A 16-year-old girl has been hospitalized with severe burns after a neighbor allegedly raped and set her on fire near New Delhi, police said. Police say the neighbor, around age 20, barged into the girl’s room at 2:30 a.m. on Monday. After raping her, the suspect set her on fire, said Kiran Sivakumar, police superintendent… Read More 16-year-old girl raped and set on fire in India
Global crude oil prices finally surpassed Nigeria’s budgetary benchmark, yesterday, trading above $39 per barrels. This came as experts on the economy have cautioned the Federal Government to be frugal with the revenue accruing from the rise in oil price, so as to steer the country from the current economic downturn. The price of Brent… Read More Crude oil surpasses benchmark budget, sells at $39.50
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on Monday said that arrangements are currently on going between South Africa and Nigeria military for the extension of her military special forces to Nigeria. This is a follow up to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in 2013, prompting the Chiefs of Defence of… Read More South Africa to deploy Special Military Forces to aid Nigeria in fight against insurgency
A total solar eclipse can be seen from Earth today, blotting out the Sun over Southeast Asia and parts of the Pacific Ocean. The eclipse will first occur just west of Malaysia early local time on Wednesday morning, according to NASA. The sight will then become visible farther and farther northeast, eventually passing the International… Read More Total solar eclipse expected to occur in Asia today
Maria Sharapova, who is the world’s richest female athlete, will be suspended from tennis after she admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January. A sombre looking Sharapova, speaking at a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, said she’d been taking the drug, meldonium, since 2006 and didn’t realize it… Read More Richest female athlete, Maria Sharapova tests positive to drug
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has released the names of eight new judges to serve in the state High Court and the state Customary Court of Appeal, CCA, of the Imo Judiciary system. Governor Rochas Okorocha, who disclosed this over the weekend while addressing journalists in Owerri, also said that the new judges would be… Read More NJC appoints new judges for Imo courts
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