Military jet crashes in northwest Iran, killing two pilots – Agency

An Iranian MiG fighter jet crashed in the Northwest of the country on Wednesday, killing both pilots, the semi-official ILNA News Agency reported. A helicopter from the Red Crescent has been dispatched to the crash site near Sabalan mountain, according to ILNA. (Reuters/NAN)

UK commission uncovers financial scam in Christ Embassy

The Christ Embassy and its Board of Trustees have been indicted for financial misconduct by the United Kingdom Charity Commission after a five-year-long investigation into the church finances. The church’s Founder, Dr. Chris Oyakhilome, presided over the charity’s board of trustees since inception

Nine dead, 100 hospitalised after consuming lambanog liquor

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

Persecution of Christians: US Congressman vows to monitor Fulani attacks and Buhari regime in 2020

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

FG rejects religious freedom violations crime against Nigeria by United States

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

As Balmoral burned, one man survived by hiding in a makeshift ‘coffin’ in his backyard

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

Buhari felicitates Johnson on electoral victory

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

BREAKING: Analyses on how Conservatives win UK election in landslide

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

Court jails Lebanese six months for trafficking cocaine

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,

Buhari condoles Niger Republic over killing of 67 soldiers by Islamist militants

  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,