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Thousands of people have attended rallies across the US in support of abortion rights. According to a leaked Supreme Court document the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe…

While 140,000 civilians have managed to escape from besieged Mariupol, another 170,000 are still trapped there, the city council says. Relentless Russian shelling for more than three weeks has reduced…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that eight persons died in a communal clash between Alesi community in Ikom local government area and their neighbours, Ochon community in…

In almost every corner of the station concourse over the weekend, in the waiting rooms, the underpasses and all along the platforms, there were people taking shelter, sleeping, anxiously waiting,…

Up to 4,000 people have taken part in a pro-Russia demonstration in the Serbian capital. Friday’s march was a show of support for Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Serbia…

Thousands of people packed on a crowded platform at a train station in the city of Lviv near the Polish border have tried to force their way onto a train…

Armed men, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly attacked Senator Gabriel Suswam’s hometown in Yonov, Tombo, Turan and Nenzev in Logo as well as communities in Guma and Buruku…

Despite this, union officials said the strike would proceed as planned, as discussions had not resulted in a resolution that would “go any way to satisfying the association the real…

Some top politicians and thousands of their supporters have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State. The defectors who include a two-term…

A two-time Senatorial candidate in Abia south district of Abia State, Chief Chris Nkwota has formally defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Thousands of parcels have been scattered across the railway tracks in east Los Angeles. According to locals, thieves have been targeting trains, both moving and stationary, to try and steal…

In April last year, millions of pilgrims had gathered in the Himalayan town of Haridwar, in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand, to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival even as…

Wildfires have devastated parts of Boulder County in the US state of Colorado. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on Thursday as the fire spread, destroying…

“If you look at the numbers of attempted suicides in India, they are laughably low. Anywhere in the world, they are generally four to 20 times [the number] of actual…

The fortunes of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Benue State have further depleted with the exit of a three term member of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon John…

At least 30 people have been killed and thousands have been displaced after severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Consistent heavy rainfall for a week resulted…

Leaders of defectors from various political parties including the All Progressives Congress, APC, who decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have apologised to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State…

Up to 3,000 migrants and refugees have spent the past month camped out on the streets of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, outside a community centre run by the United Nations. Many…

Some prominent politicians in Benue State alongside thousands of their supporters have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP ahead of the 2023 general…

The verdict could upend the court’s 1973 landmark Roe v Wade ruling, which protects a woman’s right to an abortion until viability – the point at which a foetus is…