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East African leaders head to Sudan to mediate conflict

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Since a coup in 2019, Sudan has been run by a military government under de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Ex-chancellor Merkel to receive nation’s highest award

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Above the Order of Merit, there is only the Grand Cross, which every federal president automatically receives on taking office.

Four dead, 20 injured in Alabama birthday mass shooting

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, there was no initial confirmation about what led to…

How Pakistani minister Abdul Shakoor died in road accident

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Talking to the media, Inspector General of Islamabad Police Akbar Nasir Khan said that the minister got a serious head…

6 policemen killed in car-truck collision

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The police personnel were going to the Hub district of the province from the provincial capital Quetta, police said, adding…

How gunmen shot ex-Indian lawmaker Atiq Ahmad, brother dead on live TV

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to media reports, the shooter just walked up to the politician and his brother and shot them in the…

Building gutted by fire in Dubai, 16 dead

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The fire, which broke out in an apartment located on the fourth floor, was put out about two hours later…

Over 56 civilians killed as military rivals brawl in Sudan

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The military and the RSF, which analysts estimate to be 100,000 strong, have been competing for power as political factions…

Seven killed in resort in central Mexico

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Upon arrival, the municipal security found three women, three men and one child under seven years old lifeless, and the…

Biden to visit ancestoral home in Ireland

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

It is also believed that Biden will make a private visit to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice in Castlebar which is…

JUST IN: FBI arrests suspected leaker of Pentagon classified documents

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Teixeira's arrest comes following a fast-moving search by the US government for the identity of the leaker who posted classified…

Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

However, a spokesperson for Angola’s migration authority, Simão Milagres, said there had been an increase in expulsions in the past…

Norway expels 15 Russian envoys, citing intelligence threat

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

We will not allow Russian intelligence officers to operate under diplomatic cover in Norway,’’ she added.

North Korea launches new type of ballistic missile

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The missile was fired at 7:23 a.m. (2223 GMT on Wednesday) from near Pyongyang, the South's military said. Japan's coast…

Somalia hosts over 35,000 refugees, asylum-seekers – UNHCR

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Somalia is hosting 35,381 refugees and asylum-seekers, 69 percent of them women and children, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR,…

Just In: Why Prince Harry will not attend coronation with Meghan

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

It is expected that Prince William, as Prince of Wales, will have a prominent role in the coronation - and…

Human Rights Watch slams Vietnam for jailing activist

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“I am Vietnamese, so I live and fight for everything for my country, for my people, as a citizen of…

Russian dissident Navalny moved to isolation cell despite illness

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Navalny attributes this renewed period in isolation as a punishment for his investigation into corruption in the prison authorities.

China reports first fatal human case of bird flu, WHO says

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The case, which is only the third known human case ever and the first to result in death from the…

China issues new COVID-19 vaccination plan

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

It targets those aged between three and 17 who have not been infected with COVID-19 and have not been fully…

Four dead in mass shooting at Louisville bank

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Police said they believed the shooter at the Old National Bank, who also died at the scene, was a "lone…

What Pope Francis said during Easter Vigil

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

He baptised eight adults, three Albanians, two Americans, and one each from Nigeria, Venezuela, and Italy during the Mass.

Pope Francis celebrates service, abstains from ‘way of the cross’

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

However, the pontiff decided at short notice not to take part in the procession

Ukraine to resume electricity exports to Europe

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

An export of a maximum of 400 megawatts to the European energy grid had been agreed. Ukraine was connected to…

London woman in sudden death after falling from flyover

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

There was significant disruption to traffic running into East London as a result of this tragic incident, which has now…

Again, Israel strikes Gaza, southern Lebanon

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother was seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank…

Democrats’ Gloria Johnson escapes expulsion from Tennessee House of Reps

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Johnson is one of the three Democratic lawmakers who faced expulsion from the House after they broke the House's rule…

Gun control protest: Tennessee Republicans expel Democratic lawmaker

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The party-line vote was 72-25. Expulsion from the Tennessee House requires a two-thirds majority.

Breaking: Obasanjo writes UK, seeks clemency for Ekweremadu, wife

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Ekweremadu and his wife had been convicted for organ trafficking by the Central Criminal Court, Old Baily, London and will…

9 people missing after freighter sinks in Turkey

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The freighter, flying the flag of Guinea-Bissau, was en route to Ukraine from Turkey’s port of Iskenderun, some 830 kilometres…

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