Evacuations underway as Philippine volcano erupts
A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered the evacuation of surrounding villages. Rising more than…
Turkish military helicopters collide in mid-air, killing 5 military personnel
ANKARA, Turkey — Two Turkish military helicopters collided in midair on Monday, causing one of them to crash and killing five military personnel on board, an official said. The second…
Presence of Israeli forces in Syrian territory ‘temporary’, says Israeli FM
Agency Report Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that his country’s military takeover of the buffer zone along its border with Syria was a “limited and temporary step”. “The…
Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported
President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press,” also said he is open to working with Democrats on a legislative way to keep Dreamers in the U.S.…
Norwegian oil company Equinor completes $2 billion asset sale in Nigeria, ends 30-year operations
Olayomi Koiki A Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor (EQNR.OL) has finalised the sale of its assets in Nigeria and Azerbaijan for a total of up to $2 billion, marking…
Jay-Z accused with Diddy in lawsuit of raping girl, 13, in 2000
US rapper Jay-Z has hit back at a lawsuit which alleges that he, along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at a party in 2000. The…
Syria’s Assad is in Moscow after deal on military bases: Russian state media
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a…
Nigerian senior lawyer Afe Babalola, ex-president Obasanjo bought Nigerian Court of Appeal ruling with ₦30 million cash in 2004, Wikileaks alleges
A Wikileaks classified United States diplomatic cable has exposed how a Nigerian senior lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, and former president Olusegun Obasanjo, way back in 2004 allegedly purchased a Court…
Trigger-happy police officer shoots dead boy, 17, in Nigeria’s Delta as operatives try to effect arrest over ‘fireworks’
Morakinyo Akinosun DELTA, Nigeria – A trigger-happy policeman has reportedly gunned down a teenage boy in southern Nigeria. Emeka Odogwu, 17, was allegedly shot dead on Saturday night when policemen…
Teaching hospital in Nigeria’s Kwara threatens mass burial for unclaimed corpses
Bella Ifasola ILORIN, Nigeria – The Management of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, South-West Nigeria – has called on people who deposited corpses at the hospital morgue to…