At least 47 people were buried when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China early this morning, state media reported. Two people have been confirmed dead after the pre-dawn landslide hit in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing local authorities. State broadcaster CCTV said around 18…
Police operatives in Kenya have arrested two Nigerians in connection with the gruesome m¥rd£r and di§m£mb£ring of a 20-year-old girl named Rita Waeni. The deceased victim, a student of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), was found d£ad in an apartment in the Roysambu area of Nairobi on January 14, 2024, with her…
Unity Party presidential candidate, Joseph Boakai has officially been sworn in as the new President of Liberia. His swearing in marks a significant political shift in the country. The 79-year-old leader, with four decades of political experience, secured his position after winning a closely contested run-off poll against former football star and Ballon d’Or…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Monday said that inadequate equipment and operational vehicles were hampering ongoing war against banditry and kidnappings in FCT. Mr Wike, who said this during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, also blamed the recent surge in kidnappings in some border communities of the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday nullified the N800bn budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalaye Fubara. In December, the governor presented an N800bn 2024 Appropriation Bill to a faction of the Assembly comprising four lawmakers. Following the passage of the budget by the lawmakers, Fubara subsequently signed the…
The academic and non-academic staff unions of Abia State University, ABSU, have embarked on strike over the inability of the state government to pay their members’ outstanding 11-month salary arrears. The workers had, through their various union leaders, given the management of the institution December 31 as the deadline to pay off the salary arrears…
A Nigerian man is reportedly in Warri prison for the heinous crime his friends committed in his apartment. An X user who shared the story said he visited the prison in 2018 where the incarcerated man recounted how two of his friends visited him and he left them in his house and went to…
The family of 12-year-old pupil Dowen College student, late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has announced January 27, 2024, as the date for his burial. A statement released on Monday, January 22, by the family reads; “As a family grappling with the profound sorrow brought about by this inexplicable loss, we have chosen to bid farewell to…
President Bola Tinubu is celebrating former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri, as he turns 50. Omokri, a controversial social commentator and staunch supporter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is marking his 50th birthday on January 22, 2024. Joining a host of others in celebrating Omokri, President Tinubu conveyed his congratulatory message through a…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has given an update on the massive explosion that claimed the lives of victims last Tuesday in the state. In a post via his Facebook page on Sunday, the governor said 90 per cent of victims of the explosion have been discharged from various hospitals, and his administration has…