Finland releases two suspects in knife attack probe
Finnish authorities on Tuesday said they had released two of the four suspects held in custody following this month’s stabbing attack that killed two and wounded eight. All four had been placed in...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills five in Kabul bank blast
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a bank in the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, days ahead of the Eid holiday, killing five people and injuring several others in an attack claimed by the Taliban....
View ArticleHeavy rains bring Mumbai to a standstill
Heavy rains lashed India’s financial hub Mumbai on Tuesday, snarling road, rail and air traffic as the incessant downpour waterlogged low-lying areas. The local weather office warned that heavy showers...
View ArticleEx-Katsina Senator, Kanti Bello is dead
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina. A two-term senator representing Daura zone from Katsina state, Muhammad Kanti Bello died early Tuesday morning in Abuja. Senator Kanti Bello reportedly died in his Abuja...
View ArticleTwo arrested for allegedly killing monkeys
Authorities in Central Vietnam have detained two men accused of shooting dead four rare monkeys in a protected national park, an official said on Tuesday. Hoang Duc Ai, 43, and an alleged accomplice,...
View ArticleMerkel calls for extension of EU border controls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for an extension of EU border controls in the passport-free Schengen area beyond a planned end in November. Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and...
View ArticleEid-el-Kabir: Ram sellers groan over low patronage
Ram sellers in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Tuesday expressed concern over low patronage by customers barely three days to Sallah. The ram sellers made their positions known in separate interviews in Zaria....
View ArticleBuhari says economy improving, Labour Party disagrees
Olusola Fabiyi, Everest Amaefule, Olalekan Adetayo, Ifeanyi Onuba and Okechukwu Nnodim President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he was pleased with the progress being witnessed in all sectors of the...
View ArticleLife returns to Lake Chad island despite Boko Haram threat
Gaou Moussa stands in front of his family home nestled in the dense vegetation of Chad’s Tchoukouli island, where burnt straw and charred wood still litter the ground from a Boko Haram attack three...
View ArticleKogi govt house security on rampage, beats Channels TV reporter to stupor
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Security personnel attached to Kogi state government house went on rampage on Monday night and beat up Channels TV reporter, Segun Salami. Salami is currently receiving treatment...
View ArticleStudent convicted of killing policeman may get death sentence
A court in Sudan convicted a university student on Tuesday of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer told AFP. Asim Omer, who was studying at Khartoum...
View ArticleSallah: FRSC deploys 33,000 personnel, 859 patrol vehicles, others
The Federal Road Safety Corps has approved the deployment of 33,000 regular and special marshals, 859 patrol vehicles, 106 ambulances, 267 motorbikes and 22 tow trucks for the 2017 Eid-el-kabir...
View ArticleMacron condemns Maduro’s dictatorship in Venezuela
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of creating a “dictatorship” on Tuesday in one of the harshest condemnations yet of the South American regime by a European...
View ArticleLake Rice sale: Lagos residents besiege designated centres
More Lagos State residents on Tuesday besieged the centres designated by the State Government for the sale of Lake Rice as part of activities marking the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The...
View ArticleLibyan coastguard rescues 300 off Tripoli
Libya’s coastguard rescued more than 300 migrants on Tuesday at sea west of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman said. “Coastguards rescued early morning today 140 illegal migrants west of Tripoli and...
View ArticleBoko Haram rehab centre unsettles Gombe residents
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The location of a de-radicalisation and rehabilitation centre for captured Boko Haram insurgents in Gombe State is generating security concern among residents, it was learnt on...
View ArticleBank of Industry approves N5bn intervention fund for miners
Everest Amaefule and Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Bank of Industry and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development on Tuesday sealed a N5bn financing pact under the Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners...
View ArticleGroup gives Akeredolu one month to send anti-grazing bill to Assembly
Peter Dada, Akure A group of youths in Ondo State has issued one month ultimatum to the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, to send anti-grazing bill to the Ondo State House of Assembly. The group...
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PHOTOS: Ram sellers take over Mpape bridge in Abuja
Ram sellers on Tuesday took over Mpape Bridge on Kubuwa Expressway, Abuja. Photos: Olatunji Obasa
View ArticleEnugu APC threatens to expel foreign affairs minister, Onyeama
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has threatened to expel Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, for allegedly altering the list of delegates...
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