Gunmen who abducted National Youth Service Corps members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja three days ago have contacted their families with a ransom demand of N20 million per victim, a family source has confirmed. The abduction occurred along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The corps members had just…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has mounted a public counter to Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, unveiling a large sign on Canada’s shoreline. The sign bears the words: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” Standing before the new sign, Ford was direct. “Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario….
A night of music in Aarau ended before dawn with one woman dead and a gunman on the run. Swiss police have launched a large-scale manhunt after a 22-year-old woman was shot dead and five others wounded at a rave held at a horse racing track in Aarau. The town of approximately 23,000 people is…
Liverpool and Nottingham Forest shared a 2-2 draw at Anfield in a pulsating Premier League encounter. The result leaves both managers waiting for their first wins since taking charge of their respective sides this summer. Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool twice found themselves behind and twice battled back, with Victor Munoz capping his full debut with a…
Shots rang out near the presidential palace before dawn. However, authorities are yet to explain why. Gunfire and explosions were heard across parts of Niamey, Niger’s capital, in the early hours of Saturday morning. This triggered widespread fear of a coup attempt or jihadist attack as Nigerien authorities maintained silence throughout the morning. A resident…
Nigerian police have rescued two Colombian women held captive by a human trafficking syndicate in Lagos. This follows intelligence received from INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau in Bogotá. Force PRO Ani Iniedu confirmed the operation in a statement issued on Saturday from Abuja. The intelligence was received on August 26, 2026, alerting Nigerian authorities that two…
US President Donald Trump has announced what he described as a “historic” agreement. One that would give the United States control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump said the deal would more than double US oil reserves, increase the country’s oil supply and help reduce petrol prices for American…
Greenland’s government has said it cannot conclude that genocide was committed against the island’s Inuit population through a decades-old forced contraception programme. Justice Minister Marianne Paviasen said the government could not determine whether the policy amounted to genocide. This comes after experts released two reports examining the treatment of Greenlandic women and girls during the…
Ecuador’s former President Lenin Moreno has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to five years in prison by an Ecuadorian court. The case is connected to the construction of the country’s largest hydroelectric plant. Judge Manuel Cabrera of the tribunal delivered the ruling on Friday, saying Moreno’s conduct was “consistent with the charges brought by…
He became king at three years old and never knew life without a crown. Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the King of Tooro in western Uganda and holder of the Guinness World Record as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 34. Tooro’s Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki announced…
