An Australian casino has denied an apparent assertion by NBA player Ben Simmons that he was denied entry to the venue due to racial discrimination. The Philadelphia 76ers star posted a video online on Monday of himself and friends at…
North Korea has fired two unidentified missiles, its fourth such launch in less than two weeks, South Korea’s military has said. They were fired from South Hwanghae province across the peninsula into the sea to the east, a statement said.…
China has issued a strong warning to Hong Kong’s protesters, saying their attempts “to play with fire will only backfire”. A spokesman for China’s top policy office in Hong Kong told protesters not to “underestimate the firm resolve [of] the…
A British Airways flight was evacuated after smoke filled the cabin shortly before landing. The airline confirmed an “incident” on flight BA422 which departed London Heathrow at 15:10 BST on Monday and landed in Valencia. Passengers had to slide down…
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria has condemned the viral video of semi-nude women dancing seductively in a display truck around the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos on Friday. The footage, which has since gone viral on the social media,…
A 10-year-old girl, Masenengen Targba, who was raped at an internally displaced persons camp in Benue State, has given birth to a baby girl. According to a Facebook post by a blogger, Chigozie Effe, Targba was delivered of a baby girl via…
Deji Adeyanju, an associate of publisher of online medium, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says members of the ‘Take it Back’ movement visited the incarcerated activist on Monday. “He’s in high spirit and unmoved,” Adeyanju said. The post was accompanied by an…
Some repentant bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Monday, explained why they took up arms against the people of the area. The ex-bandits said at a peace meeting in Tsafe that they were harassed and intimidated…
The Kaduna State High Court yesterday granted the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, permission to travel to an Indian hospital for medical treatment. The ruling was not without conditions attached.…
Heartland Football Club of Owerri yesterday officially presented the new head coach of the team, Fidelis Ilechukwu to Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha. Ilechukwu, who left Lagos club, MFM, at the end of last season, is the current coach of…
