Society

A 40-year-old man was shot dead by a policeman as he drove home from work along Azikoro Road in Yenagoa, the capital of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. The deceased was an electrician from Bobougbene community in Burutu local government area of Delta State, and was carrying a passenger in the front …

Twelve people have been killed in an armed attack on a popular market in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, accoording to reports. “Twenty people were injured in the attack,” according to Kajuru district chief, Kafra Kayino. “The wounded had been taken to hospital and an investigation had been launched to …

Many Nigerians have expressed outrage after the country’s national anthem was changed without much consultation. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the bill to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem which was dropped by a military government in 1978. The newly re-adopted anthem, which begins “Nigeria, We Hail …

A US appeals court in September will consider challenges to a recent law requiring Bytedance (the Chinese company that owns TikTok) to sell the app’s US assets by January 2025, failing which it will be banned in the United States. Very recently, content creators joined Bytedance and the Chinese social …

The famous Paris Saint-Germain footballer, Mbappé, took one look at a young woman that was captured on video and set the web alight during the Cannes Film Festival. In just a few hours, the destiny of this young woman named Léa changed. Kylian Mbappé was with teammate Ousmane Dembélé. In …

The lifeless body of a woman has been found in a bush along Amaraku-Umudim Road in Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. “The deceased woman was pregnant and her upper garment removed by his attackers,” according to reports. “The woman had no blood stain as to be said …

Paul Okoye, one of the members of the Nigerian music duo P-Square, who have renamed themselves Rudeboy, got married for the second time on May 25 as the traditional wedding took place in Abia State, Nigeria. The singer has been divorce from his ex-wife in December 2022, with whom he …

A 27-year-old mother has been charged with poisoning her 10-month-old daughter by ingesting lead pellets and storing the body in a freezer, in the town of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brazil. According to the authorities, “after committing the irreparable act, the suspect placed her daughter’s lifeless body in her home’s freezer.” …

Less than a year after the implosion on June 18, 2023 of the Titan, this submersible from the OceanGate company which transported five people to the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, Larry Connor, an American billionaire, announced that he intented to resume explorations towards the remains of …

Algeria on Tuesday proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages held by Hamas and essentially orders Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive” in Rafah. Algeria’s U.N. Ambassador Amar Bendjama said earlier on Tuesday – after a …