An accident which occured along Nteje-Awka-Onitsha Expressway, on Thursday has left at least one person believed to be the conductor of one of the vehicles dead According to reports the crash occurred at about 4:30 pm and it involved the driver of a commercial Mercedes Actros truck with registration number WKR824XA. Eyewitnesses who saw what…
The police in Bauchi state have rescued a 5-year-old boy who was found chained by his father and starved for three days. The rescue came after a tip-off from concerned neighbours in the Gwallagan Mayaka area in Bauchi metropolis. The police got wind of the child abuse on July 3, 2024, when the ward head…
A Nigerian man Anjola Olupitan has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the fastest 10 metres walk on hands with legs behind the head with 12.52 seconds. The attempt was made in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, on 24 February 2024. This was made by the GWR on X.com on Thursday. GWR wrote, “New record:…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said no fewer than 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had either experienced various degrees of flooding or recorded casualties as rains intensified. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Utsev, who dropped the hint during a press briefing in Abuja, warned that 21 more states…
Host Germany will face their biggest test on Friday as they face arguably the best team of Euro 2024 so far in a huge quarter-final match at Arena Stuttgart In many ways, this is a game that would have been a fitting final, but one of the two heavyweights will see their journey come to…
US President President Joe Biden is facing pressure from some major Democratic donors as he faces a critical few days in his campaign for re-election. A number of donors are publicly warning they will withhold funds unless Mr Biden is replaced as the party’s candidate following his disastrous debate performance last week. They include Abigail…
Labour has inflicted a massive election injury in the conservatives by winning in a landslide in the UK general election. This means Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister After 14 years, the Conservatives lose power in a catastrophic defeat – they are set for the worst result in their history High-profile Conservative casualties…
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez was the hero as Argentina booked their spot in the Copa America semi-finals with a 4-2 penalty shootout win over Ecuador. After a 1-1 draw in normal time, the match went straight to penalties and Argentina got off to the worst possible start when captain Lionel Messi saw his chipped…
France captain Kylian Mbappe says it is “an honour” to play against Cristiano Ronaldo as his country prepares to take on Portugal in their Euro 2024 quarter-final. Mbappe recently signed for Real Madrid this summer – a club where Ronaldo won four successive Champions League titles. The two will go head-to-head in Hamburg on Friday…
Adamawa state police have arrested two women for the alleged stealing and buying of a four-year-old boy. The suspects, Blessing Okonkwo, 24, and Efunaya Nabufe, 35, who reside in Mubi North LGA, have confessed to stealing and buying the boy, identified as Friday Okonkwo. This is according to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman…
