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Tennis: Sloane Stephens grinds out win against Naomi Osaka at WTA Finals

In a match between the last two US Open champions, Sloane Stephens... Read More
BREAKING: Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins re-election by a landslide

Cameroonian President Paul Biya won an emphatic election victory... Read More
EFCC to investigate abandoned projects in Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has set... Read More
Trump says US to cut aid to Central America over migrant caravan approaching Southern border

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will begin... Read More
Indian police investigate death of key witness in nun rape case

Indian police are investigating the death of a witness in a case... Read More
Students protests at top Ghana university turns violent

Students at Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and... Read More

Doctors find 122 nails in patient’s stomach

Hurricane Willa strengthens to Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast

Australia, England reject cricket fixing as ICC launches investigation

Ex-Ekiti governor Fayose pleads not guilty to money laundering allegations, remanded in EFCC custody

National

EFCC to investigate abandoned projects in Nigeria

Oct 22, 2018 210

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has set up a team to commence investigation of abandoned government projects across the country.Acting EFCC Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Monday.He said this would help the anti-graft agency to know the level of completion of the... Read More

EFCC to investigate abandoned projects in Nigeria

Ex-Ekiti governor Fayose pleads not guilty to money laundering allegations, remanded in EFCC custody

Oct 22, 2018 299

Kaduna State government imposes 24-hours curfew on Kaduna metropolis

Oct 22, 2018 241

Ex-Delta governor, James Ibori, loses appeal against corruption conviction by UK's government

Oct 17, 2018 487

Eight passengers rescued as 14-seater bus plunges into river

Oct 17, 2018 420

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Sports

Tennis: Sloane Stephens grinds out win against Naomi Osaka at WTA Finals

Oct 22, 2018 200

In a match between the last two US Open champions, Sloane Stephens came out on top.The 2017 champion beat Naomi Osaka 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Monday at the WTA Finals, the season-ending tournament for the top eight players in the world.Both players are... Read More

Australia, England reject cricket fixing as ICC launches investigation

Australia’s Central Coast Mariners offers Usain Bolt professional contract

Formula One: Lewis Hamilton's championship title victory on hold as Kimi Raikkonen wins US Grand Prix

Entertainment

New director named for next James Bond movie

Sep 20, 2018 1474

Filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga will become the first American to direct a James Bond movie, its producers announced on Thursday, replacing British director Danny Boyle for the storied spy franchise's 25th instalment.Fukunaga, a surprise pick not... Read More

'Game of Thrones' takes top prize at surprising Emmys

Carrie Underwood reveals she suffered three miscarriages in two years

Weinstein accuser reveals video of apparent harassment

Gist

Tourists visiting India’s iconic Taj Mahal attacked by monkeys

Sep 17, 2018 1908

The Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world situated in northern India, has been plagued by monkey menace, as incidents of attacks or bites by the animals are on the rise and local authorities appear helpless.In the face of the helplessness,... Read More

Couple gets 100 years jail term for sexually abusing child

Moviegoers arrested for sitting during national anthem in Philippine

Fire incident in a Chicago flat kills 6 children

World

Trump says US to cut aid to Central America over migrant caravan approaching Southern border

Oct 22, 2018 0 187

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will begin cutting aid to three Central American nations because of their governments' failure to stop a migrant caravan headed for the US border.In a series of tweets, Trump called the caravan's approach a national emergency and said he has alerted the US border patrol and military, setting... Read More

Trump says US to cut aid to Central America over migrant caravan approaching Southern border

Indian police investigate death of key witness in nun rape case

Oct 22, 2018 205

Hurricane Willa strengthens to Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast

Oct 22, 2018 244

Monkeys stone man to death in India

Oct 22, 2018 322

Six dead in fire at Rohingya camp in Myanmar

Oct 19, 2018 622

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Reviews

Court jails former Thai monk Sukphol 16 years for rape

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Oct 17, 2018 0 520

A Thai Criminal Court on Wednesday found a jet-setting former Buddhist monk guilty of statutory rape, an Official told dpa.Wirapol Sukphol, 39, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl between 2000 and 2001, an official who spoke on condition of anonymity said.In August, he was handed a combined sentence... Read More