Manhunt underway in US after Kentucky highway shooting
KENTUCKY, US – Five people were shot along a highway in the southern US state of Kentucky, US media reported Saturday, as police hunted for a suspect considered “armed and…
Fuel tanker explosion kills 30 in Nigeria’s Niger State
Kareem Abdulrahman No fewer than thirty persons were reportedly killed in a fuel tanker explosion along Agaie-Bida road in Niger State on Sunday morning, a local news outlet reported. The…
NIGERIA: Pastor Fufeyin’s miracle water, soap, others fake, NAFDAC warns
Morakinyo Akinosun The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the activities of a faith-based organisation, Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries, led by…
NIGERIA: Tinubu’s media aide Ngelale was fired
Foundation for Investigative Journalism – FIJ Ajuri Ngelale, the broadcast journalist who made a name for himself with his eloquence and sonorous voice, did not resign as special adviser to…
Zelensky visits Italy, seeks more arms from allies
AFP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed her strong support for Ukraine Saturday after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he visited allies to press for more weapons to fight…
Over 100 Nigerian soldiers tender resignation letters to army chief over corruption, low morale, others
None of them had neither attained retirement age nor the mandatory years of service. Olayomi Koiki No fewer than 196 Nigerian soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation…
Tens of thousands in South Korea protest lack of climate progress
Reuters SEOUL – More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea’s capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global warming.With temperatures exceeding…
X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
Reuters Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com. The website, which…
NIGERIA: Tinubu’s spokesman resigns
Ayomidele Oluwasusi The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. In a statement issued by the…
‘Nigeria should have never been a country’ – British-Nigerian actress, Laura Lake Adebisi
Morakinyo Akinosun A British-Nigerian actress, Laura Lake Adebisi has said Nigeria shouldn’t have been a country. According to Adebisi, the ideological differences between the North and South are enough reasons…