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Undercover FBI agents last night arrested a Moroccan man as he headed towards the US Capitol allegedly intent on carrying out a suicide bombing at the heart of the American government. Unbeknownst to Amine el-Khalifi, the explosive vest and the submachine gun he reportedly intended to use were fakes, supplied to him during a sting operation, and which police said ...

A procession rally in memory of the victims who died in last month’s protest against the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government was yesterday stopped abruptly by the police at Maryland, Lagos. The police then arrested a former President of Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Dr. Dipo Fasina, the widow of the late Lagos lawyer-activist, Chief ...

A British tourist is lucky to be alive after a painful and embarrassing encounter with one of the deadliest snakes in Australia, while answering the call of nature outside. As Jackson Scott crouched in the dark at a remote Tasmanian farm, a highly venomous tiger snake bit his testicle, The Sun reported Thursday. The reptile sunk its fangs into Jackson ...

Members of the G6 states security summit said they have discovered a better strategy to combat terrorism in their respective areas including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The states are Niger, Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa and the FCT. Speaking at the event, the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Muhammed, said that the aim of the G6 security summit is to find ...

Relatives and Friends of US pop music icon Whitney Houston are gathering for her funeral at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey. The New Hope Baptist Church is where a young Whitney Houston sang in a gospel choir run by her mother. Houston’s body will be buried beside her father, John Russell Houston, at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. Some ...