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Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi on the occasion of his 58th birthday. In goodwill message he personally signed, the former president described Obi as a man of courage and good character. The message said: […]

A 37-year-old guard, Wasiu Orilonise, has confessed to an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in order to ascertain her virginity and protect her. Orilonise begged the court not to punish him as he had carnal knowledge of the victim for protection and to confirm if she was […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday produced the documents which the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, in Abuja called for on Wednesday at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The documents contained in 55 cartons ahead of Friday’s sitting when the petitioners are expected to close their […]

The Uganda Government has announced plans to register all farmers and give their cows birth certificates for traceability of their products and to enable them benefit from the international market. The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempijja, while speaking at the official opening of the National Agricultural Show at the Source of […]

A female passenger aboard a Turkey-bound flight has been fined a whopping $106,000 for attempting to open the door of an aircraft during flight, while threatening to kill everyone along with herself. Several media outlets reported that the woman tried to open the aircraft’s door mid-flight and had shouted, “I’m going to kill everyone,” when […]

At least 33 people have been reported killed and dozens of others injured after a man set a Japanese animation production company on fire Thursday. The suspect reportedly shouted “drop dead” after wetting the building with flammable liquid, but a motive for the action remained unclear. The Kyoto Animation in Kyoto was the scene of […]

Six soldiers, including two officers, who fought to repel a Boko Haram attack on Wednesday were killed by the insurgents. One of the victims was a colonel and another a captain. Several Boko Haram fighters were also killed by the Nigerian soldiers. The attack occurred at about 6:00 p.m. along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway during a patrol by the […]

A Bangladeshi lawmaker has been slammed online for calling the police on teenage lovers kissing in a park and posting their photos on social media in the socially conservative country. Ekramul Karim Chowdhury posted photos of the 18 teenagers to Facebook, where they quickly garnered thousands of comments. But most users criticised him for his […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in the United Kingdom for the graduation of his son, Fiyinfoluwa. Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, made this known on Twitter on Wednesday. “VP Osinbajo is in the UK attending his son’s graduation today. He returns to Abuja tomorrow,” he tweeted. Akande, however, […]

A couple, who was making love on the windowsill of a ninth-floor apartment fell leaving the woman dead, while her partner, who survived returned to the party, that was reportedly holding in the said apartment. It was reported that the incident happened at a block of flats in St Petersburg, Russia. According to Daily Mail, the […]

Bill Gates is no longer the world’s second-richest person. That title now belongs to French billionaire Bernard Arnault. Arnault, the CEO of luxury goods maker LVMH (LVMHF), overtook Gates Tuesday on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It’s the first time since the index was created seven years ago that Gates has dropped out of the top two. Arnault has a net […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told herdsmen to disregard the call to vacate the southern part of the country. The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) had asked herders to leave the southern part of the country if their safety is no longer guaranteed. But speaking through Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, the president said no one has the right […]

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “The risk of Ebola spread in DRC and the region remains very high, and the risk of spread outside the region remains low,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of […]

Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Commission’s first female president. Her nomination was approved by 383 votes in a secret ballot on Tuesday evening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. There were 327 votes against her and 22 abstentions. After being elected by a narrow margin of just nine votes over the required […]

Members of the Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday disowned the purported visit by some of its members to the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) where they indicate support for the embattled Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. The pastors, led by the North Central Chairman of CAN, Revd. Israel Akanji, visited COZA church in Abuja and promised […]