Japanese Emperor Akihito resigns, becomes first monarch to abdicate in 200 years

April 30, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

TOKYO (9News Nigeria) – Japan’s Emperor Akihito has declared his abdication in a historic ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In his last public Read more

FULL DETAIL: CHRISTIANS UNDER PRESSURE IN SRI LANKA FOLLOWING EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS THAT KILLED OVER 200 WORSHIPERS

April 22, 2019 9News Nigeria 1

COLOMBO (9News Nigeria) – More than 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels Read more

Indonesia Election: Joko Widodo on course for victory as election results roll in

April 17, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – Joko Widodo appeared to be heading for victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday as “quick count” results from polling stations Read more

Doctor finds four bees living inside woman’s eye

April 10, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The Read more

JUST IN:Indian tech billionaire gives $7.5 billion to charity

March 17, 2019 Shom Akor 0

Azim Premji Indian Second richest man;the billionaire chairman of Wipro (WIT), is handing shares in the tech company worth nearly 530 billion rupees ($7.5 Read more

Bomb blast: Churches razed down , lives lost as Islamist millitants invade southern Philippines

January 27, 2019 Juliet Obumuneme 0

Islamist millitants,raze down churches and destroy lives with disastrous bomb blast on Sunday, killed between 18 and 27 worshippers,in southern Philippine island after voters backed Read more

BREAKING:President confesses to sexually assaulting housemaid

January 3, 2019 Shom Akor 0

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has confessed to sexually abusing a maid while he was a teenager, according to the BBC. In a speech yesterday, Duterte Read more

Tsunami kills at least 62 in Indonesia, injures hundreds

December 23, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – A tsunami killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater Read more

Lion Air To Resume Search For Victims Of Indonesia Crash

December 17, 2018 Ekene Joel 0

Lion Air plane flying over Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, outside Jakarta. An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing on October 29, 2018 shortly after Read more

Gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Pakistan’s Karachi

November 23, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

ISLAMABAD (9News Nigeria) – Gunmen attacked the Chinese consulate in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi early on Friday and appeared to have entered a part Read more

I Have Never Used A Computer – Minister Reveals

November 16, 2018 Wisdom Nwedene 0

A Japanese Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada in charge of the Government’s cybersecurity strategy has drawn controversy after admitting that he has never used a computer. Sakurada, Read more

Indonesian Lion Air flight with 189 aboard crashes into sea near Jakarta

October 29, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – An aircraft with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Read more

Malaysia Finally Agrees To Abolish Death Penalty

October 11, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Government plans to abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt the 1200 pending executions. Malaysia’s cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty and halt Read more

North Korea Said to Have Stolen a Fortune in Online Bank Heists

October 6, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

WASHINGTON — North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang Read more

Tsunami kills over 380 in Indonesian Island of Sulawesi

September 29, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – At least 384 people were killed, many swept away by giant waves as they played on the beach, when a major Read more

BREAKING:Supreme Court legalizes gay sex

September 6, 2018 Shom Akor 0

India’s Supreme Court on Thursday legalized gay sex. Section 377 of the Indian penal code, enacted by British rulers in 1861, banned “carnal intercourse against Read more

‘Every Nigerian Owes China N15,000’ – Political Analysts

September 5, 2018 Uchenna Mbam 0

For the N3 trillion Nigeria has received from China in the last four years, every Nigerian owes China N15,000 in debt. That’s just N3,000 short Read more

India Trains 22 Nigerian Diplomats

July 31, 2018 Shom Akor 0

A total of 22 Nigerian diplomats are currently undergoing a special training programme at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), New Delhi, India. This two-week training Read more

Breaking:5 Arrested For Smuggling Kidney

July 30, 2018 Shom Akor 0

Police in Nepal have arrested five men in connection with a kidney- smuggling racket allegedly luring poor people to hospitals in India to have their Read more

Busted!! Nigerian Man Deported From India After Giving 17-Year-Old Boy Cocaine To Smuggle (Photo)

July 29, 2018 Uchenna Mbam 0

The Indian Authorities on Saturday Deported a Nigerian National named Idoko Fablan Ojigichi after his bid to smuggle cocaine to Singapore was foiled by a Read more

China chemical plant blast kills 19, injures 12

July 13, 2018 Gbenga Odunsi 0

A major explosion at a chemical plant in southwestern China has killed 19 people and injured 12, authorities said on Friday, the latest deadly industrial Read more

Four Days Of Heavy Downpour Distabilise Mumbai

July 11, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

Four straight days of torrential monsoon rains crippled India’s financial hub, Mumbai, and its suburbs, stalling trains and slowing traffic, the reports had stated on Read more

Court sentences ex-presidential adviser, 13 others to life jail

July 5, 2018 Gbenga Odunsi 0

A Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced an adviser to ousted Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi and 14 others to life in prison for plotting attacks Read more

Militants kidnap 4 judges

July 5, 2018 Gbenga Odunsi 0

Anti-government militants have abducted four judges in Afghanistan’s northern Sari Pul province, head of Provincial Council, Mohammad Rahmani said Thursday. “Taliban militants after fierce fighting Read more

Whale dies after swallowing 80 plastic bags in Thailand

June 2, 2018 Uchenna Mbam 0

A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to nurse the Read more

AirAsia shares fall after chief apologises for backing Malaysia’s Najib

May 14, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Shares in AirAsia Group Bhd (AIRA.KL) fell as much as 10 percent on Monday in the first trading session since Malaysia’s Read more

Video: Police makes shocking discovery at Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister’s apartment

May 13, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Kuala Lumpur (9News Nigeria) – Following tip off from an intelligence report, Malaysian police had yesterday carried out an emergency raid on a luxury apartment Read more

Breaking: Suspected Jihadists Attack Three Churches in Indonesia Leaving Scores Dead

May 13, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA: At least nine people were killed and 40 injured in a wave of blasts including a suicide bombing outside churches in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya on Sunday Read more

Mahathir, age 92, sworn in as 7th Malaysian Prime Minister, becomes world’s oldest leader

May 10, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Kuala Lumpur(9News Nigeria) – Former Malaysian prime minister, Dr. Tun Mahathir Mohammad has been sworn in today, as the 7th Prime Minister of the country. Read more

BREAKING: 92 years old Mahathir re-elected as Malaysia’s Prime Minister

May 10, 2018 9News Nigeria 1

Malaysia’s general election that was extremely boisterous and not without extreme violence too, has made an unexpected turn and the incumbent prime minister, Najib Razak Read more