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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has unveiled a four-member crew for its upcoming mission around the moon. The Artemis II mission which would be NASA’s first crewed voyage around the moon in over half a century includes the first woman, the first person of colour, and the first Canadian. Reid Wiseman, […]
Malaysia’s lower house, on Monday, approved legal reforms to abolish the mandatory death penalty for some offences. The amendments would apply to 34 offences currently punishable by death. This also includes murder and drug trafficking while 11 of them carry it as a mandatory punishment. The country has had a moratorium on executions […]
One person has been injured following a heavy shooting currently ongoing as youths invade the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday. It was gathered that the shooting was allegedly done by a security operative attached to Tonye Cole, the gubernatorial candidate of the All […]
Portable, the controversial singer, has been arraigned at the magistrate court in Ifo, Ogun state. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) earlier said Portable will face more than six charges bordering on alleged assault in court. “He is in court. There’s nothing to elaborate on. He is in court presently. He has been arraigned,” […]
British passport office workers began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in an escalation of the long-running row. PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said on Monday. […]
Mr. Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi did not envisage that August 9, 2021, would be the last day he would walk on both legs. He had gone out on his motorcycle to hustle for the day when an encounter with operatives of the Ondo Amotekun Corps almost cost him his life. His left leg had to […]
The Peoples Democratic Party working committee in Benue has suspended executives of the party in Igyorov ward, Gboko LGA of the state. The acting chairman of PDP in Benue, Isaac Mffo, made known to journalists on Thursday in Makurdi that the word executives have been suspended. Mffo said the action taken against the […]
Some Nigerians in the United States of America have secured a permit to protest against the election victory of Bola Tinubu, president-elect. The protest is reportedly billed for April 3. In a statement on Thursday, Tai Balofin, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the US, said Nigerians should not be disturbed […]
The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 35 on Friday with rescue operations ongoing, a local official told AFP. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday on Thursday plunged into the stepwell — a stair-lined communal water source — after the floor covering […]
Former US President Donald Trump is set to be charged over hush money payments made to an adult actress just before the 2016 presidential election. This is the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges. CNN reports that the indictment has been filed under seal […]
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