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A republican councilwoman, Eunice Dwumfour, has been shot dead in front of her home in New Jersey, United States of America. She was the wife of a Nigeria-based pastor, Eze Kings, according to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism. New York Post gathered that Dwumfour,…

Pakistan’s former president General Pervez Musharraf, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and launched a fight against Islamist extremism, has died at the age of 79, Daily Mail reports. General Musharraf was a controversial military ruler who led a…

Pope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their “weapons of hatred” at an open-air mass on the final day of his pilgrimage to a country blighted by violence and poverty. Large crowds of ecstatic worshippers streamed…

The US military has shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast. The move comes as the airspace along the coast of North and South Carolina had been closed amid the national security operation. US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that President Joe…

Jurors on Friday cleared Elon Musk of liability for investors' losses in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private. The tweets sent the Tesla share price on a rollercoaster ride, and…

The U.S. Defense Department said Friday another Chinese surveillance balloon is sailing over Latin America, two days after a similar high-altitude balloon was discovered traveling over the United States. Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement to…

More than 13,500 Nigerians joined their communities in a lawsuit against Shell Plc before a landmark UK trial that could have far-reaching implications for parent-company responsibility over the actions of foreign subsidiaries, Bloomberg reported yesterday. The residents of the crude-rich Niger Delta are…

Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood have been dropped by prosecutors, British police said on Thursday, as the footballer said he was “relieved”. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material…

There are indications that Nigeria might be re-included in the United State Government’s list of countries that violate religious freedom. The US government had in 2021 removed Nigeria from its list of countries that violate religious freedom against the recommendation of the United…

Australia will erase the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II’s image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday. The decision to leave her successor King Charles III off the…