Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has revealed that terrorists from Mali were attempting to cross to the South-West through the Oke Ogun boundary. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said this during his visit on Monday. Nigeria shares boundary with Benin Republic at Saki…
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners to either update their mobile operating system or buy a new smartphone. Any iPhone not running iOS 9…
About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching for up to 20 others still believed missing. Tunisian coast guard boats and local fishermen found and retrieved the bodies…
The spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general says three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in the Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants BANGUI, Central African Republic — Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants, the…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria Church (Church of the Brethren) at Pemi village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, killing at least five persons, Igbere TV has learnt. According to SR, the ugly incident occurred on Thursday when the attackers also burnt down many houses, cars,…
Fears are growing for a four year-old boy missing since his mother allegedly left him alone at a city bus station on December 15. Marceliano Pinkey was last seen at the travel hub in Downtown Houston last Tuesday, with police investigators saying they believe the youngster subsequently boarded a bus with an unidentified man later…
A huge Christmas morning bomb believed to have been hidden in a motorhome wrecked a street in Nashville. The blast went off shortly after 6:40am EST on Friday, with the Tennessee city’s police department since saying they believe the explosion to have been ‘an intentional act.’ The explosion that appeared to be intentional shook a…
A British pilot who “crushed the brains” of his baby daughter is now jailed for 20 years today, Dec 22. Mohamed Barakat, 42, was jailed after being found guilty of murdering his daughter while intoxicated by drink and drugs at a luxury hotel in Kazakhstan. The airbus captain fractured the skull of one-year-old Sophia by banging…
A toddler was allegedly strangled to death and thrown in an oven by his grandparents after he ‘cried too much’ while they were babysitting. His devastated parents Maria, 20, and Dmitry, 25, returned home to find only the clothes of their son Dima, 2. They discovered his remains dumped outside the house in the snow,…
The New Orleans Police Department has declared a man wanted for committing “unnatural sex acts with two horses.” Police say the animal abuse incident happened at around 2:15 a.m. at stables on Filmore Ave. in New Orleans City Park on Tuesday, December 15. “An unknown male wearing a striped shirt with a distinctive tattoo on…
