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A landslide which hit the riverine community of Peremabiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government on Thursday has left two persons missing. Report says Mr. Ikioudo Abel, a graduate of the Niger Delta University and Stanley Dominic, a secondary school leaver, were feared buried in the landslide during a football match around the community waterside. They were reportedly trying to ...

A great white shark Wednesday attacked a British man after he ignored warnings and went swimming at a beach in Cape Town. Authorities said the 42-year-old Michael Cohen, who lost his right leg and part of his left foot, made it back toward shore at Fish Hoek beach and was pulled from the water by a bystander who left before ...

The Nigerian House of Representatives has on Wednesday said that it has started addressing how to immediately fix the terrible federal roads nationwide. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal referred a motion on the important issue to the House Committee on Works for proper harmonization and implementation. Hon. Sunday Steve Karimi, representing Yagba Federal Constituency of Kogi State, ...

At least 48 people were admitted to the hospital on Wednesday in serious condition after inhaling toxic gas from a leakage from a tank at Shauri Moyo Estate, Nairobi. A worker at a scrap metal yard cut open a drum that contained the poisonous gas, which caused the leakage. According to the Kenya Red Cross, chlorine gas is suspected to ...

A Nigerian militant group based in the oil-producing Niger Delta has allegedly sent an email on Wednesday night, saying it would bomb the nation’s capital, Abuja, on October 1, Independence Day. In the email sent to media organizations, spokesperson for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Jomo Gbomo warned the general public to stay away from ...