North Korea has executed its army chief of staff Ri Yong-gil, according to unconfirmed South Korean media reports. Senior officials in North Korea have previously been absent from view for long periods only to reappear. However, Gen Ri would be the latest of several high-ranking officials to be purged under leader Kim Jong-un. South Korean… Read More North Korea’s army Chief of Staff, Ri Yong-gil, executed
South Korea says it is suspending operations at an industrial complex run in cooperation with North Korea, in retaliation for a recent rocket launch and nuclear test by Pyongyang. The announcement was made shortly before Japan also announced fresh sanctions against North Korea for its actions. The Kaesong Industrial Complex, situated in North Korea just… Read More South Korea to suspend operations at industrial complex run mutually with North Korea
Eleven people were killed after two female suicide bombers attacked a burial ceremony at Nguechewe, a village in Cameroon’s northern border region with Nigeria this morning. Over 30 people were injured during the attack. “The villagers were gathered for the wake when two suicide attackers joined them, pretending to be family members,” a source told… Read More 11 dead as female suicide bombers attack burial ceremony in Cameroon
A man died after setting himself on fire, on Tuesday, outside Kensington Palace, the London home of Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and their two children, according to London police. Police found the man ablaze near a garden gate outside the palace and pronounced him dead at the scene, a representative for London’s Metropolitan… Read More Man sets himself on fire outside Kensington Palace, UK
The two arms of the National Assembly, NASS, declared, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was full of errors, saying the document could no longer be passed on February 25 as earlier promised. This came on a day the Senate Committee on Gas Resources rejected the N200 million allocation demanded by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum… Read More National Assembly rejects 2016 budget
With a total of 3,168,101 populations in Adamawa State, 81,500 persons are living with HIV/AIDS out of which 4,260 are pregnant women. It was gathered that the number of HIV prevalence in the state reduced to that number following a drop from 3.8 to 1.9 percent. Adamawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima Atiku Abubakar… Read More 1.9% of Adamawa’s population are HIV positive- Report
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