Nigeria police arrest 17 suspects for setting man ablaze in Ebonyi
Matthew Onocheta No fewer than 17 suspects were arrested over the murder of a man in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Ebonyi, police said on Sunday. The victim, Uromchi Okorocha was…
Police escort, driver injured as gunmen in Nigeria’s Kaduna ambush convoy of governor’s aide
Martins Olasehinde Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to Nigeria’s Kaduna State Governor, escaped an attempted assassination on Thursday after her convoy was attacked by armed men.…
Youths block highway over killing of farmers in Nigeria’s Kogi State
Martins Olasehinde Youths of Odo Ape community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government in Nigeria’s northcentral state of Kogi, on Saturday – blocked the Lokoja-Kabba federal highway, following the killing of two…
Syria monitor says fighting between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces kills 101
More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces, a war monitor said on Sunday. Since…
Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia’s coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top…
Secretary to Nigeria’s Ondo State government dies
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Tayo Oluwatuyi, the Secretary to Nigeria’s Ondo State Government is dead, government sources said on Saturday. Oluwatuyi, an indigene of Akure, was involved in an auto crash along…
Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person at 116 has died
Agency Report Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu…
Armed Fulani herdsmen from Nigeria reportedly kill five Cameroonian soldiers
Morakinyo Akinosun YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Armed men from Nigeria have killed at least five Cameroonian soldiers and wounded several others in the village of Bakinjaw on Cameroon’s border with Nigeria,…
Russia’s FSB thwarts bomb attack in Yekaterinburg, detains four, agencies report
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a large attack in the city of Yekaterinburg and detained four teenagers it said had been planning to detonate…
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox, Lionel Messi and more
Agency Report WASHINGTON- President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and 18 others “who have made America a better place,”…