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Property belonging to Atlantic International Refinery Limited meant for a refinery project located in Okpoama, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been looted by the community youths. Reports reaching our correspondent said some youths invaded the site of the company and vandalised two 40ft containers that housed some valuables such as furniture, armoured…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa Command, has rescued 10 suspected victims of human trafficking in the state. The NIS Comptroller, Mr Tahir Musa, who disclosed this during a news briefing in Dutse on Tuesday, said that the victims were intercepted on Sunday at Tsamiyar Kwance area, Babura Local Government Area of the state. Musa…

  Nineteen passengers who were en route to Kano from Plateau lost their lives in a deadly accident on Saturday. The passengers were wedding guests who had travelled from Kano to Barkin Ladi Local Government Area in Plateua and were on their way home when they got caught up in the ghastly accident. The driver…

A customer accused of ‘fraud’ reportedly disappeared inside a bank, leaving staff and officers confused. The incident, according to a narrator, shared by a certain @General_Somto on X happened in the morning at a branch where the customer visited to complain about his account being blocked. According to the narrator, the account was flagged with…

Nineteen hippos have died in Zimbabwe in the past three months most likely due to a lack of adequate food because of severe drought, the wildlife authority said Thursday. Samples from the dead animals showed no trace of abnormalities or anthrax poisoning, ZimParks said in a statement. However, an investigation found that the hippos had…

  Red faced Kenyan police on Tuesday arrested eight of their own officers and launched a manhunt after a man accused of murdering and dismembering 42 women escaped from a Nairobi police cell along with a dozen other people. The escapees include Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a "vampire, a psychopath", who was…

An elderly woman was found dead after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia, police and local officials said Friday, the third such death in the province in as many months. Maga, a 74-year-old woman who like many Indonesians had one name, raised concerns when she did not return home on Wednesday, prompting a…

Pakistan’s newly crowned Olympic gold medallist, Arshad Nadeem, will receive a gift of buffalo from his father-in-law, Muhammad Nawaz, in a gesture that symbolises honour in their village. Nawaz explained to local media that such a gift holds significant cultural importance in their community. Nadeem won the javelin throw event in Paris with an Olympic…

A 36-year-old Thailand elephant has given birth to a rare set of twins. This happened at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal in central Thailand. It is believed that this happens in only one per cent of elephant births. The veterinarian was expecting only one baby calf, but soon another one dropped, a female…

A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday. The husband of 45-year-old Farida and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province discovered her on Friday inside the reticulated python, which measured around five metres (16 feet). The…

A 15-year-old boy, named Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 is set to become the first millennial catholic church saint.  After a series of revelations about the late boy. Carlo Acutis was a London-born computer prodigy. He died of leukaemia at 15. He was dubbed 'God's influencer' and the 'patron saint of the internet. Carlo…

A one-year-old boy from Ghana has become the world's youngest artist. At just one year and 152 days old, Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's youngest male artist. His artistic journey began when his mother, Chantelle, a fellow artist herself, noticed Ace-Liam's fascination with paint at…