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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a UK court ruling on Monday over whether he should be extradited to the United States on espionage charges for...

Entertainment Nigeria

The story behind ‘Oloture’, Nigeria’s Netflix sex-trafficking drama

Clad soberly in a chequered knee-length dress, Tobore Ovuorie hardly seems as if she once walked the streets of Lagos in a revealing outfit and...

Brazil COVID-19

Brazil private clinics seek deal for Indian Covid vaccine

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A Brazilian association of private health clinics said Sunday it was negotiating with Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech to buy five million doses of its...

Middle East Syria

At least nine Syrian soldiers killed in militant attack in Badia

At least nine Syrian army soldiers were killed on Sunday in an ambush on their bus on a main highway in the central Syrian desert...

Europe Scotland United Kingdom

Scotland to enter another effective national lockdown – The Times

Scotland will on Monday enter another effective national lockdown, likely to last until spring, The Times newspaper reported. Scottish government leader Nicola Sturgeon said earlier...

Newcomers to bay excluded from water scheme after ‘suspicion’ among residents

Just half the properties in a Marlborough Sounds bay have been given access to a water scheme, after a fight between residents. An independent commissioner...

India

Tractors to Twitter: India’s protesting farmers battle on highway, online

In a standoff between farmers from India’s northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful...

Woman’s body found in east Auckland

Police have launched an investigation after a woman's body was found near the Tāmaki River in east Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller The body...

Numerous Auckland beaches off limits to swimmers

Auckland Council is warning people to stay away from the swimming spots because of a high risk of illness caused by wastewater. Browns Bay had...

Politics United States

US Election: Mike Pence ‘welcomes’ senators’ bid to derail result

US Vice-President Mike Pence has welcomed an effort by a group of senators to refuse to certify Joe Biden's presidential election win. US Vice-President Mike...

Samoa tightens entry terms because of new virus strain

Samoa is tightening access further by banning the entry of travellers who might be carrying the new Covid-19 strain. Samoa Health Director Leausa Dr Take...

Europe Germany

Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdown

Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond Jan. 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains...

Life

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks’ controversial founder and almost 2 decade of legal battle

The legal controversies surrounding the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are now in their second decade and the divisions between his supporters and critics remain as...

Belarus Europe Politics Religion World

Pope recognizes the resignation of the archbishop of Belarus, who has upset Lukashenko

Africa Central African Republic

Pope Francis on Sunday accepted the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, who spent time in exile last...

Central African rebels attack and enter town before election results announced

Rebel fighters in Central African Republic attacked and partially occupied a diamond-mining town on Sunday, four security and humanitarian sources said, a day before authorities...

COVID-19 Europe Norway

Norway imposes new restrictions to halt third coronavirus wave

Norway will impose fresh restrictions to prevent a resurgence in the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Sunday, including a nationwide...

COVID-19 Europe Greece Health

Greece detects four new cases of coronavirus of the new variant from UK

According to an official of the Ministry of Health, Greece has detected four new coronavirus cases in people who have recently travelled from Britain. The...

COVID-19 Nigeria

COVID-19: Nigeria now records 1,302 deaths says NCDC

Nigeria has reported no less than 1,302 deaths from coronaviral complications. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported this on its website on Sunday. The...

The Police Board can appoint a new IGP in February

There are signs that the Nigerian Police Council may appoint a new Police Inspector General by February. It is not clear if the new Inspector...

Insecurity: Amotecun publishes mobile numbers of the head of security in Oyo.

The Oyo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, issued telephone contacts on the weekend of the heads of the security agency in all 33...

COVID-19 Nigeria

Why COVID-19 vaccine should be administered without a clinical trial – NAFDAC

The National Food and Drug Administration Department, NAFDAC, has announced that the proposed roll-out of coronavirus vaccines in Nigeria, which is scheduled to begin in...

Entertainment Photos

Nicki Minaj showcases pictures of her bouncing baby boy

Popular American rapper Nicki Minaj shared her son's images for the first time. The music star went to her Instagram page on Saturday, January 2,...

Nigerian woman who vows not to brush her teeth with water this year “goes gaga” with N28K Remy Martin as alternative

A Nigerian woman has vowed not to brush her with water this year, as she shares photos of herself brushing her teeth with bottle of...

Middle East Yemen

Aden airport re-opens days after deadly Yemen attack

The airport of Yemen's second city Aden re-opened Sunday, days after 26 people were killed there in deadly blasts apparently targeting the country's new government....

Sport

Lautaro hat-trick sends six-goal Inter Milan top of Serie A

Middle East Nigeria United States

Lautaro Martinez scored a hat-trick as Inter Milan kicked off 2021 in blistering form with a 6-2 win over lowly Crotone on Sunday to take...

