An 86-year-old man who raped two children more than 60 years ago has avoided jail because a judge said he is too old and ill. John Joe Kiernan repeatedly raped the boy and girl, who are brother and sister, when…
Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms (CNN)
In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers. The new web…
Boko Haram insurgents kill 13 in Borno (Vanguard)
Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, confirmed the attack on Thursday in…
US urges investigation into Nigeria Shia deaths (BBC)
The US embassy in Nigeria says that the authorities should investigate the deaths of protesters from a Shia Muslim sect during clashes with security forces earlier this week. It wants the authorities to “take appropriate action to hold accountable those…
South Korea president says North’s Kim to visit Seoul ‘soon’ (Guardian)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Seoul “soon”, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula despite stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. At their third summit in Pyongyang in…
Minimum wage: Identities of anti-N30,000 states unveiled (Vanguard)
The country is at present sitting on industrial powder keg over the N30, 000 new national minimum wage recommended by the Tripartite members of the National Minimum Wage Committee. No sooner had information leaked out that the committee had concluded…
Theresa May refuses to back US calls for Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen (Independent)
Theresa May has stopped short of calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen, where a three-year civil war has led to the “most terrifying humanitarian catastrophe on the planet”. The prime minister was urged to support a United…
OAU medical students reject ‘exploitative’ training fees (Nation)
The resolution of the Association of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine (APCOM) to impose professional fees on students undergoing medical training in public universities is causing unrest at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State. OAU medical students…
Italy storm leaves 11 dead as 110mph winds, 30ft waves and flash flooding leave thousands without power and shut tourist sites (TheSun)
Deadly storms have battered Italy with 110mph winds and flash flooding killing at least 11 people. Among the victims was a woman who was buried by a landslide and a 61-year-old man who was swept away from his car by…
Ibiza streets full of poop, dead rats after sewage system flood (NYPost)
Tourists in Ibiza have woken up to streets filled with poop, dead rats and sanitary towels after huge storms flooded the sewage system. Tourists on the party island faced roads covered in faeces and a bad smell lingering in the…