Spain climb to third in FIFA rankings, Argentina stay top
Reuters Newly crowned European champions Spain rose to third in the latest FIFA rankings published on Thursday, while World Cup winners Argentina held on to the top spot following their…
Ooni of Ife dismisses allegations of $180,000 romance and investment scam involving US-based Nigerian lady
The palace of the Ooni of Ife has debunked a trending report, alleging that Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi swindled a woman identified as Oladoyin Fagbule out of $180,000. A statement issued…
Car hits Paris cafe terrace, one dead, several seriously hurt
AFP PARIS – A motorist ploughed a car into a cafe terrace in Olympic host city Paris on Wednesday evening, killing one person and seriously injuring several others in a…
DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss
Reuters KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal,…
China says it has halted arms-control talks with US over Taiwan
REUTERS WASHINGTON/BEIJING – China has halted nascent nuclear-arms-control talks with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in a protest of Washington’s arms sales to the democratically governed…
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, White House says
Reuters LAS VEGAS – U.S. President Joe Biden, under fire from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive for COVID-19 while on a trip to Las Vegas on…
Biden calls for ban on gun used to shoot Trump
BBC LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden has renewed a call for Congress to ban assault rifles, including the model that was used in the failed assassination attempt on former…
Nigeria’s secret police, DSS finally allows IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to see doctor amid complicated health conditions
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel for the illegally-detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has announced that Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS),…
Suspected terrorists kill Nigerian soldier in Plateau State, flee with victim’s service weapon
Olayomi Koiki A Nigerian Army corporal, identified as Folorunsho Lukman, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. The soldier was reportedly attacked on his farm in Kampani Zurak…
Gaza man with Down’s syndrome attacked by IDF dog and left to die: report
BBC There was always his family. When he was bullied at school, and beaten, they were there to embrace him when he came home. And when the war started and…