At least 25 were killed and dozens more injured when man wearing a suicide belt walked into an Iraqi soccer stadium on Friday and blew himself up, security officials said. Spectators had gathered for a ceremony to mark a championship for a popular local soccer team when the bomb exploded, the head of the Babil… Read More Suicide bomb attacks hits soccer stadium in Iraq
The Nigerian Army, on Friday, said it had averted another blast in Borno following the interception of two suspected suicide bombers near Maiduguri. Col. Sani Usman, the Acting Director of Nigerian Army Public Relations, said this in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Usman said that the interception was done in collaboration with the local vigilantes,… Read More Two suicide bombers nabbed by soldiers in Borno
The US has announced that it has killed a number of chief Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the past week, including the purported second-in-command. Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said the deaths of Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli and other members of the group’s “cabinet” would hamper its operations. He gave no details about how Qaduli, an… Read More ISIS top commander killed in U.S. led raid in Syria
Retired permanent secretaries in Imo State, have appealed to Governor Rochas Okorocha to exercise some measure of love and pay their outstanding arrears of stipends. The retirees made the appeal yesterday, through a letter signed by the Secretary of Imo State Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries, ARPS, Comrade F. I. Agba. The pensioners acknowledged that… Read More Imo State retired permanent secretaries appeal to government over unpaid pension arrears
Twelve Portuguese passengers, on an inter-country transit, have been killed in a head-on collision between a lorry and a minibus in central France. The victims were all passengers on the minibus, which was travelling from Switzerland to Portugal, officials say. One of the collision victims was a seven-year-old girl. The driver of the minibus and… Read More Head-on collision between lorry and minivan in central France leaves twelve dead
Former West Ham defender Izzy Iriekpen has been sentenced to three years in jail for using glass on the neck of a bouncer. On the night of Friday, July 4, 2014, outside a Notting Hill club, Iriekpen severed three arteries in 61-year-old Simon Williams’ neck in a row over a black Porsche. Williams who is… Read More Former West Ham and Swansea defender, Izzy Iriekpen sentenced to three years imprisonment
On Thursday, March 24, 2016, one of the fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) was, involved in a minor incident in Yola, Adamawa State. This was disclosed by Director, Air Force Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa via a statement released on Friday, March 25. He said, “A Nigerian Air Force… Read More Nigerian AirForce jet involved in minor incident
TOBEYA the anticipated song is here. The rapper/singer Jeff Chinoo formerly signed to ROYAL HERITAGE RECORDS has brought to table an easter gift for his fans all over the world with this wonderful Afro/gospel song titled Tobeya, an Igbo word which in English means praise him. It’s a song of laud to God for his… Read More New Music: Jeff Chinoo – “TOBEYA” (Prod. by 2flexing)
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