Spanish police have busted the owners of a funeral parlour in Valencia for allegedly selling dead bodies to university research departments for 1,200 euros per corpse. The four suspects, two owners and two employees, also helped the universities dispose of the bodies after they had been studied by incinerating them or disposing of their dismembered…
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, state in a controversial case related to a leaked document. The sentence, handed down today following a trial held inside the jail where Khan has been detained for much of the time since his arrest in August, comes as the country…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face World champions, Argentina in a friendly billed for March at the Olympics Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou China. The announcement of the game followed AFA’s agreement with a Chinese corporation The game will is expected to resume hostilities between the Super Eagles and Argentina two team that have…
The embattled former Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, has been arraigned before a federal High Court for fraud Oluomo was arraigned alongside two other principal career officers of the assembly, Dayo Samuel and Adeyemo Adedeji, before the court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta and presided over by Justice O.O Okeke….
Eleven farmers have been killed in Firgi community, Pulka Ward, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State after stepping on Improvised Explosive Device (IED). An open-body vehicle conveying the farmers to their farmlands stepped on an IED and immediately exploded, killing the farmers and two others on their bicycles. The passengers of the vehicle died…
The kick off time for the Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday, 25 February has been altered Instead of the 4:30 it was originally scheduled, the match will now start by 3pm based on police advice. The match has been designated a ‘high-risk’ fixture. The fixture kicked off at 16:30…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed sadness over the pronouncement of Republic of Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali announcing their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Monday, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, said Nigeria remained opened for engagement with the three countries….
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has slammed the Federal Government for “running the economy on palliatives” since the removal of petrol subsidy some eight months ago. Sowunmi, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, called on the President Bola Tinubu administration to increase workers’ salaries…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to comments by Oyo state governor that he has not reached out to him since the unfortunate explosion which claimed five lives and injured many others happened in Ibadan Governor Seyi Makinde while playing host to former Anambra governor Peter Obi faulted Atiku’s refusal to reach out to…
The Teranga Lions of Senegal have crashed out of the African Cup of Nations after losing 5-4 on penalties to hosts, Ivory Coast. Regulation time and extra time ended 1-1 but Moussa Niakhate crashed his kick against the post as the Ivorians, who got to this stage as one of the third-best teams in the…
