Poland indicts two men in connection with spying for Belarus
WARSAW – Polish prosecutors have indicted two men in a case concerning cooperation with Belarusian intelligence services, they said on Tuesday, one of a string of espionage cases in the…
Commercial driver, conductor set their bus and a traffic warden alight in Lagos in attempt to evade arrest
Olayomi Koiki LAGOS – A commercial driver and his conductor on Wednesday – attacked a traffic warden in Nigeria’s Lagos, an official said. Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Lagos…
Dutch and French authorities raid Netflix offices in tax fraud probe
Investigators searched the offices of US streaming giant Netflix in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of an investigation into tax fraud. The raid was part of a…
Russian missile kills six, injures 20 in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday killed six people, injured at least 20 more and destroyed a critical infrastructure facility, Ukrainian officials said. Ivan…
Blackout in Nigeria as power grid collapses for the 8th time in 2024
Morakinyo Akinosun Abuja – Nigeria’s power grid has collapsed once more, throwing the West African country into yet another blackout. This is the eighth grid collapse in 2024 and the…
Harris or Trump: America decides in knife-edge election
Election Day voting was underway Tuesday after an extraordinary — and for many unnerving — US presidential race that will either make Kamala Harris the first woman president in the…
One killed as two-storey building under construction collapses in Nigeria’s southern Rivers State; developer declared wanted
Matthew Onocheta At least one person was reportedly killed while another person was severely injured after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in southern Nigeria. The incident happened in the…
Germany arrests eight suspected members of right-wing group plotting revolt
BERLIN – German police have arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing militant group driven by racist ideology and conspiracy theories who had been training in warfare for the downfall…
Iran says two French detainees held in good conditions
Two French citizens detained in Iran since May 2022 are in good health and being held in good detention conditions, Iran’s judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on Tuesday, according to…
Nigerian Army declares 44 soldiers wanted for ‘desertion’ in Borno anti-terrorists fight
Olayomi Koiki The Nigerian Army has declared no fewer than 44 soldiers deployed to combat Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in the terror-ravaged northeastern state of Borno – as wanted…