Researchers unearthed a partial jawbone bearing seven teeth in a cave in Israel representing what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa. This, according to them, showed that “our species” trekked out of that continent far earlier than previously known. Researchers announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 […]
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The policemen responsible for the death of one Ebuka Okori, a Nigerian who lived in South Africa, have been remanded in prison. Okori was allegedly killed by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the Nigeria consulate in […]
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A German male nurse serving a life term for killing six hospital patients with lethal drugs out of “boredom” will face trial for another 97 murders, prosecutors said Monday. The third trial of Niels Hoegel, 41, accused of being the worst serial killer in German post-war history, is expected to start later this year, a […]
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George Weah, football star, has been sworn in as the 24th President of the Republic of Liberia. Weah took his oath of office at exactly noon inside the 35,000 capacity Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia. At least eight African Heads of States, including President Muhammadu Buhari represented by Vice Present Yemi Osinbajo, and […]
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The United Nations has expressed concerns about the swelling numbers of people fleeing English-speaking areas of Cameroon for Nigeria, saying it is particularly worried over safety of women and children. William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), decried the precarious situation of women and children, who make up […]
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Many casualties are expected in the latest attack by terrorists at a highbrow hotel in Kabul. At least four gunmen stormed the iconic Intercontinental Hotel in a night-time raid on Saturday and opened fire on guests and staff. According to AFP, the hours-long assault is still ongoing by midnight GMT. There was no immediate claim […]
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The Nigerian community in South Africa has alleged that a 27-year old member, Ebuka Okori, was killed by the police in Durban in the early hours of Friday. Bartholomew Eziagulu, the Chairman of the Nigerian Union chapter in Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa, disclosed from Durban that the victim was a native of Umunze […]
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Extreme heat has caused several deaths in Australia especially across the states in Victoria on Friday, as five of the eight states and territories sweltered above 40 degrees Celsius, emergency services has said. Since Thursday, emergency workers responded to more than 30 cardiac arrest calls, a significant spike, and several of them had died, Ambulance […]
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Not less than five persons were killed and many wounded Thursday by Storm ‘Friederike’, Germany’s heaviest, in 11 years, the German Press Agency (DPA) reported in an update. The storm swept across Germany from the west. German Weather Service said it is the heaviest storm since 2007. It brought powerful winds, heavy rain and snowfall […]
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Theresa May, British Prime Minister, on Wednesday appointed Tracey Crouch as the country’s minister for loneliness. Crouch is the current junior minister for sport and civil society. May said: “I want to confront this challenge for our society and for all of us to take action to address the loneliness endured by the elderly, by […]
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