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Buhari still grieve for Chibok girls in captivity

Buhari mourns with Turkey, Syria after deadly earthquakes killed 1,900

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

An earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep.
A woman was rescued alive after being trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed 52 hours earlier following the earthquake in Turkey.

Updated: Death toll in Turkey, Syria horrific earthquakes hits 1,900 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The quake, one of the strongest to hit the region in more than 100 years, struck 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of…
Police arrest 78 people in Turkey for allegedly creating fear and panic with provocative posts about last week’s earthquake on social media.

Update: 1,400 people dead as massive earthquake rips through Turkey, Syria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

More than 900 people are believed to have died in Turkey, about 550 others dead in Syria, Reuters quoted officials…
Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali,

Mali expels top UN official Ngefa-Atondoko Andali

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Mali accused Andali of subversive acts after selecting “impostors” as Mali’s civil society representatives for UN Security Council meetings.
Buhari still grieve for Chibok girls in captivity

Buhari reacts to horrific killing of 15 Nigerians in Burkina Faso

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the president has received the tragic news of the murder of a…

UN chief morns ex-Pakistani leader Musharraf

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Musharraf became a key ally of the United States following the 9/11 terror attacks, and he tried to become an…
Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble of a damaged building, following an earthquake, in rebel-held Azaz, Syria February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

350 dead, hundreds injured as massive earthquake hits Turkey, Syria

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The earthquake struck at 4:17am local time (01:17 GMT) on Monday as people were sleeping, at a depth of about…
NIWA says it has sent an emergency rescue team to search for missing passengers of a merchant boat which capsized in Kogi on Friday.

9 missing as fishing boat capsizes

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Among 12 fishermen on board the ill-fated vessel, three were rescued by a nearby ship, but nine others were unaccounted…
Chinese Spy Balloon

Tension as US shoots down Chinese Spy Balloon over Atlantic

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Before downing the Balloon, three airports were closed and airspace was shut down off the South Carolina coast as US…
Babatunde

£1 million worth of Cocaine seized in UK, two men convicted

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The police were able to arrest Ben Zeto, 30, of Main Road, Biggin Hill and Adam Lyons, 35, of Riverpark…
Pope Francis celebrates service, abstains from 'way of the cross'

Pope Francis departs Congo for South Sudan

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The Catholic Church is popular in the country of more than 100 million people; this was also evident from the…
UNODC says trafficked medical products kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year, noting that action is needed to stem the flow.

Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year – UNODC

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, the transnational…

Manuela Botey becomes first female PM in Equatorial Guinea

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The US said at the time that it had "serious doubts about the credibility of the announced results". It urged…
Britain’s biggest strike in a decade got under way with up to half a million workers walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

Thousands UK workers stage biggest single-day strike in a decade

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Britain’s biggest strike in a decade got under way on Wednesday, with up to half a million workers walking out…
António Guterres,

UN condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

He also expressed deep concern at the overall rise in instances of discrimination, intolerance, and all acts of violence directed…
U.S. President Joe Biden closes a 3-day NATO summit in Washington with press conference focused heavily on U.S. politics, his mental fitness.

Biden turns down Ukraine’s request for F-16 fighter jets

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Ukraine won a huge boost last week when Germany and the United States announced plans to provide heavy tanks, ending…
Pakistan blast

Taliban claims responsibility for deadly blast in Pakistan mosque

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, with worshippers and some police officers killed.
Russian drone attack destroys Odesa region in Ukraine

China blames U.S. for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, issues warning

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Mao said the U.S. should not cross any “red lines” when it comes to its backing of Taiwan.
Türkiye calls on the U.S., Israel and Iran to cease the exchange of hostilities in their conflict, which began on Saturday.

NATO: Erdoğan signals NATO support for Finland

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Last week, Erdoğan said that Sweden could not count on his country’s support for accession after a right-wing extremist politician…
Shooting at port city of Gqeberha in South Africa

Gunmen invade birthday party, kill celebrator, 7 others

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

An investigation into the attack has been launched, and police have said that a manhunt for the perpetrators is underway.

Scorpion Unit of Memphis Police shut over brutal death of Tyre Nichols

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

"In the process of listening intently to the family of Tyre Nichols, community leaders, and the uninvolved officers who have…

Street protesters in U.S. as African American Nichols dies after brutal police beating

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he was "outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video…

Severe weather kills 4 in Auckland

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Since Friday, Auckland recorded a historical rainfall volume with 249 mm of rain in 24 hours until 1:00 am Saturday.…
Nigeria's former Education Minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, stresses need for Africans to unite and change leadership style on the continent.

Zelenskyy names Ezekwesili, others ‘Grain from Ukraine’ envoys

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Ezekwesili is also the Senior Advisor at the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative; Founder of School of Politics, Policy and…

Biden names ex-aide Jeff Zients as new Chief of Staff

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Zients is regarded as a skilled technocrat who, while lacking Klain's deep political connections, will work to ensure that earlier…

5 Chinese citizens killed in California shooting

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Chunli Zhao, a Chinese citizen and 66-year-old immigrant farm worker, was the lone suspect in the massacre at two mushroom…
U.S. President Joe Biden closes a 3-day NATO summit in Washington with press conference focused heavily on U.S. politics, his mental fitness.

US forces kill top ISIS leader Bilal al-Sudani, 10 militants in Somalia

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Bilal al-Sudani is alleged to be focal to expansion ISIS network across Africa and has also been linked to the…

Iraqi court sentences 14 to death for mass killings of soldiers

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Reports said that some 1,700 soldiers who walked out of an air base, known as Camp Speicher north of Tikrit,…
Zelensky

Canada to send 4 tanks to Ukraine

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The Canadian Armed Forces currently have 82 German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks, but they are in various states of serviceability,…
Russia blames Ukraine for drone attacks on Moscow

Again Zelensky rejects negotiations with Putin

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The president had already banned negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin by decree at the end of September 2022.
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