1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (258+ words) The Nigerian Army has clarified reports surrounding the alleged abduction of Islamic scholars in Zamfara State, saying the victims were not kidnapped at the residence of Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari in Talata Mafara. The Army confirmed, however, that some persons…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (503+ words) Details surrounding the deaths of a couple whose bodies were found at a holiday villa in Spain have emerged, with a coroner reportedly identifying electrocution as the most likely cause. Patrick and Thomasina Tobin were vacationing in Cullera, Valencia, with…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (361+ words) The Ebonyi State Police Command on Saturday said it rescued an abducted Methodist Church cleric, Reverend Ede Sunday. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement in Abakaliki, the state capital. He added that…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (411+ words) The traditional ruler of Igbesi community in the Isin local government area of Kwara, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, who was recently rescued from abductors, has died. Tribune Online gathered that the monarch died early Saturday morning after a brief…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (219+ words) Twenty-five people have been killed after a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship at a port in eastern China, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The vessel was undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Qingdao when the fire…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (311+ words) A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was delayed in Moldova after a Russian drone entered the country’s airspace, forcing a temporary shutdown of flights. Zelensky and his wife, Olena, were at Chisinau International Airport preparing to fly to Norway…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1559+ words) They wanted joint degrees and visiting professors from Harvard and Oxford. What they got instead were Zoom calls, WhatsApp fieldwork and co-supervision on Google Docs at 2am. MODUPE GEORGE reports how insecurity is strangling academic partnerships in Nigerian universities and forcing…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (403+ words) More flights are expected to be delayed in the United Kingdom (UK) after a technical problem with the country’s air traffic control system led to more than 2,000 cancellations. A total of 291 flights were cancelled on Wednesday after 1,750 were cancelled on…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (715+ words) Lawyers and other stakeholders from Ondo State have accused the Federal Ministry of Works of marginalizing coastal communities in Ilaje Local Government Area through the alleged diversion of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway inland through Edo State. The stakeholders made the…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (280+ words) Reigning Miss Austria beauty queen Lucia Sisic has died at the age of 22 after living with a lifelong heart condition. Mission Austria, which organises the Miss Austria and Mister Austria beauty pageants, announced her death on Monday, describing it as…...