The Confederation of African Football, CAF have fined Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang $10,000 for his recent social media outburst. CAF said the post had tarnished its “honor and image”. Aubameyang posted on social media after Gabon spent the night on an airport floor ahead of an African Cup of Nations qualifier in November. The player and his…
Two siblings, Ifeanyi Anyanwu and Tochukwu Anyanwu have been shot dead by some unknown gunmen, suspected to be cultists in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The late Ifeanyi, 47, and Tochukwu, 45 were professional architects and surveyors respectively and were killed by their assailants at about 9.23 pm on Monday, after returning from work and…
A 12-year-old rape victim has given birth to twins in Argentina after being denied an abortion by local authorities amid tough restrictions on abortion in the country. According to Mail Online, Authorities in Jujuy forced the child to remain pregnant until the twins could be safely delivered by cesarean section despite abortion only legalized in…
A young Benue local government staff died on Wednesday morning, December 9, after setting himself ablaze over alleged non-payment of three years allowance. The young man identified as Aondona Yaga was until his death, a casual staff at the Gwer local government secretariat, Aliade. According to his grandmother who was seen around his abandoned corpse,…
There are reports of a light aircraft crashing on Wednesday, December 9 in Maili Saba, in Isiolo County of Kenya. According to reports, there’s been no news of casualties so far. The number of occupants aboard the aircraft whose registration number is 5Y-VBB also remains unknown.
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecommunications companies to halt the sale and activation of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). This comes ahead of an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. In a statement on Wednesday, Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, said the directive will be in effect until the audit is completed. He noted that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for his second five-year term. The swearing-in ceremony took place in the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, briefly before the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced. Meanwhile, before the swearing-in ceremony of…
A self-proclaimed devil worshipper charged in a 2016 Texas slaying has been arrested for killing again after being released on bond. 23-year-old Edward O’Neal was locked up for four years while awaiting trial in the stabbing death of his 16-year-old friend Ryan Roberts, according to local outlets. In August, he was freed on a lowered $25,000…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber, Mohammed Sani for killing a commercial motorcyclist in Zengeru town. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect and his gang members lured the deceased to a forest where they hacked him to…
Two persons were gunned down at about 7:33 pm on Tuesday as rival cult groups clashed at Akara junction along Iyara road in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, GIOTV reports. One person who sustained gunshot wounds escaped from the scene of the incident. Details as to why the deceased was shot dead…