Nine people died and more than 100 were hospitalised after drinking local liquor made from coconut sap in two separate incidents in the Philippines, police said Monday. Eight people died after drinking a local brand of the traditional liquor, known as lambanog, at
Prominent human rights champion, US Congressman Chris Smith, has welcomed the addition of Nigeria to the persecutors warning list, promising to monitor Fulani attacks and the Muamad Buhari regime in 2020. Mr. Smith, the congressman who traveled the most in Nigeria to meet
The Federal Government has rejected the United States designation of Nigeria as a country that engages in or tolerates severe violations of religious freedom, saying the “iniquitous tag stems from an orchestrated narrative that has long been discredited”. In a statement issued in
Steve Harrison is lucky to be alive. The 67-year-old artist became trapped on his property as the Green Wattle Creek fire roared towards his home in Balmoral in the NSW Southern Highlands on Saturday afternoon. His wife had already evacuated but Mr Harrison
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated the British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson, over his victory at the last United Kingdom general election, where his party won in landslide. President Buhari, in a statement issued on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media
Johnson claims mandate to ‘get Brexit done’ with Tories heading to biggest victory since Thatcher era; Labour leader says he will quit; relief for UK Jews, Israel Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party on Friday won a majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament
Adebisi Onanuga A Federal High Court, Lagos, Thursday sentenced a Lebanese drug trafficker, Charbel Chalouhi, to six months imprisonment for unlawful dealing in 1.2 grams of cocaine. Justice Nicholas Oweibo handed down the sentence following a plea bargain agreement with the prosecuting agency,
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attack in Inates, western region of Niger Republic, which killed 67 military personnel, with 34 people still unaccounted. Buhari, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu,
Finland’s Sanna Marin, 34, was officially appointed as the country’s prime minister on Tuesday, becoming the world’s youngest sitting head of government. The former transport minister takes the helm of a coalition of five parties that will all be led by women, once
An Algerian court has convicted two former Algerian prime ministers and other senior officials to prison in a corruption case. Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years and Abdelmalek Sellal to 12 years in prison on charges of squandering public funds and abusing