The authorities in Zimbabwe say all fifteen miners trapped in an underground shaft have been pulled out alive The miners were trapped after a ground collapse at the mine, on Thursday east of the capital Harare. According to a government spokesperson Nick Mangwana the rescue operation had been delayed due to unstable ground. Video footage…
Brazil has named Dorival Jr as the new national team manager. Dorival Jnr will leave his role as coach of Sao Paulo to take charge of the country’s football team following the sacking of interim manager Fernando Diniz on Friday. His departure from Sao Paulo was announced by the club on X, formerly known as…
The Police in Ecuador have launched a manhunt for a convicted gang leader who has vanished from his prison cell. Adolfo MacÃas Villamar, better known as “Fito”, is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful gang which is thought to have been behind some of the deadly prison riots in recent months. He was being…
A senior commander with the Islamist Hezbollah movement has been reportedly killed in an apparent Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon According to reports the commander was attacked while driving in the Khirbet Selm area Meanwhile the International Rescue Committee says it has pulled its medics from the only functioning hospital in central Gaza The…
Minutes after President Tinubu approved the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Betta Edu, to its headquarters in Abuja. The invitation came less than 30 minutes the President; Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s immediate suspension from office through his Special Adviser to the…
The commencement of police recruitment in Anambra State has prompted the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, to emphasize the crucial need for transparency and professionalism in the selection process of new officers. Addressing the recruitment board at the Police Headquarters in Awka, Anambra State he highlighted the significance of maintaining a fair and merit-based…
The police in Abia State have arrested one of the contestants to the Arochukwu traditional stool in Abia State, Godwin Kanu Idei, over alleged impersonation. There has been a raging tussle for the stool between Idei and Pastor Eberechukwu Oji. The tussle has created tension in Arochukwu Kingdom, with youths and women protesting the situation….
Abia State Government says a ban placed on the annual convention of the Apostolic Christian Church Mission in Aba, is still in place. The annual convention of the church, which holds every January in Aba, has not been held in recent times following the leadership crisis that has engulfed the church. Following the crisis, the…
The former Director General of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organization, Doyin Okupe, has resigned from the Labour Party, LP. Okupe anchored his resignation on ideological differences that emerged after the 2023 elections. He explained that his lifelong alignment with right-wing and liberal democratic principles clashed with LP’s left-of-center ideology, making continued membership untenable. In a…
Except for any last minute intervention, Globacom subscribers may be unable to make calls to MTN lines, due to the non-settlement of interconnect charges. The Nigerian Communications Commission said this on Monday in a notice signed by Director, Public Affairs Department, Reuben Muoka. According to the notice, the commission granted partial approval for the disconnection…
