News as it breaks
Nigeria and several other countries that have been recently hit by the Monkey Pox (MPOX) outbreak, stand to benefit from a $135m funding plan by the World Health Organization (WHO). A statement by the organisation on Monday said the fund was necessary as it has launched a global Strategic Preparedness…
Pop superstar Justin Bieber announced on Friday the birth of his son, Jack Blues, with his model wife, Hailey, in a post that quickly garnered millions of likes on Instagram. “Welcome Home Jack Blues Bieber,” the Canadian singer posted, alongside a photo of the infant’s foot wrapped in a blanket,…
French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others an egotistical chauvinist, has died at the age of 88, his children annnounced Sunday in a statement to AFP. “Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened…
The first female Chairperson of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Headquarters Chapel and an Editor in the Radio Station, Comrade Sandra Amogechukwu Udeike has lost her mother, Mrs. Chinelo Helen Edeh, Nee Chukwuowo to the cold hands of death during a brief illness. This is…
The death toll from a garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 23, a city official said Monday. People and livestock were buried in mountains of waste at the landfill in the northern Kampala district of Kiteezi on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy downpours. “The…
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 18, police said on Sunday, amid claims the site was a disaster waiting to happen. Local media said homes, people and livestock were engulfed in mountains of waste at the landfill…
An airplane carrying 57 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, the airline said. The aircraft, an ATR 72-500 operated by Voepass airline, was traveling from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport when it crashed in the…
An airplane with 62 people on board crashed Friday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, firefighters and the airline Voepass said. Although no official death toll has been given, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said during an official event that it appeared there were no survivors. “A plane just crashed…
Letsile Tebogo has always said an Olympic medal would not just be for Botswana but the continent of Africa and he duly delivered on Thursday by becoming the first African to be crowned 200m Olympic champion. The 21-year-old produced a stunning run in Paris to leave pre-race favourite Noah Lyles…
The US Vice President, Kamala Harris, announced Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz, as her running mate on Tuesday. This is as the VP prepares to take on Republican Donald Trump in November’s US election. Walz brings a rural Midwestern perspective to the Democrat’s campaign while also having notched liberal policy goals…
