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The U.S. Federal authorities have arrested no fewer than 34 Nigerians for allegedly defrauding businesses and U.S. citizens of several millions of dollars, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said. FBI said in a statement that the fraud was a significant coordinated effort to … Read...

A fishing enthusiast in China made a catch with a difference during a recent outing. Footage shows how the angler reeled in a large and highly unusual fish with a bulbous pigeon-shaped head. Stunned onlookers took pictures of the unique bird-like creature on their phone as it lay gasping …...

MILAN — An Italian court on Friday convicted a Polish man of kidnapping a 20-year-old British model for ransom in a case that raised the specter of young women being auctioned off online on encrypted websites. The verdict slammed the door on the defendant’s … Read more via More Top Stories...

A mother and stepfather have been charged with selling their young boy online for sex. The story went on trial in Germany on Monday (today), in a case that police say is one of the “most atrocious” they have investigated. Berrin T., 48, and Christian L., 39, also … Read more via Punch...

While Nigeria’s abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the world, the country ranks top among countries its citizens are in search of abortion pills, a new survey has revealed. Nigeria and Ghana are the two countries with the highest search interest … Read more via nigeria –...

A 90-year-old woman is seriously ill in hospital after being subjected to a violent assault in her bed. Iris Warner was discovered by her son Jeffrey at her home in Brent, north-west London, and was slipping in and out of consciousness, police said. The attack comes amid growing … Read...

LOS ANGELES — A California man was sentenced to death on Thursday for the killing of a young boy who prosecutors said was tortured because he believed the child was gay, and the boy’s mother was sentenced to life in prison. Los Angeles County … Read more via More Top Stories – Google News...

Nigeria has been ranked the 16th least peaceful country in the world, according to the 2018 edition of Global Peace Index (GPI). The report, released on Wednesday, ranked Nigeria 148 out of the total 163 countries surveyed. Iceland is the most peaceful country, closely followed by New Zealand...

A pastor identified as Docho Eshete was killed by a crocodile during a baptism ceremony in an Ethiopian lake. The pastor and about 80 members of his congregation gathered Sunday morning at the southern end of Lake Abaya — close to … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music...

A brazen couple were caught appearing to have sex while riding a giant ferris wheel hundreds of feet off the ground. Shocked passengers can be heard laughing in disbelief while recording the couple from the next cabin. The footage was shot as the ferris wheel … Read more via Welcome To...

A Texas woman admitted to shooting dead her husband because he was beating the family cat, according to police. Mary Harrison, 47, was arrested for killing her husband Dexter, 49, … Read more via More Top Stories – Google News – https://ift.tt/2stVXBf Get More Nigeria Metro News

With the highest rate of road traffic fatalities compared to any other region in the world, despite only having only 2 per cent of the world’s vehicles. Africa’s road safety crisis was in the spotlight on the first day of the International … Read more via The Sun News –...

A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to nurse the mammal back to health. Thailand is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic bags, which kill hundreds of marine creatures...

A 35-year-old Nigerian man identified as Olukayode Ibrahim Lawal, was on Thursday indicted in Connecticut federal court, for reportedly tricking school districts........ Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2spYjkC Get More Nigeria Metro News

Five dangerous big cats , two lions, two tigers and a jaguar which escaped their enclosures in a flooded German zoo on Friday are reportedly back “in their cages”. Local residents near the zoo close to the Luxembourg border were warned....... Read more via Channels Television –...

Samuel Kimani who works at Pangani Girls says he is happy to be alive despite the ordeal. His head may have lost shape and has … Read more via Popular Standard Digital News Feeds – https://ift.tt/2sxAEOp Get More Nigeria Metro News

A pregnant runaway cow from Bulgaria which roamed into neighbouring Serbia, has been condemned to death because she crossed the EU border. Penka, a pregnant red cow who is due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from her herd near the village of … Read more via Nigeria...

A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing because of a passenger’s “unbearable” body odour which caused others around him to vomit and faint. The Transavia flight to the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria took off from Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands … Read more via...

Lava from the Kilauea volcano reached a geothermal power plant on the Big Island on Sunday, approaching wells that have been capped to protect against the release of toxic gas should they mix with lava. Gov. David Ige says the plant is "stable..................... Read more via USA Today –...

Exactly two months and four days after doctors exhumed the body of Fr Peter Kasooli Bwayo in Bulambuli District, his family is stuck with the remains with no clear programme for reburial. The body has been under refrigeration at the Mbale municipal mortuary where the family opted to keep …...