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Mass shooter Oropeza arrested after days-long manhunt

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Police said they found Oropeza hiding under a pile of laundry in a closet at the home shortly after 6…

Palestinian Jihad leader dies in Israeli prison after 86 days on hunger strike

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

According to the association, that was Adnan’s sixth hunger strike in Israeli prisons, where he had previously survived five to…

King Charles to reuse historic garments for coronation

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Many of the items, such as the crowns and sceptres, date back centuries, but Charles will also reuse some garments…

Palestinian activist Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Adnan was charged with supporting terrorism, belonging to a terrorist organisation, and inciting terrorism. He went on at least five…

Tentative calm returns to Sudanese cities as ceasefire extended

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Both Sudan’s armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group said they would extend a “humanitarian truce” for…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma takes on professorship role

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Ma's responsibilities at the college will include advising on important research topics and giving lectures on management and business start-ups.

Meghan Markle’s estranged father begs for re-unification

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The 78-year-old, who suffered a stroke last year and is reportedly in poor health, hopes that his public plea will…

Biden shades Trump, Fox News, other media outlets

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Zeroing in on what he characterized as "an extreme press," Biden at the same time joked that if he called…

Airstrikes, artillery continue as Sudan fighting enters 3rd week

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

More than 75,000 people were internally displaced within Sudan just in the first week of the fighting, according to the…

U.S busts international network of Nigerian fraudsters: How they operated

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

According to a statement by the United States Department of Justice, the Nigerian fraudsters duped elderly people by allegedly sending…

Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

In his resignation statement, Mr Sharp insisted that his breach of the rules was “inadvertent and not material”.

UN urges activists to apply for SDG Action Awards

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The 2023 UN SDG Action Awards will be presented in Rome, Italy, in July, and the deadline for applications and…

Russia launches 23 missiles at Ukraine’s sleeping cities

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Russia hurled missiles at cities across Ukraine as people slept early on Friday, killing at least 12 people in the…

Parents padlock daughters’ graves to avoid rape in Pakistan

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The scariest necrophilia case ever reported in Pakistan was in 2011 when a grave keeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North…

Turkish President Erdoğan attends virtual ceremony with Putin

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Putin and Erdoğan also discussed the Ukraine war and the Black Sea grain deal in a phone call prior to…

Zambian President orders sale of luxury vehicles bought for gov’t officials

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“Anyone who has bought a VX in central, local, quasi-government institutions, I would like an instruction that must be followed:…

UK PM Rishi Sunak fires letter to Tinubu: What he said

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

He said the summit would be a “key moment” to strengthen UK-Nigerian business partnerships “in order to create jobs and…

Controversial TV Host Jerry Springer dies at 79

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Springer, born on 13 February, 1934, was a British-born American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, lawyer, and politician. He served as…

Gunfire intensified in Sudan’s capital, U.S. pushes to extend truce

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Thousands of people, mainly Sudanese, have been waiting at the border to cross into Egypt, Sudan’s neighbour to the north.

‘Person who produces sperm’ – the new description of a boy, man in US school

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The changes reflect the district’s desire to use “gender-inclusive language,” Principal Sara Jablonski wrote in the letter.

Erdogan suspends election campaign over ‘minor’ health problems

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The joint opposition candidate for president, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, separately wished Erdogan a speedy recovery on Twitter.

UN salutes ‘inspiring’ life of civil rights champion, Harry Belafonte

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Born in 1927 in Harlem, New York, Belafonte was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in 1987.…

Meet Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the woman heading Biden’s re-election campaign

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

From 2008 to 2016, Rodriguez served in the Obama administration, initially working for the United States Secretary of the Interior and later…

Biden becomes oldest American vying for re-election

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

By his age, he is already the oldest US President in history and if he wins the 2024 presidency, he…

JUST IN: Biden announces re-election bid, says he has unfinished job

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Biden, in a video on Tuesday said every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for…

Another U.S governor signs strict abortion bill into law

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

At least 13 states have banned abortion, and North Dakota joins a number of other states in prohibiting abortion after…

India to surpass China as world most populous country

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The main driver of this trend was the fertility level in the two nations, noting that together, China and India’s…

Warring Sudanese factions agree 72-hour ceasefire – US

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in a Tweet on Monday said the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid…

FOX News parts ways with notorious Trump supporter Tucker Carlson

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The announcement came one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over…

420 people killed as European nations, China race to Sudan

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Along with millions of Sudanese without access to basic services and trapped in their homes, thousands of foreign diplomats, aid…

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