At least 50 communities cut off as flood washes away bridge in Nigeria’s Oyo State
Ayomidele Oluwasusi At least fifty communities have been cut off following the collapse of a bridge in Ibarapa East Local Government in the Ibarapa geopolitical zone of Oyo State, South-West…
Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack
AFP Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their “soil or airspace” for any attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday, as Israel weighs a…
Putin hosts BRICS summit in Russia under shadow of Ukraine war
Russia KAZAN – Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow’s partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging…
Again, train crushes man to death in Nigeria’s Lagos
Martins Olasehinde LAGOS – A yet-to-be-identified man was on Monday, crushed to death by a moving train in Nigeria’s Lagos State, emergency management agency said, in a repetition of the…
Nigeria Immigration Service arrests crossdresser Bobrisky at Seme border while fleeing country
Matthew Onocheta LAGOS – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said on Monday, popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, otherwise known as Bobrisky, was intercepted at Sème border while fleeing the country, saying…
In a first, France welcomes Russian army deserters
AFP CAEN, France – Six Russian soldiers who fled the fighting in Ukraine have found refuge in France and hope to receive asylum, in a landmark case of Russian deserters…
Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets 20 years for corruption
AFP A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting multimillion-dollar bribes from scandal-hit Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht. The Superior…
Nigeria police parade suspected bandits in Abuja; one of them said he spent ransom money on drinking, womanizing
Olayomi Koiki ABUJA – A suspected kidnapper arrested by Nigeria Police Force; Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has revealed what he used his share of ransom money to do. Abdulrahman…
Nigeria police arrest woman for allegedly cutting husband’s manhood in Ogun State
Bella Ifasola ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – A woman has been arrested in Nigeria’s Ogun State for brutally assaulting her husband, police in the southwestern state said on Monday. Ogunlana Yemisi, 28,…
US infant mortality spiked after right to abortion overturned: study
AFP US infant mortality surged in the months following the Supreme Court decision to overturn the national right to abortion, driven by a rise in the number of babies with…