GUNMEN KILL SIX FRENCH WORKERS IN NIGER WILDLIFE Park

Gunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its wildlife, officials said. “There are…

20 DEAD, 13 WOUNDED IN SUDAN FLOODS

At least 20 people were killed and 13 others wounded Sunday in torrential rains and flooding, the latest victims of days of flooding in Sudan, the civil defence said. Heavy…

WHYTE PROMISES BRUTALITY OVER “PUNCH” THREAT FROM ANTHONY JOSHUA

Dillian Whyte has promised a brutal response after Anthony Joshua threatened to ‘give him a punch’ at the Alexander Povetkin fight. Whyte’s status as the mandatory challenger for the WBC…

CAMEROOM COMMENDS AYADE FOR HOSPITALITY TO ITS REFUGEES IN CROSS RIVER

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has said he is delighted that peace is returning to the southern part of Cameroon, as this will facilitate the return…

GUNMEN ATTACK KATSINA, KIDNAPP GIRL,13

Bandits on Sunday night abducted a 13-year-old girl, Khadijat Mutaka, in the Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Eyewitnesses said the bandits also shot and injured one Ibrahim Yar-Garshe,…

MIKE TYSON’S COMEBACK POSTPONED

Mike Tyson’s comeback against Roy Jones Jr has been postponed, according to RingTV. Tyson, aged 54, and Jones Jr, 51, were due to meet in an exhibition bout on September 12…

EDO ASSEMBLY CRISIS: FACTIONS CONTINUE WORD EXCHANGE OVER PLANNED SITTING IN CLOSE COMPLEX

More violence appeared to be looming on Sunday  in Edo State as factions in the state House of Assembly sharply  disagreed over the proposed sitting of the 17-member faction of…

DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF FAILED CONTRACTORS, NDDC WRITES IG

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, seeking the arrest and prosecution of contractors, who collected mobilisation funds, but refused to…

RIVERS POLICE: CONFIRM RELEASE OF NINE OIL WORKERS

The Police in Rivers State on Sunday confirmed the release of nine workers of Addax Petroleum, who were kidnapped by gunmen at an oil facility off the coast of Nigeria…

NMA APOLOGISES BRAWL, PROBES ENUGU SHAMEFUL ELECTION

The Nigerian Medical Association, on Sunday, announced the setting up of a three-member committee to investigate what it described as “shameful behaviour” exhibited by its members in Enugu State during…