Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said. Most of the deaths occurred when police opened fire on the robbers at the bank branches on the main street… Read More Fourteen killed in bank robbery shootout in Brazil
International police body Interpol elected Kim Jong-yang of South Korea as president for a two-year term on Wednesday, beating a Russian national whose candidacy raised concerns in Europe and the United States about the risk of Kremlin interference. Interpol’s 194 member states, meeting in Dubai for their annual congress, elected Kim to succeed China’s Meng… Read More Interpol elects South Korean Kim Jong-yang as president
I pledge to Nigeria, my country To be faithful, loyal and honest, To serve Nigeria with all my strength, To defend her unity and uphold Her honor and glory. So help me God. As we enter into another new year of independence, we pray for peace, unity, good governance and a stable economy. Happy Independence… Read More Happy Independence Day/New Month Nigeria
Prior to her amalgamation, the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria were represented by traditional rulers and leaders to her colonial master Great Britain. In 1919, elective democracy was introduced by the then Governor-General Sir Fredrick Lugard when the Township Ordinance gave the right to vote for a limited slot of three seats in the… Read More Nigeria At 58: A Citadel Of Electoral Misconduct
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban said on Tuesday. Haqqani, who founded the network in the 1970s, gave up operational leadership of the group some years ago to his son Sirajuddin, who is… Read More Afghan militant network Haqqani leader Jalaluddin Haqqani dies following long illness
Like a rollercoaster, Life takes everyone up and down, Testing the inner strength of humans, Like the waves test a ship, Calm at noon, Tumultous before sunrise, Yet through the blabket of darkness, A lone star blazes its light, Bringing home to the sailor at sea, Sending love to the newly wed. Tributes are for… Read More Happy Birthday To CEO JF Apparel Emalda Umerie
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi and is starting a search for partners to help develop a project it hopes could take to the skies as soon as early next decade. Rolls-Royce said on Sunday it had drawn up plans for an electric vertical take-off and landing… Read More Rolls-Royce designs propulsion system suitable for vertical take-off and landing of flying taxis
The Plateau State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the death of two persons following the collapse of an underground mining site. The Command through its Spokesman, ASP Mathias Tyopev Terna, made the confirmation in a press statement. Terna said, “On 7/4/2018 at about 23:00hrs Wase Police Division received an information that there was a mining… Read More Two dead as underground mining site collapses in Plateau State
