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Factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly released a new audio faulting the death sentence a Sharia court in Kano state handed to a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif Aminu, in the state over his blasphemous...
Seplat, Airtel Africa, Presco, Okomu Oil and Guinness were among stocks that appreciated Wednesday as Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) posted its first gain of the week. Market capitalisation increased by N135 billion, closing at N13.115 trillion against N12.980 trillion on...
U.S. politicians risk making a "dreadful mistake" by stoking a geopolitical Cold War with China, a renowned U.S. economist has warned. "The last Cold War was dangerous enough," Jeffrey Sachs, an economics professor at Columbia University and senior United Nations...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed he has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to provide a Russian COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available and said he is willing to participate in trials. "When the vaccine arrives, I will inject it...
A Kenyan woman has been fined for insulting her lover’s wife and provoking her to a fight while drunk. In default, Saida Mohamed Amin, the convict, will spend six months in prison if she fails to pay 50 thousand Kenyan...
In Zambia, a ten year old girl in Mumbwa has died after two men took turns to defile her. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed the incident and identified the culprits as Harry Kandolo aged 25 years and Jack Kandolo...
A new virus is threatening the Chinese population, months after the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan in late 2019. The Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) virus is transmitted via tick bites, and has caused seven deaths in the country...
Joe Biden has named California senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, a historic choice he believes will bolster his chances of beating Donald Trump in an election year shaped by the global coronavirus pandemic and a national reckoning...
Terrorist group, Boko Haram have reportedly killed several soldiers in an ambush in Baga, a town under Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The recent attack by the dreaded insurgents was disclosed to SaharaReporters by military sources on Tuesday....
At least 30 people have died, and 12 remain missing after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country’s longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations on Sunday. Close to 6,000 people had...
A number of prominent personalities have expressed outrage after two boys were allegedly burnt alive for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. Anja Ringgren Loven – a philanthropist who has rescued numerous children branded witches and abandoned in Akwa Ibom State...
Police has allegedly shot at car containing 5 black children in Waycross, Georgia at around 8am on Saturday. Georgia family reported that on their way back home from Walmart, 5 siblings (ages 9-16) were followed and shot at by police...
US President Donald Trump was briefly evacuated from a press briefing at the White House due to a shooting incident outside on Monday. Trump said that he was taken to the Oval Office following the interruption, and that the Secret...
A worker is seen at a construction site in Clichy, near Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2020. France's economy contracted by 13.8 percent in the second quarter (Q2) after household consumption and investment, the country's main growth engines, tumbled under severe...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey has become the third country to develop vaccines locally against COVID-19 after the United States and China according to the World Health Organization. "The COVID-19 Turkey Platform, founded by the...
Angry villagers in Dowa have on Sunday set ablaze houses and damaged properties worthy millions of kwachas for allegedly accusing a family over witchcraft allegation. According to Sub Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, Dowa PolicePublic Relations Officer, the incident that happened at...
A 50-year-old old teacher, Uzor Anthony, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl he was teaching at her parents’ home in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos, The PUNCH reports. Anthony reportedly committed the crime...
According to SaharaReporters, hundreds of Southern Kaduna women on Saturday in different communities took to major roads to display their displeasure over the incessant killings of their people by Fulani militia. The protesters, who trooped out in large numbers in...
Canada and the US reached a deal last year to lift tariffs on steel and aluminium imports that had been imposed on grounds of "national security". Mr Trump reintroduced them on Thursday to protect the US industry. Friday's retaliatory tariffs...
An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 people, officials say. The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in...
"Aggressive and bold" action is needed as Africa's coronavirus cases pass the one-million mark, according to the African Union (AU) body dealing with the pandemic. It says South Africa - where testing has been widespread - accounts for more than...
An unidentified woman has been reported dead in an accident involving a petrol tanker in the Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the tanker rammed into a pothole directly...
The police in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State, on Thursday, August 6, 2020, intercepted a 40-foot container laden with the addictive drugs Tramadol and codeine. The container was intercepted at sea and taken to a terminal in Apapa, ChannelsTV...
President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has announced an extension of the second phase of the eased lockdown for another four weeks. The extension is the third for the second phase. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman...
A Boko Haram logistics supplier has been picked up by the Borno State Police Command. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Okon Edet, Goni Mallum, was picked up at Gamboru market within Maiduguri town with food supplies...
Attack by suspected Fulani militias in four villages in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday led to the death of no fewer than twenty-two people, mostly women and children. The villages affected by the attack were...
Following increase in the prices of crude oil, marketers are pushing for the upward review of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol N150 per litre for the month of August. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA ) last month...
The Commissioner for Humanity and Social Welfare in Cross River State, Mrs Blessing Egbara was reporteldy beaten and manhandled by thugs allegedly led by a councillor, Omang Theresa Fobe, representing Ekpashi ward of Boki 2 constituency of the state over...
Hundreds of people have been wounded in a huge blast that ripped through Lebanon's capital, Beirut, according to the country's health minister. The massive explosion on Tuesday at Beirut's port released a shockwave which caused widespread damage to buildings, shattering...
When you finish a job there is always a mix of feelings," the 82-year-old world-renowned architect muses. "Satisfaction but also a bit of sadness too, because it's no longer your building - it belongs to everybody." We speak beneath the...
The unnamed girl was killed in a drive-by shooting next to a petrol station on Sunday, according to local media. Police have launched an investigation but are yet to make any arrests. Officials have vowed to further crack down on...
At least 41 passengers and crew on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for Covid-19, officials say. Hundreds more passengers who travelled on the MS Roald Amundsen are in quarantine and awaiting test results, the company that owns the...
Shoprite Nigeria has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong, in a telephone conversation with Vanguard, said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only...
Africa's biggest supermarket chain, South African-owned Shoprite, says it is considering pulling out of Nigeria. It said it was looking at selling all "or a majority stake" of its operations in Africa's most-populous country. Shoprite is the latest South African...
Allowing U.S. citizens to sue China over the COVID-19 pandemic would be a "huge mistake," a Californian senator has said. "We launch a series of unknown events that could be very, very dangerous. I think this is a huge mistake,"...
Europe formally and dramatically entered into recession Friday, with the latest data released by the European Union showing that the 19-member eurozone saw their economies contract by 40.3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, compared with the same...
Police has confirmed the killing of 2 Zimbabweans for allegedly stealing of 2 plasma television in Johannesburg. It was alledged that they broke into a house , unknown to them the owner was in the backyard. As soon as they...
A man has been arrested for shooting at a mother and son after he became upset with the pair for failing to observe ‘social distancing’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 47-year-old Douglas Marks from Miami confronted the woman and her son...
Like many non-essential sectors, religious centres were shut down in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The Federal Government lifted the ban on religious gatherings in June, but an earlier decision by Sanwo-Olu...
The Kenyan government has released the list of countries from which travellers will be exempted from going into quarantine once they arrive. International flights are due to resume on Saturday four months after they were suspended in a bid to...
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