Teenager kills mom with hammer, knife
A 16-year-old boy in Japan was arrested Saturday after he confessed to killing his mother by repeatedly striking her head with a hammer and stabbing Read more
A 16-year-old boy in Japan was arrested Saturday after he confessed to killing his mother by repeatedly striking her head with a hammer and stabbing Read more
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bid goodbye to staff and Permanent Representatives at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, being his last official working day Read more
Two suicide bombers ripped through a busy market area in central Baghdad Saturday, shattering a relative lull in attacks in the capital and marring preparations Read more
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, said the country lost $198.7 million in 2014 to the crude oil-for-product swap and the Offshore Processing Arrangements, Read more
The Directorate of State Services has reported various successes in smashing criminal gangs, including kidnappers, fraudsters and Boko Haram terrorists. In the latest update of Read more
The South Africa Energy Department said retail price of petrol would rise by 4 per cent from Jan. 4. In a statement in Johannesburg late Read more
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the N30, 000 monthly stipends for beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme -the job creation programme of the Read more
A Canadian man punched a cougar in the face to stop it attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food store in Read more
Many people would argue that 2016 has been the year of celebrity deaths. Others might say it was the year of “fake news.” A story Read more
Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has recovered from a hamstring injury for the London derby against Crystal Palace but winger Theo Walcott and left back Kieran Read more
A man purporting to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, denied the jihadist group has been pushed out of Read more
The Philadelphia Zoo has euthanized a 25-year-old lioness believed to have been the oldest lion in the United States after the animal suffered an acute Read more
Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017 under a last-minute deal struck by political parties Read more
A host of recession-ravaged Nigerians are in a hurry to bid year 2016, which ends today, good bye. Arguably, 2016 has been a year of Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has once again declared that President Muhammadu Buhari was only fighting his perceived political foes under the guise of Read more
No fewer than 40 families were on Wednesday rendered homeless after an early morning fire razed a batcher village in Rumuolumeni clan, Obio/Akpor Local Government Read more
The Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan has said the unrest in Southern Kaduna State has claimed 808 lives. Fifty three villages have so far been attacked Read more
Tennis great Serena Williams has announced her engagement to the co-founder of social media website Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. The 35-year-old winner of 22 grand slam Read more
A 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged over making threats online targeting Sydney’s New Year’s Eve festivities. Officers from the NSW Police Force Terrorism Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey went into effect in war-ravaged Syria at midnight Thursday, a potential breakthrough in the six Read more
President Barack Obama on Thursday hit Russia with new sanctions over its computer hacking and interference in the November presidential election and other Russian actions, Read more
Kingsway International Christian Centre, a 12,000-member megachurch in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to a Ponzi scheme after trustees carelessly Read more
Bad weather has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari’s flight to Bauchi today. The scheduled visit has been postponed, according to Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on Read more
The Nigerian police said they have arrested a man plotting, with some other people at large, to bomb the pivotal Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. Read more
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned Read more
LAGOS (Reuters) – A plot to blow up a major bridge in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos has been foiled following the arrest of a 43-year-old Read more
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left another 10,000 Read more
Lagosians consume N3 billion worth of food items daily, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode revealed at a Food Security Summit in Lagos today. He said the high Read more
OPEC oil output is likely to reach its highest in recent history in September, a Reuters survey found weekend, as Iraq boosted northern exports and Read more
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has confirmed that 65 passengers have been released from a Libyan plane owned by Afriqiyah Airways that was hijacked to Read more
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