Category: World
Zambia mourns seven footballers killed in bus crash
Zambian football is in mourning after seven players from Chavuma Town Council FC were killed in a bus crash.
The country's football association (Faz) [...]
Ex-rebel gets 40-year jail term in landmark Ugandan case
A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war crimes [...]
US election polls: Who is ahead – Harris or Trump?
Voters in the US go to the polls on 5 November to elect their next president.
The election was initially a rematch of 2020 but it was upended in Ju [...]
Niger Delta: Mixed reactions trail Tinubu’s reshuffle
THE scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry raised mixed reactions in the polity, yesterday, with a host of Niger Delta leaders and activists kicking ag [...]
Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international s [...]
Binance exec denied bail as 5-year-old son asks, ‘Is daddy on the plane?’
On October 11, 2024, a judge in Abuja denied a request to grant bail to detained American Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, despite his meeting all [...]
Meta fires staff for buying toothpaste, not lunch
Workers at Meta have reportedly been sacked for abusing the tech firm's meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and washing powder.
O [...]
Lufthansa hit with record penalty after barring Jewish passengers
The US has hit Lufthansa with a record $4m (3m) penalty after the airline barred Jewish passengers from a 2022 flight because some allegedly refused t [...]
Boeing seeks up to $35bn as costly strike drags on
Boeing says it aims to raise $35bn (£26.8bn) from investors and banks as a costly strike by thousands of its workers enters its second month.
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How a woman murdered her parents and hid the secret for four years
Virginia McCullough knew why the police had smashed through her front door, but part of her wondered why it took them so long to discover she had murd [...]