Matthew Onocheta ABUJA – The younger sister of Nigeria’s Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas – has died from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge. Atsi reportedly died…
Olayomi Koiki BAYELSA, Nigeria – A man has reportedly killed his mother in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa, police said on Tuesday. Godwin, 22, reportedly stabbed his mother to death…
ATHENS – Labourers digging a ditch to lay gas pipes in Athens uncovered an ancient marble statue and Roman-era archeological objects, the culture ministry said on Tuesday. “A statue of…
Bella Ifasola LAGOS – Violence broke out in Nigeria’s Lagos State on Tuesday, following a clash between policemen and suspected members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC). The incident reportedly…
DAMASCUS – Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after Syrian sources said the incursion had…
Morakinyo Akinosun At least 43 persons have been reportedly kidnapped by armed bandits in Kakidawa, Gidan Goga district, Maradun LGA of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. The incident occurred on Sunday…
SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent surgery in Sao Paulo to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall at home in October,…
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the…
BERLIN – Germany, Britain and France said on Monday they were “extremely concerned” about Iran’s acceleration in its capacity for enrichment of uranium, urging Iran to halt and reverse these…
Syria’s Islamist rebel leader on Monday began discussions on transferring power, a day after his opposition alliance dramatically unseated president Bashar al-Assad following decades of brutal rule. Assad fled Syria…
