55 people have been killed in Irkutsk region, Russia, with almost 26 others still lying in hospital bed without a chance of survival after they drank bath lotion or bath oil, masquerading as a safe alcoholic drink called Hawthorn. Russian authority describe Hawthorn intake as the worst such case in modern …
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Trump picks Flynn as national security advisor
US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be his powerful national security advisor is a former military intelligence chief who sees militant Islam as the biggest threat to global stability. The retired three-star general, a veteran of America’s recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has courted controversy with extreme statements that …
Read More »Why I rejected Eagles job,says PAUL LE GUEN
Newly appointed Super Eagles’ technical director, Paul Le Guen, has rejected the job offer by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. This was revealed by a top French journalist Herve Penot, via the verified Twitter handle (@hpenot_lequipe). According to the tweet, Le Guen will not go to Nigeria because the NFF …
Read More »Jilted lover sues ex-girlfriend to return money spent while dating
A Russian man, Nikolai Zyablikov has asked a court in the city of Krasnoyarsk to make his former partner Nina Zgurskaya pay him back 40,000 rubles ($607) money he spent on her during their relationship. The court, off course rejected his suit to get back the money, according to a report …
Read More »‘Powerful force’ behind Panama Papers
Hostile Western forces are behind the “Panama Papers”, a state-run Chinese newspaper alleged Tuesday, as media avoided reporting revelations about Communist leaders and it emerged that the law firm involved has eight offices in the country. The scandal erupted on Sunday when media groups began revealing the results of a …
Read More »Islamic State threat raises stakes for US nuclear summit
The specter of the Islamic State group obtaining a “dirty bomb” will loom over a top-level nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Obama welcomes several leaders from countries as diverse as China and Nigeria, as well as representatives from nearly 50 other …
Read More »Putin seals agreement with Russian oil firms to freeze output
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had sealed a pact with the country’s oil majors to freeze production as proposed last month by Moscow and Saudi Arabia to curb slumping prices. “Yesterday we met with the management of our leading oil firms, and on the whole an agreement …
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