Delta State Police Command has uncovered how a married woman, Oluchi, faked her abduction, demanding N50 million ransom while hiding with a lover.
Authorities in Jordan have officially announced the Hijri New Year (also known as Hijrah) public holiday date, giving residents a break in June 2026.
The grave of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani has been vandalised, days after a South African court ordered the far-right gunman who killed him to be released on parole, city officials said on Tuesday. Last week, South Africa's top court controversially ordered the release on parole of Janusz Walus, the Polish immigrant who shot Hani dead.
All regions of the world saw water extremes last year -- both floods and droughts -- and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Some 3.6 billion people face inadequate access to freshwater at least one month per year.
A longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Kudrin, stepped down Tuesday as the head of the country's audit chamber amid reports he will oversee the reconstruction of tech giant Yandex following sanctions over Ukraine. Last week, Russian state news agency TASS reported that Kudrin will be given a senior role in Yandex before the new year.
World
Load more
US
Read more
Asia
Read more
Africa
Read more
Europe
Read more
