A 3.4 magnitude quake has been detected in North Korea, a development that may be a sign that Kim Jong-Un has moved ahead with a fresh nuclear test. China’s Earthquake Networks Center said that the tremor was caused by a “suspected explosion” near the site that North Korea conducted its last test in September. The […]
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Five South African policemen arraigned in court on Friday for robbing a Nigerian man of the sum of 61,000 US Dollars. Four of the accused have since been dismissed from the police service over the incident and are also being prosecuted following an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID. The five former policemen […]
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Puerto Rico was on Friday battling dangerous flooding after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, as the death toll there jumped to 13 and authorities rescued nearly 700 people from high waters. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello called Maria the most devastating storm in a century after it destroyed the US territory’s electricity and telecommunications infrastructure. […]
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More than 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of western Libya, the Libyan navy said on Thursday. Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday after they had remained for three days at sea, navy spokesman Ayub Kassem said, without providing further details. The shipwreck occurred off the town of Sabratha, […]
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At least 49 people were killed when a powerful, 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the capital and sowing panic on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 temblor. The preliminary toll from the authorities looked certain to rise, however, as it covered only regions close to Mexico City but not the capital […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has taken his threats against North Korea over its nuclear challenge to another level on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy’’ the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.’’ In a hard-edged speech to the UN General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait […]
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Addressing world leaders at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari says the frontiers of democracy, good governance is expanding in Africa. He urged the international community to come up with strategies and mobilise effort to stop the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) from […]
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Following the devastating effect of category 5 Hurricane Irma, it is expected that Hurricane Maria a dangerous major hurricane as it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. The category one hurricane will rapidly strengthen over the next 48 hours and will hit the islands late on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center says. It […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said more than 500 people have so far died in cholera epidemic sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo. The world body said in a statement that outbreaks of the water-borne disease occur regularly in Congo, mainly due to poor sanitation and the lack of access to clean drinking water. […]
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has named Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, as a member of the International Experts Committee on Tax Matters. The committee has 25 members worldwide. Mr. Fowler’s appointment was conveyed by Bolaji Akinremi, Minister Plenipotentiary of Nigeria Permanent Mission, New York, in a mail to the […]
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