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…
NIGERIA: Bandits kidnap 22 in Kaduna, 28 in Zamfara
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups. Martins…
Suspected internet fraudsters – called ‘yahoo boys’ in Nigeria – crush 1-year-old child, mother in Ogun State; others injured
Bella Ifasola ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – A suspected group of internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’ in Nigeria have reportedly rammed their car into a 24-year-old pedestrian, leaving her child dead…
Kenya school dorm fire kills 17 boys, 70 missing
AFP Seventeen boys were confirmed dead and 70 missing after a fire tore through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya, officials said Friday, leaving distraught relatives desperate for news…
Pope tells Papua New Guinea leaders natural resources must benefit all
AFP Pope Francis told Papua New Guinea’s leaders Saturday that vast natural resources must benefit the “entire community”, a politically charged call in a nation where many believe riches are…
Two astronauts are left behind in space as Boeing’s troubled capsule returns to Earth empty
Cameras on the space station and a pair of NASA planes caught the capsule as a white streak coming in for the touchdown, which drew cheers and applause. Associated Press…
2 Nigerian brothers sentenced for sextortion that led to teen’s death in US
Matthew Onocheta The United States has sentenced two Nigerian brothers to 18-year imprisonment each for engaging in sextortion of a 17-year-old high school student, Jordan DeMay. Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and…
Family buries late Nigerian flag designer after government’s failed promises
A son of the deceased revealed that the family was paying ₦2,000 a day to keep the body at a morgue. Morakinyo Akinosun The family of Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi has…