Days of US presence in Middle East numbered – Shiites, Nigeria

On the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a drone strike, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has declared that...

Europe Norway

Seventh body found in Norway mudslide, three still missing

Rescue workers have uncovered a seventh body from a landslide that buried homes in a village near Norway's capital, police said Sunday, but hopes persist...

Entertainment

“I’m still that rich b*tch you’ll want all your favs to be in 10 million years,” Mercy Eke says.

Big Brother Naija, winner of 2019, Mercy Eke, blasts those who impose friendship on her as she bragged about becoming the richest reality star in...

Lebanon Middle East

10 hurt in Lebanon gas depot blast

At least 10 people were injured Sunday when an explosion rocked a warehouse storing gas canisters near Lebanon's border with Syria, the Lebanese Red Cross...

Nigeria Politics

2,000 ACD loyalists decamp to APC

About 2,000 members and supporters of the Advanced Congress for Democrats (ACD) decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agwara Local Government Area of...

Paternity Scandal: We’re investigating the MD, Adamu Nuru – FCMB

FCMB's management has broken its silence on the suspected affair between its Managing Director, Adam Nuru, and one of its former employees known...

Prophet Joshua Iginla is reveals his disturbing prophecies

Prophet Joshua Iginla of the Royal Assembly of Champions, issued his 2021 prophecies. The cleric talked to COVID-19, the Nigerian governors, Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the...

Education Nigeria

Paid entitlements: new strike looms in universities in the country over formula sharing

The National Association of Academic Technologists has given a 14-day notice of strike to the Federal Government. University staff are opposing the perceived...

Sport

Pochettino issues strong warning to PSG players as he replaces Tuchel

New Paris Saint-Germain manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has warned his players that they “have to deserve to wear the club’s jersey”. Pochettino has replaced Thomas Tuchel...

Zambia

28-year-old man kills his wife, commits suicide.

A 28-year-old man in Zambia committed suicide after brutally murdering his 20-year-old wife in the Chilanga district of Lusaka. Savior Katiyo of Longridge finished his...

Politics United States

U.S. Senate control, and Biden’s agenda, at stake as Georgia runoff elections loom

Control of the U.S. Senate – and with it, the likely fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda – will be on the ballot on...

Nigeria Politics

Ogun suspends the Commissioner accused of sexual harassment of a teenager

The Government of the State of Ogun has suspended the Commissioner for the Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun. He will stay out of office until the completion...

Asia Europe France Malaysia

Malaysian coroner to give inquest verdict in French-Irish teen’s death

COVID-19 Nigeria Politics United Kingdom

A Malaysian coroner will Monday deliver an inquest verdict into the death of a French-Irish teen whose body was found in the jungle after she...

Bola Tinubu’s whereabouts: Seyi, son says not positive for COVID-19, currently getting vaccinated in the United Kingdom

Seyi Tinubu, son of the national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, has refuted claims that his father has tested positive for COVID19 and is undergoing...

Sport

EPL: Chelsea suffer 3-1 defeat at home to Man City

Chelsea have been beaten 3-1 at Stamford Bridge by Manchester City in the English Premier League on Sunday. Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring for City...

COVID-19 United Kingdom

Stricter lockdown restrictions probably on the way, says UK Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were...

Why I cancelled the crossover service—Pastor Adeboye

The General Superintendent of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said that he had postponed the crossover service of his church, which...

Politics United States

In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia official to change election results – media

U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the southern state, according to a recording...

Life Mourning Nigeria

About to wed bride dies three hours before her marriage in Katsina.

A bride-to-be named Fatima Hassan Fari died a few hours after her wedding ceremony in the Funtua Local Government Region of Katsina County. As...

Nigeria Politics

Despite no zoning in APC, common sense should prevail – Ibrahim Shekarau

Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has asked his party members to allow common sense to prevail in shifting the 2023 presidency despite no zoning law in the...

Lagos govt announces new date for resumption of workers

COVID-19 Politics United States

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has postponed the resumption of civil servants on Grade Levels 14 and below till Monday, January 18. This...

‘That’s real:’ Fauci rejects Trump claim that U.S. coronavirus deaths overcounted

Two top U.S. health officials on Sunday disputed a claim by President Donald Trump that federal data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United...

COVID-19 United States

U.S. may cut some Moderna vaccine doses in half to speed rollout, official says

The U.S. government is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in order to speed vaccinations, a federal official said on...

COVID-19 United States

U.S. cities, left behind in COVID-19 aid, look for lifeline in Biden era