At least one person has died and 49 have been injured after a tropical storm barrelled through parts of Japan, state broadcaster NHK reported. Storm Krosa made landfall near Hiroshima in southern Japan on Thursday and is now moving north,…
A British ski instructor has been jailed for 10 years for raping a woman and physically assaulting her male friend in a resort town in Australia. Matthew James Williams, 29, attacked the pair on a street in Jindabyne, south of…
Zimbabwe’s main opposition group has called off anti-government protests in the capital Harare at the last minute, after failing to overturn a police ban. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) took the decision after a judge upheld the ban on…
Critics have blamed Australia for undermining a joint statement from Pacific island nations which called for stronger action on climate change. Regional leaders met at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu this week, where smaller island-dominated states sought a consensus…
North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, calling its decision “completely the fault of South Korea’s actions”. It issued a statement in response to a speech by South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Thursday. Meanwhile, early on…
Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi says the decision by Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr to exclude him from the international friendly with the senior national team of Ukraine on September 10 will not spark ‘unnecessary altercation’ between them. On Wednesday, Rohr…
Nigeria’s women national team, D’Tigress continued their assured march to retain their title yesterday when they defeated Congo to qualify for the semifinals of the FIBA Women Afrobasket holding in Senegal. Although the Congolese team had tall and athletic players,…
A 15-year-old boy, Jerry Ngwe, has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded in Jos, the Plateau State capital yesterday, told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his…
The Zamfara government is introducing new measures to improve Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Alhaji Bala Bello, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), said on Thursday in Gusau. Bello, while receiving officials from the state’s Vehicle Investigation Office (VIO), who paid…
It’s another Friday and you know there is no party like a Lagos party. thisislagos tells you where the hottest parties are, where the art exhibitions are popping and where the cognoscenti gather. Make sure you turn up! Kulture…
