Ex-Bosnian Croat leader commits suicide in court
Ex-Bosnian Croat leader Slobodan Praljak has died after drinking poison at a UN war crimes court in The Hague: Croatia’s state TV He took the court by surprise as he brought out a liquid...
Monthly Archive: November 2017
Wizkid beats Jay Z, Lamar, Drake to MOBO award
The Nigerian artist Wizkid may have missed the Grammy nomination this year, but he beat a strong field including Jay-Z, Drake, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar to net the best international artist prize at...
Manchester United’s fittest player revealed – and it takes everyone by surprise
All professional footballers should be fit, but the player declared the ‘fittest’ from Manchester United training this week is someone often accused of the exact opposite. Luke Shaw is reportedly the fittest member of...
Imported banana floods Abuja markets
Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well as the health of consumers. An investigation by News...
North Korea rocket can hit any US city: Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Wednesday his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully testing a new missile capable of hitting anywhere in the United States. The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)...
The religious noise of Lagos
I’m really looking forward to the day Lagos State Government will summon the political will to begin to implement its law on noise pollution. That would surely be the day sanity will return to...
Demand for wives is fuelling the abduction of women from abroad
HUONG was only 15 when she went out to meet a friend in Lao Cai, a city in northern Vietnam on the Chinese border (see map). She thought she would be gone a few...
Police arrest 86-year-old woman for robber
Police in Philadelphia, U.S., have arrested an 86-year-old woman for an attempted robbery after she pointed a gun at a bank teller and demanded $400, police say. Reports say that Emily Coakley, who uses...
Disabled device or not, Google accesses Android users’ locations
Google admits to collecting Android users’ locations even when devices are disabled, a Quartz investigation reported on Thursday. “It seems quite intrusive for Google to be collecting such information that is only relevant to...
Pastor dies during sex romp with 19-year-old girl
A Pentecostal pastor has reportedly died during an alleged sex romp with a 19-year-old-girl in a hotel room in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta. Delta Police Command Spokesperson, DSP Andrew Aniamaka,...
