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Oil Damage: Shell agrees to pay $16m to Nigerian farmers
Shell has agreed to pay $16m (£13m) to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from leaks in its oil pipelines. The sum was agreed in negotiations between the oil company and campaign group Friends of the Earth, reports the BBC. But it is
JUST IN: Two dead after shooting in central Paris
A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing two people and wounding several others. The shooting took place close to a Kurdish cultural centre not far from the Gare de l’Est station, reports the BBC. The man, said to be in his late 60s, was quickly detained by police. Authorities appealed for people
IGP To Policemen: Protect INEC offices against further attacks
Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Friday urged police commands across the country to protect all INEC offices in the country against attacks. He said some INEC offices have been attacked in the country and urged the police to rise to the occasion and stem the tide. Addressing officers and
Onana quits Indomitable Lions
Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana has announced his retirement from international football a month after a fallout with national team coach Rigobert Song at the World Cup in Qatar. Inter Milan gloveman Onana, 26, did not give specific reasons for his decision, saying only his “story with the Cameroonian national team has come
Senegal goalkeeper, Mendy, rejects ‘disrespectful’ Chelsea contract offer
Edouard Mendy, the Senegalese goalkeeper of Chelsea has rejected a six-year contract offer by the English Premier League side. According to reports, he feels that the club aren’t giving him the respect he deserves by refusing to give him a similar salary as Kepa Arrizabalaga. A Chelsea ‘insider’ told The Sun in UK:
Man defiles three-year-old in Lagos day care
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has called on parents to ensure their children and wards are cared for at registered and approved schools and day care centres in the state, as a man, simply identified as Nonso, has been apprehended for defiling a three-year-old child. According to a statement by
US winter storm will bring frostbite within minutes
Plunging temperatures wreaking havoc across the US and Canada can lead to frostbite on bare skin in only five to 10 minutes, experts are warning. A powerful Arctic winter storm has placed more than 135 million people under weekend weather alerts ahead of the busiest travel days of the year, reports the BBC.
Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home
Russia’s space agency says it is considering sending an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three crew members ahead of schedule, after their Soyuz capsule started leaking. Roscosmos and Nasa said it was unclear how the external radiator on the spacecraft sustained a
N’Korea sold arms to Russia’s Wagner group, US says
The United States has accused North Korea of supplying battlefield missiles and rockets to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine. The White House said the shipment violated UN Security Council resolutions and that it would announce further sanctions on Wagner, reports the BBC. Both North Korea and Wagner have
Man City knock out holders Liverpool in League Cup thriller
Nathan Ake’s header proved decisive as Manchester City knocked holders Liverpool out of the League Cup in a dramatic 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday. This last-16 clash marked the return to competitive action of two of English football’s heavyweights following the World Cup break with City’s Kevin De Bruyne the
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