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Colombia is issuing a passport with the “X” option in the gender box from Thursday, for people who identify as non-binary, the South American country’s foreign ministry said. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognizes gender diversity with the option of recording ‘non-binary’ gender in the passport. This will be identified …

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man after the death of his 17-year-old girlfriend in Koral village, Garki LGA of the state, Nigeria, according to reports. The deceased father reported that his biological daugther left the house and all effort to locate her proved abortive. “The suspect …

Vladimir Putin sent his condolences on Thursday to the ten victims of the plane crash which linked Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Wednesday and whose passenger list included the name of Yevgeny Prigojine, boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. The Russian president thus saluted the memory of a “talented …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has called for an immediate resolution to disagreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that affected flights and issuing of visas. The UAE last year stopped issuing visas to Nigerians after Emirates airlines suspended flights after being unable to repatriate funds from the West African country …

A Good Samaritan has found a 10-year-old boy on Long Bridge, Warewa, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, Nigeria. “The lost his way and had been unable to find his way home,” reports said. “The man saw him wandering on the bridge for quite some time, accosted and immediately …

A Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ikoyi Custodial Centre remanded a 35-year-old woman for threatening to kill and kidnap three minors in Nigeria, according to reports. The woman is facing four counts of threat to kill, publication of pictures of the complainant, reproduction of rumour and threat to kidnap preferred …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reacted after his country was recognized as one of six countries invited to join the Brics bloc from January next year. “A great moment for #Ethiopia,” he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Ethiopia stands ready to cooperate with all for an inclusive …

A Magistrates Court has sentenced two persons for stealing 404 pieces of catfish valued at N606,000 belonging to their boss in the Isabo Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The convicts, who worked on a farm in Ilewo, were indicted on two counts of felony theft. The prosecutor, Olakunle Shonibare, told the …

The European Union has launched a new air bridge carrying humanitarian supplies to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where millions of people are facing hunger. The bloc said almost 200 tonnes of food, medicine and other supplies were being flown to the regional capital, Goma. A similar …

Policemen have arrested 12 suspected Internet fraudsters who buried a newborn alive at Andoni waterfront in Eagle Island, Rivers State capital, Nigeria, according to reports. “Some men were digging the ground and chanting an incatation, he alerted the Azikiwe Police Division in Diobi, Port Harcourt and the officials of the …