I was forced to quit the Vatican when I discovered financial irregularities...
The Vatican said Sunday it had been forced to oust its former auditor general — who resigned without explanation in June — because he had been spying on senior officials. In the latest scandal to...
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Lagos completes removal of dilapidated Fadeyi pedestrian bridge
The Lagos State Government has completed the removal of the dilapidated and disused steel pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi Bus Stop along Ikorodu Road. The removal of the bridge was completed 24 hours ahead...
View ArticleAnambra : Ohanaeze tasks INEC on credible poll
Tony Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to rekindle people’s hope and belief in the country’s electoral system by...
View ArticleZimbabwean pastor arrested in church over video post
Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire was on Sunday arrested during a church service after he posted a video bemoaning the country’s worsening economic troubles, his lawyer said. The charismatic...
View ArticleStudent to die by hanging for killing policeman
A court in Sudan on Sunday sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer said. Asim Omer, who was...
View ArticleNigeria needs restructuring to create balance —Tinubu
TOBI AWORINDE A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said restructuring will bring much needed balance to the country. The former Lagos State governor,...
View ArticleICYMI: We don’t see IPOB as terrorist organisation – US
Chukwudi Akasike, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Bayo Akinloye and Olaleye Aluko The United States Government has said it does not consider the Indigenous People of Biafra a terrorist organisation. Last week, the...
View ArticleIDPs protest in Maiduguri
The Bama Initiative for Human Development, an NGO, on Sunday in Maiduguri staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their respective communities...
View ArticleFlood sacks Cross River communities
Twelve communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River have been flooded following two days of heavy rain, while more than 3,000 farmlands were equally destroyed. The incident, which occurred...
View ArticleICYMI: 15-year-old boy caught having sex with goat
Enyioha Opara The Niger State Police Command, on Saturday, said it had arrested one Kabiru Idi, 15, of Gbeganu area, in Bosso Local Government Area for having sex with a goat. Idi was arrested by...
View ArticleTwo more US Senators signal opposition to Obamacare overhaul
Two Republican senators signalled strong opposition Sunday to their party’s latest bid to overhaul Obamacare, dealing a potentially fatal blow to one President Donald Trump’s top legislative goals....
View ArticleAttack on Osun commissioner in Ondo barbaric – Aregbesola
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The cold war between Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola and his Ondo State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), may soon escalate following the attack on the Osun State...
View ArticleAppointments: Era of `godfatherism’ over – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that as far as Federal Government appointments to public offices and key positions are concerned, the era of “godfatherism’’ is...
View ArticleAngela Merkel wins fourth term
Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard right AfD, the best showing for a nationalist force...
View ArticleSON reduces product certification time-frame to 20 days
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has said it would support the Federal Government’s Executive Order on ease of doing business through the reduction of timelines for test of...
View ArticleRussian general killed fighting IS in Syria
A Russian general was killed while battling Islamic State group militants near the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, Moscow’s defence ministry said Sunday. “Division general Valeri Assapov was killed...
View ArticleJapan’s Abe triggers snap election amid North Korea crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe...
View ArticleKillers, rapists among dozens in India jailbreak
Scores of juvenile inmates, including killers and rapists, staged a mass breakout from a detention center in eastern India after cutting through metal windows and gates, police said Monday. Thirty-four...
View ArticleCustoms arrest man with gold-filled bottom
Sri Lanka customs arrested an India-bound air passenger attempting with “difficulty” to smuggle nearly one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold stuffed in his rectum, a spokesman said Monday. Officials were...
View ArticlePolice arrest 20-year-old man over London train bomb attack
Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man in Wales in connection with the London Underground train bombing this month, bringing the number of people in custody to four. The man was arrested before...
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