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Boy, 10, accidentally shot and killed cousin, 1 (Metro)

A ten-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his cousin, 1, police say. Isiah Martin was pronounced dead by a gunshot wound to the head on Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio. The boy has not been named or charged for the shooting,…

SAS pilot walkout leaves thousands stranded (BBC)

Scandinavian airline SAS has cancelled hundreds of flights globally leaving thousands of passengers stranded after pilots in Norway, Sweden and Denmark went on strike. SAS said 673 flights would be cancelled on Friday affecting 72,000 passengers. It said it was “deeply…

Trump denies paying for student’s release (BBC)

President Trump has denied paying North Korea money for the medical care of comatose US student Otto Warmbier. Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2015 during an organised tour and died after being returned to the US in a…

Steel plant explosion: Two burned at Tata in Port Talbot (BBC)

Two workers suffered burns in an early hours explosion at Tata’s biggest steelworks plant in the UK. Residents living near the Port Talbot plant heard a “massive” blast shortly after 03:30 BST. Images and footage posted on social media show…

Chvrches ‘upset’ with Marshmello over Chris Brown and Tyga song (BBC)

Chvrches say they are “confused and disappointed” by producer Marshmello’s decision to work with Chris Brown. The Scottish band wrote on Instagram: “Working with people who are predators and abusers enables, excuses and ultimately tacitly endorses that behaviour.” Chris Brown…

Emiliano Sala’s father dies three months after son is killed (BBC)

The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son’s death. Horacio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of…

Handwashing habit can save Nigeria from 150,000 annual deaths – Epidemiologist (Punch)

An Epidemiologist with the Ondo State Government, Dr Stephen Fagbemi, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to cultivate regular handwashing habit, saying it was capable of saving the country from a lot of diseases. Fagbemi, in an interview with our…

Five ex-ministers still cabinet members on FG’s N64m website (Punch)

Five former ministers are still listed as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on the website of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation many months after they resigned their appointments to pursue different ambitions. The…

Police arrest two suspects over FUTO student’s murder (Punch)

The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly killing a 26-year-old student of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Kingsley Okwudiri. Parading the suspects in Owerri, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, said that Damian Ugonna, 26,…

Aisha deserves praise for Buhari varsity idea, says BMO (Punch)

The Buhari Media Organisation has said that the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, deserves commendation in her bid to set up a university that would cater to the education of women and girls, especially in the educationally disadvantaged North…

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