Spanish police were on Wednesday looking for 14 migrants, all passengers on a commercial flight, who fled after their plane made an emergency landing at Barcelona airport following a medical emergency believed to be put on on stage, authorities said. In total, around 30 people tried to “escape” from this …
Read More »Nigeria: Abuja-Kaduna rail service resumes
Nigeria’s state railway company on Monday resumed a popular train service between the capital Abuja and the northern state of Kaduna, suspended since in March after gunmen killed passengers and kidnapped several dozen, local media reported. Nigeria is battling insecurity in the north from armed gangs who attack villages and …
Read More »Boxer dies inside ring after heavy punch in Nigeria
A boxer representing Imo State at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Nigeria, slumped and died in the boxing ring after the opponent landed a heavy punch to his chin. During the 86kg duel, the boxer fell face flat in the ring and failed to rise up for the remaining …
Read More »Nigeria: teenager abandoned by ritualists over strange mark
A missing 17-year-old girl has been found abandoned by her captors in Ugbolu in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It was learnt that three men bundled her inside a tricycle and zoomed off but later abandoned her. “The girl was found at Ugbolu in the Oshimili …
Read More »Nigeria: man strangled lover for packing her bags
A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for strangling his 22-year-old lover in Ogbomoso area of Nigeria. Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the deceased to an isolated place where he strangled her to death. He feared she would reveal details of their administered oath …
Read More »China announces general relaxation of its anti-Covid rules
China announced on Wednesday a general relaxation of health rules against Covid, authorizing certain positive cases to quarantine at home and reducing its use of generalized PCR tests. The change comes days after historic angry protests across the country. According to the new instructions unveiled by the National Health Commission …
Read More »“Humanity has become a weapon of mass destruction” – UN chief
Humanity has become a “weapon of mass extinction” of nature that “we treat like a toilet”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday at a ceremony in Montreal on the eve of of COP15 on biodiversity. “With our boundless appetite for uncontrolled and unequal economic growth, humanity has become …
Read More »Moroccan King in the street to celebrate national team’s qualification
Moroccan King Mohammed VI, sporting the red star with the green star and the national flag, was seen aboard a white sedan circulating in the middle of the crowd in Rabat, shortly after the victory of Morocco against Spain. It was total joy in the streets of Morocco on Tuesday. …
Read More »Nigeria: 11-year-old girl rapped by several men
Five men were arraigned by the police before a Magistrate Court for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Buguma in the Asari Toru local government area of the state, Nigeria. Before the matter went to court, the victim told newsmen that the suspects included her stepfather, her school class teacher, …
Read More »Cocoa farmer killed by a fallen tree in her farm
A 65-year-old cocoa farmer was found dead under a tree in a bush at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Some of her family members thronged to the farm in search of her after she spent more than the usual time in the …
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