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The United States wants to reduce its military presence in Africa, Washington’s top military officer said, as France hosts Sahel leaders as it seeks to bolster the fight against jihadists in the region. Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said resources “could be reduced and then shifted, either to increase […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Ibrahim Aku before Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court. According to a press statement by signed by Tony Orlando, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Aku, an accountant at EYN Church of Christ (Ekilisiyar Yen Uwa Nigeria), EYN, Church […]
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Finance and Economy, Ms. Sarah Alade, has demanded the sum of N500 million from two young journalists, Messrs Alfred Olufemi (21years) and Gidado Yushau (23 years), over an investigative report on hemp smoking published in NewsDigest, Abuja-based online newspaper, on May 19, 2018. The investigative report titled: […]
The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) on Monday confirmed that there was a minor earth tremor in Bwari Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Imam Kaka, a Deputy Director in the agency and head of Geophysics Department confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Kaka said officials […]
Chileans have been surprised by cloudy days in the middle of January — uncommon weather for the country’s summer season. The anomaly was caused by the smoke coming from Australia’s “monster fires,” which reached South America last week, the BBC reports. Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil have been affected. In Australia, nearly 6,000 km² of land has […]
Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa. Massive infernos have raged along the nation’s east coast for months, pushing smoke across the Pacific. Nasa said plumes from blazes around New Year’s Day had crossed South America, turning skies there hazy, and moved “halfway around […]
Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. The oldest of the dust grains were formed in stars that roared to life long […]
Israeli police have arrested a rabbi who is suspected of holding around 50 women and children in conditions of slavery. The arrest follows a raid on a complex in Jerusalem, where the alleged victims are believed to have been kept isolated from their families. The women had been punished in various ways and had money […]
A teacher was killed and six other people injured when an 11-year-old student opened fire Friday at a private school in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, officials said. The shooter, a sixth-grader armed with two guns, also died, said Adelaido Flores, the regional coordinator for public safety in Coahuila, near the Texas border. Coahuila […]
At least six people have died and 16 others have been injured after a massive sinkhole swallowed up a bus picking up passengers in northwestern China, the latest in a recent string of deadly road collapses in the country. A public bus had just halted at a stop in the city of Xining, Qinghai province […]