Man raped girlfriend’s 4-year-old son to death and his mum helped him escape from the cops

A Pennsylvania man is accused of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son, and his mum is accused of helping him escape. 20-year-old Keith Jordan had been asked by his girlfriend to take care of her son, Bentley Miller, on March 21, because she had to go to work. After Mackenzie Peters left for...

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Rivers Police recovers empty bullion van as robbers escape with millions of Naira

Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the attack on a bullion van by some suspected armed robbers in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.The Command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Omoni Nnamdi disclosed that the bullion van had been...

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Aung San Suu Kyi pledges to quit if public judges her a failure

Myanmar leader admits democratic government has fallen short of first-year hopes Aung San Suu Kyi admitted her administration had not made as much progress as hoped The former pro-democracy campaigner admitted her administration had not made as much progress as hoped in grappling with the legacy of half...

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Navy destroy illegal refinery with 1.59m litres of stolen diesel

Illegal diesel depot on fire The Nigerian Navy on Friday 31/03/2017 said it had discovered and destroyed an illegal refinery with 1.59 million litres of illegally refined diesel during a mop-up operation in Port Harcourt.Speaking at the destruction exercise, Commodore Williams Kayoda, the Commander of Nigerian...

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SENATE INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATES TRUMP-RUSSIA INQUIRY

The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday promised a thorough investigation into any direct links between Russia and Republican Donald Trump during his successful 2016 run for the White House. Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Mark Warner, its top Democrat, pledged...

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FRENCH SOCIALISTS STRUGGLING

Francois Hollande  – Francois Hollande’s election as president in 2012 was supposed to herald a new dawn for French socialism after 17 years of right-wing rule, but by June his party could be struggling to survive. Weeks before the start of an election to pick France’s next president, the ruling bloc...

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POPE JOHN PAUL II's RELICS ON QUEZON CITY

  The relics and personal belonging was used by Saint John Paul II in the ''Tour of Papal Relics'' Exhibit inside the Gateway Mall Cubao THE faithful will get another chance to venerate the relics of Saint Pope John Paul II at Our Lady of Veritas Chapel in Quezon City. Church-run Radio Veritas said...

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CHINA PLANS TO STUDY BENHAM RISE

CHINA has pending requests to study Benham Rise, an undersea plateau east of Luzon believed to be rich in marine resources, acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said yesterday. “I know a number have been denied and in fact two or three are under consideration. I mean, two or three requests,”...

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CHINA'S ECONOMY GROWS TO 6.8%

HONG KONG - China’s economy, the world’s second largest, will likely expand 6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2017, the official Xinhua agency quoted a government think tank as saying on Wednesday. The expected pace is on par with the 6.8 percent growth logged in the fourth quarter, which was better...

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TRUMP LOOKS AT NORTH KOREA FOR COAL AMBITIONS

Both cheap and abundant, coal is perhaps the least sexy of commodities -- unless you live in a coal-producing state like Wyoming or West Virginia, where the industry is a big employer. From a global perspective, it would be practically impossible to live without coal, which generates about 40 percent of the...

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AFTER 2 MONTHS STRANDED AT SEA, MAN FINALLY COMES HOME

A young fisherman finally comes home to the Philippines by plane on Wednesday after being given up for dead at sea, fighting hunger, thirst, and despair for two long months on a tiny fishing boat that drifted to Papua New Guinea. 21 year old Rolando Omongos recounted his dreadful yet astonishing tale of...

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Trump declares war on party rebels

Last week Donald Trump said he was going to "come after" congressman Mark Meadows, the head of the House Freedom Caucus, if he didn't support the American Health Care Act. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer later said the president was joking.  No one is laughing now.The House Freedom Caucus,...

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Exam applicants vandalise JAMB office

- The JAMB zonal office in Benue state has been vandalised by prospective exam candidates protesting their inability to register at the centers earmarked for the exercise - The candidates also took the protest to government house, expressing their disgust over the manner this year JAMB registration is been...

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DUTERTE'S OXYGEN CONVERTER REVEALED

SLEEP AID. What appears to be an oxygen concentrator can be seen beside President Duterte's bed in Davao City. Photo from Manases Carpio To help him sleep well despite his respiratory problems, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he uses a contraption to improve his "oxygenation." He...

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