Indian customs intercepts N8.8billion worth of cocaine from Nigerian woman A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian woman has been arrested by Indian customs officials at the international airport for allegedly smuggling into the country cocaine worth ₹ 82 crore (equivalent to about N8.8billion). The arrest was seen in a video uploaded on X by an Asian News International…
Protests as Alberta proposes parental consent for name changes in schools, age limits on gender affirmation care Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shared the province’s proposed rules regarding parental consent for student names and pronouns, as well as age restrictions for gender affirmation medical care. The premier also mentioned restrictions on transgender athletes in her video…
Police in Canada are investigating a series of extortions and related crimes that they believe are orchestrated by a suspect in India and involve criminals in Edmonton, Alberta, targeting the region’s affluent South Asian people. In what Edmonton Police described as a new trend in Canada, victims typically receive a WhatsApp message along with…
18-year-old mother charged with kidnapp in Montreal abduction that set off Amber Alert Montreal police say the missing child that triggered an Amber Alert has been found “safe and sound.” Police posted the update early Wednesday morning on X, formerly Twitter. The baby girl was reported missing around 9:25 a.m. Tuesday from her maternal grandparents’…
Israel/Palestine war : Mallam Ibrahim Salman charges Tinubu on ending crisis Following the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to spearhead regional efforts, diplomatically pressuring for dialogue and the return of annexed lands to Palestine. This was contained in a statement issued by the Executive Director of the…
Thousands of people were killed and at least 10,000 were missing in Libya in floods caused by a huge Mediterranean storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern coastal city of Derna. A senior medic in Derna told Reuters that more than 2,000 people were…
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco Friday night, killing nearly 300 people and damaging buildings in the historic city of Marrakech in what the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said was the strongest tremor to hit that part of the North African nation in more than a century. The quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas…
In a well attended historic ceremony King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camila, were both crowned on Saturday 7th May at London’s Westminster Abbey. Though Charles officially became king following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Sept. 8, 2022, the coronation ceremony consecrated and celebrated his ascension to the throne. King…
The Ooni of Ife and Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has been commended by President Williams Ruto of Republic of Kenya for his Agenda for Peace, Unity and Progress of the African people which he has continued to take around the world, describing him as a unique Pan-African king. President Ruto…
