The death of Leicester’s Thai billionaire boss in a helicopter crash on Saturday totally overshadowed events on the pitch as Manchester City held onto first place in the Premier League. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who oversaw the club’s astonishing title triumph in…
Trump to visit Pittsburgh following synagogue massacre (Guardian)
White House announcement comes after the city’s mayor asked the president to delay a visit until after victims’ funerals Donald Trump will travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to mourn victims of the synagogue massacre, the White House press secretary has…
Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine (Guardian)
The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to nine, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather caused schools to close and trapped dozens of tourists in the north of the country. With ferocious storms lashing the…
Nigeria among countries with costly internet service (Guardian)
Due to the high cost of mobile data, over two billion people are said to have been cut off from the Internet. The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), which revealed this, noted that more than 2.3 billion people live in…
‘Don’t force’ LGBT rights on Malaysia, new PM says (Guardian)
Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said his country cannot accept LGBT rights such as same-sex marriage, dismissing them as “western” values. The blunt remarks come against a backdrop of what activists say is a growing intolerance towards the LGBT…
“She Bad”! Cardi B announces forthcoming single “Money” with explicit photo (Guardian)
When multiple award-winning rapper, Cardi B told us just how bad she can get in her song, “She Bad”, we all didn’t realise just how bad she meant. The mother of one who has had a great year from her…
Facebook’s ‘spam purge’ is silencing genuine debate, political page creators say (Guardian)
On Thursday, Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and spamming. This week, the people behind the pages Facebook purged for being inauthentic are angry. They feel they’ve been unfairly targeted…
Experts raise alarm over infant mortality in Nigeria (Guardian)
With the nation ranking third highest in infant mortality, with over 87, 600 babies dying yearly, medical practitioners in the country have raised alarm over the upsurge, especially preterm babies. Group Medical Manager, Limi Children’s Hospital, Iseko Iseko, in Abuja…
ANN faction returns to party (Guardian)
A faction of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has returned to the fold after leaving the party, following the fallout of its presidential primary that produced Fela Durotoye as the flag-bearer for next year’s general elections. The faction, consisting…