Yahaya Yari, Chairman, Talata Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, confirmed the death of two persons following a locally made gun powder explosion that occured on Tuesday at a weekly market in Talata Mafara town. Yari, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday, said the ugly…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, declined to grant an application filed by Sen. Samuel Anyanwu seeking to stop his planned removal as National Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Anyanwu’s motion ex-parte moved by his lawyer, Ken Njemanze, SAN, rather ordered him to put the defendants…
Uganda Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng said eight people have been discharged after recovering from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January after one man, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in…
Assailants have macheted to death a newly-admitted student of mass communication at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, (RUGIPO), Owo, on Tuesday in Ondo State. The student, identified as Oluwaseun Adeleye, was killed at Opomulero Street in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. A student of the institution, who spoke under anonymity on Wednesday, said that…
Over 150 false killer whales have been found stranded on an Australian beach on Wednesday, local authorities stated. Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment said 90 of a pod of 157 animals were still alive at the site near Arthur River, in the island’s North West. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service officer Brendon Clark…
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane is doubtful for their Bundesliga home match against Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday due to calf issues. Kane was subbed off at half-time of Bayern’s Champions League last 16 play-off against Celtic on Wednesday evening. After the game, he said: “I need to get checked and see what’s exactly going on.”…
The Israeli military prosecutor on Wednesday filed indictments against five reservists, alleging severe abuse and injury of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman prison. According to the prosecutor, the abuse included cracked ribs, a punctured lung and a torn rectum. The indictments are the latest stage in a case involving a prisoner captured from an…
Sen Abdul’Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says he will sponsor the medical bills for the victims of gun powder explosion that injured over 40 persons at Talata Mafara weekly market. Alhaji Sha’aya’u Sarkinpawa, the Zonal Coordinator, Sen. Yari’s Constituency Office, Talata Mafara, disclosed this to newsmen, in Talata Mafara on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
UK Defence Secretary, John Healey would travel to meet his Norwegian counterpart as Europe is thrown into turmoil over the future of Ukraine and the continent’s wider security. Healey and Tore Sandvik will meet as European leaders plot their next steps to ramp up defence spending in the face of pressure from the U.S.. America…
U.S. rapper ASAP Rocky has been acquitted in a criminal assault case. The jury announced the verdict after brief deliberations on Tuesday in a Los Angeles court. ASAP Rocky’s partner, singer Rihanna, was present at the weeks-long trial on several days of the proceedings, which saw the 36-year-old accused of two felony counts of assault…
