Kenyan cult leader Paul NthengeMackenzie and 29 associates were on Tuesday charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among hundreds of people buried in a forest. The defendants all denied the charges brought before a court in the coastal town of Malindi near the Indian Ocean. One suspect was found mentally…
The United Kingdom’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, and will postpone public-facing duties, Buckingham Palace has announced. King Charles recently spent three nights in hospital to undergo treatment for an enlarged prostate. It is understood that this separate issue was discovered during that procedure. Here is what’s known about…
A joint study by Consumers International and Consumer Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation (CADEF) has revealed worrying trends in Nigeria’s food pricing landscape. The research spans six geopolitical zones and focuses on fluctuations in food prices, especially staple items like yam, garri, rice, beans, chicken, and groundnut oil between the months of November and December 2023….
He was charged on a seven-count charge bordering on vote buying and other offences, with case number AB/10c/2023 (FRN Vs Adebutu &Ors, before the Presiding Judge, Justice Abiodun Akinremi. He has, however, pleaded not guilty to all charges proffered against him. Adebutu was accused of criminal inducement during the poll by security agents alongside other…
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia has found flaws in documents backing Boris Nadezhdin’s bid to run in next month’s presidential vote, he has said. The CEC informed the aspiring antiwar candidate on Monday that it had found 15 percent of the signatures he submitted to access the electoral race to be invalid, Nadezhdin…
A drone strike on a United States base in eastern Syria overnight has killed several fighters from Kurdish-led forces. The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that seven fighters were killed and at least 18 others injured. The attack follows US strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria over the…
Egypt’s top diplomat received his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne on Sunday in the New Administrative Capital. In a news conference after the meeting, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned of a wider conflict in the region if a ceasefire was not reached in Gaza. “The war in Gaza, the threats we are seeing towards the…
The unprecedented move to reschedule the election to Aug. 25 and extend President Macky Sall’s mandate prompted unrest and criticism. Lawmakers are set to debate the bill proposing the election delay, marking a departure from Senegal’s history of election stability. The African Union, along with regional bodies and Western governments, called for a swift announcement…
The Grammy Awards, the highest honours in the music industry, were handed out at a ceremony in the United States city of Los Angeles on Sunday. Here is a list of winners: ALBUM OF THE YEARMidnights, Taylor Swift RECORD OF THE YEARFlowers, Miley Cyrus SONG OF THE YEARWhat Was I Made For?, Billie Eilish (from…
