Author: Isa Isawade
China’s software sector posts rapid growth in 2019
China's software sector posted steady revenue and profit increases in the first 11 months of last year, official data showed.
6 killed in wall collapse
Six persons including a girl were killed and six others injured after an under-construction boundary wall collapsed in the northern…
Don’t travel to Middle East now, Canada warns nationals
Due to tensions generated by the U.S.'s assassination of Iranian top general, Qassem Soleimani, Canada on Saturday updated a travel…
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised
A statue of the Indian patriarch, Mahatma Gandhi, erected near Hari Krishna lake in Amreli district, in the Indian state…
Photo: Snowfall hits northern Indian
A heavy snowfall hit Shimla, the capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.
Nigeria Correctional Service trains 215 in Enugu
The Nigeria Correctional Service trained no fewer than 215 inmates in Enugu in 2019, an official said on Saturday.
China replaces top Hong Kong representative
China replaced its top representative in Hong Kong on Saturday in a major reshuffle for the semi-autonomous Chinese city following…
How Trump made the decision to kill Soleimani
When President Donald Trump’s national security team went to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren’t expecting him…
Libya’s parliament votes against deals with Turkey
Libya’s parliament voted against two agreements on military and security cooperation and maritime borders signed between the UN-backed government and…
NAF neutralises insurgents in Sambisa Forest
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralised scores of Boko…
Auto accident kills 3, injures 6
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Niger State has confirmed the death of three people in an auto…
Extreme weather worsens Australian fires
Extreme weather conditions have taken hold in fire-ravaged south-eastern Australia with temperatures hitting 48 degrees Celsius in parts of Sydney…
Death toll in Indonesian floods rises to 53
Death toll from severe floods and landslides that hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta and neighbouring areas on New Year Day…
10 infants die in Indian hospital
Ten infant deaths have been reported for the month of December in a hospital in the Bundi district, Rajasthan in…
5.5-magnitude quake hits New Zealand
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the Coromandel, north part of north island of New Zealand on Saturday.
Police pursue al-Shabab militants in vast forest
Kenyan police said Saturday they are pursuing a group of al-Shabab militants believed to have crossed into vast Boni Forest…
Washington urges U.S. supreme court to reconsider Obamacare
Attorney General Bob Ferguson of the U.S. state of Washington on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a…
Michika residents troop back home after night attack
As normalcy return to Michika town of Adamawa following night attack by insurgents, many residents that abandoned their houses during…
Police arrest 4 cultists, recover gun in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested four suspected cultists for alleged unlawful possession of firearm at Agbogugu in…
Engage the youths to reduce crimes, Imam tells govt
Sheikh Abdul Isola, Chief Imam of Islamic Centre, Uwani, Enugu, has urged the Federal and state governments to engage youths…
Evacuations continue in eastern Australia as bushfires intensify
Evacuations have continued across the lower half of Australia's eastern coast due to devastating bushfires, with potentially catastrophic conditions expected…
Demolition of Saraki’s property wicked – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Thursday's demolition of a property belonging to former Senate President Bukola Saraki by…
Court gives EFCC nod to detain Adoke for additional 14 days
Justice A. O. Musa of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, January 2, 2020 granted the application of…
Death toll in Jakarta floods rises to 43
Death toll in flooding that hit Indonesia's capital of Jakarta and its peripheral areas has risen to 43, with more…
Oshiomhole asked me to pray for him – Idahosa
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Charles Idahosa, has said the embattled national Chairman of the…
U.S. claims responsibility for killing of Gen Soleimani
The Pentagon has said U.S. killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a “defensive action,”.
Iranian General Soleimani killed in US Baghdad airstrike
Iraq’s powerful Shiite Hashd Shaabi militia said on Friday that the group’s deputy leader, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, and high-ranking Iranian…
16 killed, 5 wounded in prison riots
Sixteen prisoners were killed, five others wounded after riots occurred Tuesday afternoon in a prison in the northern Mexican state…
Army captures more terrorists, rescues over 165 victims
The Nigerian Army says its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province (ISWAP) terrorists…
Rape: Prison readies new gallows to hang 4 convicts
Tihar Jail, the first prison in India and largest complex of prisons in South Asia where four persons convicted in…