Drunken Zambian policeman freed 13 suspects to celebrate New Year
Agency Report A drunken police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say. Detective inspector Titus Phiri was…
Police officer’s accidental discharge of firearm reportedly kills woman in Nigeria’s Ekiti
Martins Olasehinde ADO-EKITI – A police officer’s accidental discharge of a firearm claimed the life of a woman in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, local news outlets report,…
Telecommunication companies in Nigeria propose 100% tariff hike, await approval from the government
Matthew Onocheta Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have submitted to the Nigerian Communications Commission – a proposed 100 per cent increase in their tariffs, aimed at addressing rising operational costs, including…
Electrician reportedly electrocuted on New Year’s Day while fixing wiring connections in Nigeria’s Lagos
Olayomi Koiki LAGOS – A man – said to be an electrician was reportedly electrocuted while fixing some wiring connections in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos on New Year’s Day, a…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Antofagasta, Chile, EMSC says
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Antofagasta, Chile on Thursday, KOIKI Media reports, citing Reuters. The quake was at a depth of 104 km (64.62 miles), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre…
Cuba’s Santeria priests urge followers to hunker down amid crisis
HAVANA – In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers on Thursday to watch their health and spending, care for their families, guard against…
Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave’s Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and…
Jurassic highway: Hundreds of dinosaur footprints found in UK quarry
LONDON – Researchers have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back to the middle Jurassic era in a quarry in Oxfordshire, southern England, showing that reptiles such as the nine-metre…
New Orleans killer acted alone, professed loyalty to jihadist group: FBI
A US army veteran motivated by loyalty to the jihadist group Islamic State likely acted alone when he killed and injured dozens in a truck attack against a New Orleans…
A half-ton piece of space junk falls onto a village in Kenya
Agency Report A glowing ring of metal, more than eight feet in diameter and weighing more than 1,100 pounds, fell from the sky and crash landed in a remote village…