Protests escalate in India over gruesome rape of doctor
Reuters KOLKATA, India – Holding candles, hundreds of thousands of women marched through the night in cities across India, to protest the brutal rape and murder of a young female…
Nigeria rejects Paris court order that empowers Chinese company to take over the African country’s presidential jets
Bella Ifasola The Nigerian government on Thursday said the efforts by a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to take over some jets on Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet…
Bangladesh mob, vowing to ‘guard revolution’, beats ex-PM’s supporters
AFP Mobs vowing to guard Bangladesh’s student-led revolution roamed the site of a planned rally for ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, beating up some of her suspected supporters with…
Hamas says guard who killed Israeli hostage acted ‘in revenge’ against group’s instructions
Reuters A Hamas guard who killed an Israeli hostage on Monday acted ‘in revenge’ against instructions after he got news that his two children had been killed in an Israeli…
NIGERIA: Half of poultry farms in Oyo state have shutdown, says association’s chairman
Matthew Onocheta Ibadan – The Chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Oyo State chapter, Omidokun Oyekunle, has revealed that nearly half of the poultry farmers in the state…
Nigeria’s EFCC’s X handle with 2.2 million followers disappears after online fraudsters threatened cyber warfare against the anti-graft agency
Olayomi Koiki The X handle of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vanished from the social media platform. The agency’s handle, with its 2.2 million…
Nigeria police arrest two persons for stealing police station sign post in Kano
Sodiq Rabiu Two suspects have been arrested for being involved in the theft of Bachirawa Police Station sign post in the Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, North-West Nigeria,…
RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGE SUBSIDY: Nigeria’s anti-graft EFCC detains Hajj Commission’s chairman, secretary over ₦90 billion hajj subsidy fraud
Nigeria is facing unprecedented economic hardship that has left millions of its citizens struggling to make ends meet as a result of the partial removal of fuel subsidies, and national…
French court orders seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets over dispute between Ogun State and a Chinese firm
A French court has reportedly authorised the seizure of three presidential jets linked to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Two of the jets, part of the Nigerian presidential air fleet,…
North Korea to reopen for tourism after five years
AFP North Korea will reopen to foreign tourism in December after nearly five years of Covid-triggered closure, two specialized tour operators said Wednesday. “We have received confirmation from our local…