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41-gun salute for British monarch Charles’s first anniversary

Britain’s King Charles III on Monday marked the first anniversary of his coronation following a difficult year that has seen a cancer diagnosis...

Again, two Nigerians killed in South Africa, a month after killing five

Two more Nigerians have been killed in cold blood in Germiston, South Africa, exacerbating the pain and grief of losing five of their...

37-year-old Australian MP allegedly drugged, sexually assaulted

Brittany Lauga, a 37-year-old member of parliament for Queensland, has reported to the Australian Police that some unidentified thugs drugged and sexually assaulted...

Kenya flood disaster: Death toll rises to 188, 90 people missing

The Kenyan Government has disclosed that the number of people who have lost their lives in the floods wrecking havoc in the country...

Suspected killer of 14-year-old Nigerian Daniel Anjorin in East London sword attack hauled up in court

Following the killing of 14-year-old Nigerian Daniel Anjorin in an east London sword attack, authorities have charged a 36-year-old man with murder. The...

London sword attack on Anjorin: 36-year-old suspect in police net

The 36-year-old suspect in the fatal London sword attack is currently being held by police while he recovers in a hospital. The suspect,...

14-year-old Nigerian-born, Daniel Anjorin named as the victim of a sword attack in London

The 14-year-old boy killed by a sword-wielding man in Hainault, London has been named by Met Police as Daniel Anjorin. Four other people,...

South African Police kill Nigerian in his house, NUSA mourns

The Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA) has been thrown into grief following the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Chika Aniuno, by the South...

Two years after relocating to UK, abusive Nigerian beats wife to death with son’s skateboard

An abusive husband has beaten his wife fatally using their son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission to enter from superiors. Officers...

Tinubu to Dutch PM: Nigeria’s lithium deposits can power world’s clean energy future

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s high-grade lithium deposits are a catalyst for a clean energy transition in the world. The Nigerian President made...

Oil prices jump on escalating crises in Middle East

Oil prices jumped on Friday while Asian markets tumbled, with global investors worrying about an escalation in conflict in the Middle East after...

ECOWAS Deploys A Fact-Finding Mission To Togo

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu TOURAY, has deployed a Fact-Finding mission to Togo to interact with key stakeholders on...

Billionaire businesswoman gets lethal injection for embezzling $12bn

A Vietnamese court on Thursday sentenced Truong My Lan, the head of a real estate giant, to death in a fraud case totaling...

New York records 4.8 magnitude earthquake

The earthquake sent tremors from Philadelphia to Boston and jolting buildings in Manhattan and throughout the five boroughs. A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled...

Nigeria’s Sen. Barau emerges acting Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin emerged on Thursday in Abuja as acting Speaker of the sixth legislature of the Parliament of the Economic...

Tinubu calls for direct elections into ECOWAS parliament

President Bola Tinubu, at the swearing-in of 97 members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), called for...