Wednesday, October 28, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

September 28, 2026

Floods, landslides kill scores in India after heavy rainfall

Days of torrential rainfall has killed no fewer than 60 persons and damaged over a thousand homes.

RWANDAN LANDSLIDES
September 28, 2026

Amnesty International, CPJ call for fresh probe into unsolved murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan

Mr O’Hagan was a staff of Sunday World and had written exposés detailing the criminal underworld operations of Ireland’s paramilitary groups before his murder in 2001.

Martin O’Hagan
September 28, 2026

Muslims protest planned demolition of 600-year-old mosque to make way for Hindu pilgrimage

Demonstrators told local media, Maktoob, that it was wrong to wipe out the existence of a religion to favour another.

Hundreds of Muslims in India are protesting
September 28, 2026

Serbia’s Vucic resigns as president to run for prime minister

“Tomorrow morning I will hand over my duties to the parliament speaker,” Mr Vučić said on Sunday. “This is the last evening for me in this building.”

Aleksandar Vucic
September 25, 2026

University of Cambridge drops plans to investigate hiring of Jason Arday after suicide

The University of Cambridge has aborted investigations seeking to probe its recruitment of Jason Arday, the Black professor who died by suicide last month.

September 25, 2026

Xenophobia: RCCG begins repatriation of 500 Nigerians from South Africa

The RCCG Task Force welcomed the first batch of 100 Nigerians on Thursday night at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

September 25, 2026

Gaza: Israel prevented genocide, didn’t commit it, says Netanyahu

Mr Netanyahu says Israel has worked to prevent a genocide, denying claims that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, describing the accusation as “the greatest lie of the century”.

Isreal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
September 25, 2026

Palestinian leader Abbas rebukes U.S. visa denial to UNGA, accuses Israel of genocide

“For how long will some states continue to remain silent about Israel, or supply it with the weapons it uses against our people?” said Mr Abbas.

September 24, 2026

Tinubu awards $7 billion Ogun deep seaport deal to Chagoury-linked DP World MEA

“We are doing more than signing agreements; we are laying the foundation for a new chapter in Nigeria’s development,” Mr Tinubu said.

Tinubu, Gilbert Chagoury and DP World MEA
September 24, 2026

Anti-corruption: HEDA, CSOs push for whistleblowers’ protection in Nigeria

“A nation cannot defeat corruption if corruption decides who leads it,” said Abdullahi Shehu, ex-GIABA boss.

HEDA, AFRICMIL, EFCC, ICPC