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A 39-year-old father of four from Ghana has been identified as the man killed in one of two seemingly random shootings in northwest Toronto over the weekend. In a police update Tuesday, Det. Phillip Campbell said Adu Boakye and another unnamed 16-year-old boy were “shot indiscriminately” less than 24 hours apart while waiting for a bus in the area of …

A cyclone watch has been issued for coastal communities in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria as the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warns of a growing possibility of a cyclone developing over the region. Communities from Port Roper in the Northern Territory to Burketown in Queensland, including Borroloola, Groote Eylandt, and Mornington Island, are being urged to prepare for strong winds …

‘Just Like Kobe’ American Activist Claims Late Herbert Wigwe Was Murdered American activist and social media personality, Umar Rashad Ibn Abdullah-Johnson claims that the late group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe was murdered. Gatekeepers News reports that Wigwe, alongside his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc …

A chopper transporting Herbert Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings has crashed and killed him as well as about five others in California, United States of America. Sources told TheWill News that the chopper was heading to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night. Daily Mail also reports that …

. Nova Scotians already buried under as much as 80 centimetres of snow hunkered down and braced on Sunday as a powerful storm hovering over the province seemed poised to linger well into a third day. The heavy, continuous snowfall prompted the Cape Breton Municipality to declare a local state of emergency. Mayor Amanda McDougall shared the development in a …

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 on Thursday and confirmed via …

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 posted to social media. Alberta …

  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 a request for compensation for …

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’ home in the city’s Lachine …

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 World Muslim Congress and member …