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Three theatre performers stabbed during show
Police said a man was arrested after attacking three members of a troupe that was performing as part of an entertainment festival in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Videos shared online shows that the attack took place on Monday evening, a man was seen storming the stage while the group was performing before he is chased
US hasn’t met Syria ceasefire obligations, Erdogan tells Trump
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he would tell US counterpart Donald Trump that Washington must do more to implement a ceasefire deal they agreed in order to halt Turkey’s offensive in Syria. As he prepared to leave for Washington, Erdogan told reporters, “I will tell him, with the use of documents, that the
Pneumonia claims 162,000 Nigerian children
Dayo Ojerinde The United Nations Children’s Fund has listed Nigeria as the largest contributor to global pneumonia deaths. A new analysis released by UNICEF on Monday claimed that Pneumonia kills more children globally than any other infection. UNICEF said,“Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year globally,
Swine fever claims fourth victim in Vietnam
A 37-year-old Buddhist nun in Vietnam’s central highlands has died of swine flu, bringing the total number killed by the disease this year to four, authorities said on Tuesday. The patient initially experienced mild fever and fatigue before growing malnourished. She was then taken in for a private health check-up, the Kon Tum Centre for
Cooking gas vessel now in Lagos, waiting to discharge —NLNG
’Femi Asu The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has announced the arrival in Lagos of its vessel containing 12,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as cooking gas. The PUNCH had reported on Tuesday that most depots in Lagos had run out of stock, following a supply shortfall that led to a sharp increase
US court rejects appeal of inmate, who says he’s too ‘dead’ for jail
An inmate serving life for murder in the US state of Iowa offered a novel legal appeal, saying he should be released because he “died” four years ago. The Iowa Court of Appeals was unmoved, however, by Benjamin Schreiber’s bid for freedom ruling that the argument — however original — was “unpersuasive.” Schreiber, who was
51 children injured in chemical attack at China kindergarten
More than 50 people, mostly children, were injured by a man who broke into a kindergarten in southwest China and sprayed them with corrosive liquid, local authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, a 23-year-old surnamed Kong, entered the kindergarten by climbing a wall before spraying victims with sodium hydroxide, said local authorities in Kaiyuan city, Yunnan
Visa moves to acquire stake in Nigeria’s Interswitch
Visa Inc plans to acquire a “significant minority” stake in payments platform Interswitch, the Nigeria-based company said on Tuesday. Interswitch did not provide financial details in its statement. The acquisition, which Sky News reported on Sunday as being a 20 per cent stake for 200 million dollars, would give the company a valuation of one
VIDEO: Unidentified man in Police uniform reels around in flood
The video of a man in Police uniform is trending on Twitter. Tweeted by @Gidi_Traffic on Tuesday, the man is seen reeling back and forth in the flood and appears unstable. An individual in mufti is seen trying to sustain and prevent him from plunging headlong into the torrent. @Gidi_Traffic is convinced that the man
Oil prices gain as market awaits signals on US-China trade talks
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, reversing early losses on hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump may signal progress on trade talks with China in a speech later in the day. Brent crude futures were up 31 cents, or 0.5 per cent, at 62.49 dollars a barrel by 0644 GMT, after dipping to as low as […]
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