A suspected drug dealer ran from the Police and buried himself in the mud after he was pulled over in a car full of cocaine and crystal meth. The suspect, Joe Hobson Jr, was pulled over on Interstate 20 near Conyers, Georgia, USA, on March 1 on suspicion of drug trafficking – but fled shortly […]
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President George Weah of Liberia has requested for 6,000 Nigerian teachers. Mr. Weah, who spoke during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, on Monday, admitted that his country’s economy is dwindling but will need Nigeria’s private sector to remain afloat. The Liberian leader maintained that Nigeria deserved special commendation for ensuring peace and stability in the […]
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has accepted a English Football Association charge for “wearing a political message”. Since November, Pep Guardiola has worn a yellow ribbon in a show of support for imprisoned politicians in Catalonia, where he was born and has spent a large part of his life. However, after two warnings, the FA […]
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A Nigerian Olawunmi Bayode has set a new Guinness Record in the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” Category. Bayode, father of three kids, logged 120 hours at 15.30 today at the YouRead Library Yaba in Lagos, beating the previous record set by Nepali Deepak Sharma Bajagain. The latter had 113 hours 15 minutes in 2008. Another […]
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Not less than five people were killed and many left injured in fresh attacks on Fulani communities in Sardauna local government area of Taraba state. According to the spokesman of the police in the state, David Misal, a militia group is suspected of being behind it. Misal told NAN that crisis erupted in Nyiwa and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted that some 900 million people could suffer from disabling hearing loss across the world by 2050. WHO said this in a report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The organisation called on relevant institutions, including governments and their partners to stem the […]
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Not less 28 people have died in the terrorism attacks of Friday at the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters, before being repelled. Although a government source said 16 attackers and defenders died, the AFP learned unofficially that the attacks may have been bloodier than the official narrative, which earlier in the […]
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Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years. After a blast of Siberian weather dubbed“the beast from the east”, southern Britain and Ireland were battered by Storm Emma which blocked roads, grounded planes and stopped […]
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Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days’ time. The weapons he boasted of included a cruise […]
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Ben Enwonwu’s paint of Ile-Ife princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, has fetched in a London auction £1,205,000, four times more than expected. In naira terms, it was sold for N508, 358, 301, an African record. The Nigerian masterpiece, initially declared missing was found in a “modest north London flat” recently. The painting, ranked by […]
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