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Nigeria risks losing American aid for voting against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Thursday, Nigeria voted along with 127 other countries that voted against Trump’s position at the UN general assembly. The New York Times reported Trump as saying before the vote : “All of these nations that take […]

Pope Paul VI, who led the Catholic Church through a tumultuous reform period in the 1960s and 1970s, could be elevated to sainthood in 2018 after a second miracle was linked to him, according to reports on Friday. La Voce del Popolo, a weekly published by Paul VI’s northern Italian diocese of Brescia, said on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he saw “unbelievable things” when he assumed office in 2015. Femi Adesina, his spokesman, quoted him as saying this while receiving supporters under the aegis of the Governance Support Group in Abuja. “Some of the things I saw here were unbelievable. I still shudder and wonder how a country can survive […]

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Nigeria on Thursday joined 127 other countries to back a UN resolution which effectively called on the U.S. to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A total of 128 countries approved the non-binding resolution. Nine countries voted against it, 21 did not turn up to vote, while 35 abstained. Togo was […]

Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says plans are underway to compel traffic offenders to pay one hundred thousand naira as penalty for a traffic offence. Oyeyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on […]

A 29-year-old teacher is facing multiple sex crime charges in Oregon where authorities allege she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old male student, according to PEOPLE. A statement from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says Andrea Baber was detained last week at her home in Curtin. Baber had been an English teacher at Logos […]

Kim Jong-un has reportedly executed two top officials in just five days over mishaps at North Korea’s test missile site. The latest unnamed executive was killed after he allegedly took responsibility for setbacks at the Punggye-ri nuclear base, which led to the date of a rocket launch being pushed back. Five days ago, a high-ranking […]

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has threatened to cut financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr. Trump earlier in December formally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and said the U.S. embassy will be moved to the disputed city. The U.S. decision was condemned […]

Russian women who are victims of domestic abuse are being forced to pay fines handed down to their abusers, campaigners have said. Controversial amendments to Russian law decriminalised some forms of domestic violence in February. The changes mean violence against a spouse or children that results in bruising or bleeding but not broken bones is punishable by […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the journalism profession cannot guarantee a “decent living” in Nigeria. He said this while declaring open the retreat of the state house press corps in Abuja with the theme ‘Journalists and Retirement Plans’. The Vice-President said to avoid the pains of working and going home without benefits, all employees, […]

 A lawmaker and three-time cabinet member under Italy’s Former Prime Minister Silvio Berusconi, Mr Altero Matteoli, died on Monday in a car accident, Italian Senate Spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson said 77-year-old Matteoli died after the car he was driving crashed into another car near Capalbio in Tuscan. The ANSA news agency reported that two others were […]

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has called for a law to compel Nigerian political and religious leaders, including lawmakers, governors and traditional rulers, to undertake drug test. The emir made the call as he accused the leaders of condoning the use of illegal substances by their body guards and thugs. “Anybody who elements of […]

The Spiritual Director of Adoration ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, at the weekend, said he had no link with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Fr Mbaka expressed bitterness over a report which claimed he had declared support for Atiku’s presidential bid in 2019. An online publication claimed that the Catholic priest had declared […]