ghastly motor accident along Wudil – Maiduguri road in Gaya local government area of Kano State.   It was also gathered that 26 others sustained various degrees of ...

An unidentified Mexican asylum-seeker slit his own throat on a bridge after being denied entry into the United States, two Mexican security officials said. The man, on Wednesday, tried to enter the United States at the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge between ...

Gunmen, on Wednesday night, attacked a seminary in Kakau along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway and went away with four of the students. Registrar of the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary, Rev Fr (Dr) Joel Usman, said the gunmen came to the ...

A fire this afternoon gutted a hospital in Ibadan, Orita challenged precisely. The number of casualty is yet to be ascertained, but fire fighters were at the scene at the time this video was recorded.   Watch the video below… ...

An FCT High Court, Maitama on Thursday sentenced to prison Otunba Olusegun Runsewe , Director- General, National Council for Arts and Crafts (NCAC) for contempt of court order. Justice Jude Okeke in a ruling on the motion seeking for the ...

Piers Morgan wasted no time in sharing his thought on Harry and Meghan’s decision to step down as senior royals. He has been one of the royal couple’s most high profile critics, and quickly took to Twitter to say he ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has described as an acceptance of failure and lack of capacity, the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor, less than a year into the second term of the President. The PDP also alleged that the ...

Outraged Somalis are urging Australians to stop culling camels, and to instead send the animals to the Horn of Africa so that they can look after them. Snipers have been shooting camels in South Australia from the air since Wednesday ...

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken three weeks holiday and handed power to his two vice-presidents. Zimbabwe media has published articles on the president’s leave highlighting how he will be on vacation within the country. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga will ...

The United States has imposed financial sanctions on one of the vice presidents of South Sudan for his involvement in human rights abuses. A statement from the US treasury says Taban Deng Gai arranged the disappearance and deaths of the ...

Kenya has imposed a curfew in Lamu three days after fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab stormed into a military base, killing three Americans. The curfew will begin daily at 22:00 until 04:00 local time (19:00-01:00 GMT) for an ...

A judge in Brazil has ruled that a film depicting Jesus as gay must be removed from the TV streaming service Netflix. The film, The First Temptation of Christ, infuriated fervent Christians in the country. Two million people signed a ...

A plane that crashed in Iran with 176 people on board was trying to the return to the airport when it crashed, Iranian investigators have said. The Boeing 737-800 went down just minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport, leaving ...

Oyo State Government on Wednesday 8, 2019 applauded Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for donating 231 classrooms to 30 selected primary schools in the state, saying the move has increased the educational facilities in the state. The Chairman, Oyo State ...

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. “It’s been a rough couple years,” the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also suffering from a chronic viral infection. The star said he ...

Senior members of the Royal Family are said to be disappointed and hurt at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step back from their current roles. Prince Harry and Meghan did not inform the Queen or any other ...

A suspected military man is said to be on the run after he allegedly slit the throat of a man in the Itire area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the fleeing suspect perpetrated the crime during an argument ...

A suspected vandal, Ibrahim Ojo, has been arrested while attempting to steal components of a transformer in the Araromi area of Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. The Osun State Police Command confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. Armed with a pair of pliers, ...

US President Donald Trump has said Iran “appears to be standing down” after it fired missiles at air bases housing US forces in Iraq. Mr Trump, in a televised address from the White House, said no US or Iraqi lives ...