A zookeeper in Australia is in critical condition after being mauled by two lions while cleaning their enclosure on Friday, authorities said. The 35-year-old woman was bitten in the head and neck in what one paramedic called an “extremely vicious” attack at Shoalhaven Zoo, about 100 miles (162 kilometers) south of Sydney in New South…

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has reacted to the death of a Nigerian man after he was brutally beaten in India. The Nigerian businessman, popularly called Sunny Mike, was beaten to death on Wednesday, May 27, at Palam , New Delhi. It was gathered that the businessman was accused of theft by an Indian…

It’s past 10:30 at night in Minneapolis, but the protests show no sign of slowing — if anything, they appear to be ratcheting up in intensity, with protesters setting a police precinct on fire. Police had set up a fence around the precinct earlier, but it has since been pushed over and thousands of protesters…

The war of words between the Kogi state government and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, continued today with the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, asking the agency to stop ”defrauding” Nigerians with the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Channels Television this evening, Fanwo accused the agency of fraud. According to him, the NCDC…

The special adviser to the president on media, Mr Femi Adesina once again, has angered Nigerians for saying we are lucky to have President Buhari as our president and that he is leading well. He made the statement on his twitter page while reacting to a post that was made against him which said Nigeria…

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the novel coronavirus, a senior official said Wednesday. “All the doors of the Al-Aqsa mosque (compound) will be opened at dawn on Sunday,” Omar al-Kiswani, the mosque’s director, told AFP. Details of the reopening have not yet been finalised, including…

Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate” or even shut down social media platforms after Twitter applied a fact-check to two of his tweets this week. Trump did not elaborate on what actions he could take. But the threat is Trump’s clearest expression of intent to use the power of…

Aston Martin has replaced CEO Andy Palmer with the current head of Mercedes-AMG as the ailing luxury sports carmaker tries to revive its fortunes.The company named 54-year old Tobias Moers as its new CEO in a statement Tuesday. Palmer, who has held the role since 2014, will step down at the end of this month, it added. He…

Billionaire businessman and Chief Executive of the Dome, Abuja, Dr Obiorah Okonkwo is set to float an aviation company, United Nigeria Airlines in the country. Born on December 5, 1965 in Gombe, North East Nigeria, Dr Okonkwo is a Russian-trained Political Scientist and accomplished entrepreneur from Ogidi, Anambra State. He chairs the boards of a good…