Month: August 2025

The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspected burglars and recovered 23 stolen mobile phones, three Point-of-Sale (PoS) machines, and other items, in Gezawa local government area of the State. The suspects, identified as 25-year-old Umar Aliyu and 27-year-old Sabiu Kabiru, both residents of Gunduwawa village in the LGA, were apprehended on August 7, […]

Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker, Andriy Parubiy, has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv, authorities confirmed on Saturday. Police said the 54-year-old politician “died on the spot as a result of his injuries”, adding that a manhunt has been launched for the gunman. The motive behind the attack remained unclear. Parubiy served as […]

Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Saturday, displayed uncommon compassion and leadership when he personally intervened to rescue victims of a ghastly motor accident along the Benin City-Auchi Road. The governor, who was en route Irrua in Esan Central local government area of the State with his entourage, encountered a heavy gridlock after the […]

Houthis have confirmed that an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the group’s government, Ahmed al-Rahawi, in the Yemeni capital city, Sanaa. al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa along with a number of ministers, the rebels said in a statement on Saturday. Al-Rahawi, who served as prime minister to the […]

India has officially submitted a bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, a move the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) stated will boost the country’s ambition to stage the 2036 Olympic Games. An IOA delegation submitted the bid proposal at the Commonwealth Sport headquarters in London on Friday. “This is not just a bid […]

No fewer than 284,000 people have been declared missing by their families worldwide, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. Head of Sub-Delegation of the ICRC Maiduguri Field Office, Diana Japaridza, disclosed this during an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno State. The day, […]