The rehabilitation of the runway at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State is yet to begin one month after the airport was closed by the Federal Government. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria…
Nigerian Reggae singer, Omeofa Oghene, known as “Mad Melon” from the popular Danfo Driver music group is dead. Veteran singer and social activist, Daddy Showkey announced this via his Instagram page on Thursday, September 2019. Daddy Showkey said, “Can somebody…
Princess Beatrice is engaged to her boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, her parents have announced. The 31-year-old daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, got engaged to the 34-year-old property tycoon in Italy earlier this month. The princess, who…
US authorities have returned a stolen coffin to Egypt, two years after it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 2,100-year-old coffin of a priest called Nedjemankh was featured in an exhibit housing artefacts…
Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs has said all options, including a military response, are open after attacks on two oil facilities, which it has blamed on Iran. While Saudi Arabia wanted to avoid war and escalation, Iran…
Two men in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have been arrested for allegedly killing two Dalit (formerly untouchables) children who were defecating in the open, police say. Roshni, 12, and Avinash, 10, were attacked on Wednesday while defecating…
The Duke of Sussex has defended climate change activism led by Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, calling the effort “a race against time”. “Everyone knows it… no-one can deny science,” Prince Harry added. Several million people took part in so-called “strikes”…
A whistleblower who exposed HIV and hepatitis epidemics in central China in the 1990s, potentially saving tens of thousands of lives, has died aged 59. Dr Shuping Wang lost her job, was attacked, and had her clinic vandalised after she…
US lawmakers are preparing to question President Trump’s top intelligence official over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Acting national intelligence director Joseph Maguire initially refused to share the complaint with Congress. It refers to a controversial phone…
Cameroon’s new Portuguese coach Toni Conceicao handed maiden call-ups to two new players as he named his first Indomitable Lions squad. France-based duo Ignatius Ganago and Harold Moukoudi have been included on a 29-man list for a friendly against Tunisia on…
