Rev. Emmanuel King Ankiambom, a former priest of the Catholic Church, and an erstwhile reverend sister of the same Church, Hycinthia Timbong, on August 22 tied the nub of holy matrimony after renouncing their celibate vows and priesthood in the church. To the shock of curious on lookers, the solemn ceremony took place yet in […] More
Two other prominent Nigerians were yesterday confirmed to be among several others who lost their lives in last Thursday’s stampede in Muna, near Makkah, while the pilgrims were on their way to Jamarat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil. The two Nigerians are: Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, an Appeal Court justice and Emir […] More
Zimbabwe is reportedly facing widespread food shortages, with the situation said to be critical in the country’s rural areas. At least 16% of the country’s estimated 13 million population face food insecurity, according to a new report from the United Sates-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet). Vast areas of southern and western Zimbabwe suffered crop […] More
Arik Airlines is technically bankrupt as unions in the aviation industry has for the second time within a week threatened to disrupt activities of the airline due to huge debt owed aviation Parastatals. INVESTIGATIONS revealed that the troubled airline in dire financial straits plans to cut hundreds of jobs with Pilots of the airline leaving […] More
Paranormal investigators featured on a hit reality TV show died following a hostage standoff with police in Nevada, police said Thursday. The Sparks Police Department identified Mark Constantino and his estranged wife Debby Constantino — who appeared on the Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” series — as the victims in Tuesday afternoon’s incident in Sparks […] More
At least 717 pilgrims have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage and 863 injured in crush at Mina outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence directorate said, as the death toll continued to rise. The directorate said at least 863 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, […] More
A top US executive at Volkswagen has admitted that his company “totally screwed up”. It cheated on emissions test and now says 11 million cars worldwide are affected. The company is spending 7 billion so far on the scandal. Source: Goodmorning America Volkswagen shares have tumbled more than 20%, their biggest ever one-day fall, as […] More
A federal jury on Monday convicted a man of murder for pushing his wife to her death off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary, rejecting his claim that her fall was a tragic accident. It took the jury about 10 hours to find Harold Henthorn, […] More
Pope Francis is just hours away from arriving to the USA and he is topping off his visit to Cuba celebrating another mass in Santiagao de Cuba attended by thousands. He will be greeted by President Barack Obama as he arrives in Washington DC, this afternoon on his first leg of a 3 city tour […] More
Burkina Faso’s army chiefs and French President Francois Hollande on Monday ordered coup leaders to lay down their arms as troops headed from the provinces towards the capital Ouagadougou. France had condemned the military coup in Burkina Faso and urged its residents in the country to stay indoors. The former colonial power called for the […] More