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Thailand Immigration Officers arrested a 28-year-old Nigerian national identified simply as George for peddling drugs in Bangkok. Speaking during a press briefing at immigration HQ in Suan Phlu, Bangkok on Friday, October 8, the…

At least 50 people have reportedly been killed following a bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Friday, October 8. The attack is said to be the bloodiest assault since United States forces left the country. A…

A man who forced his son to have sex with his drunk mother twice was jailed for 29 years and handed 24 strokes of the cane on Monday. According to the prosecution, the 41-year-old man had also sexually abused his daughter from when she…

In Panjagutta, Hyderabad, India, a 33-year-old Nigerian student was caught with four grams of cocaine. Daniel Ayotunde Olamide, the accused, was recently freed from jail after spending time for narcotics trafficking. Another suspect,…

Government's decision to pay 50,000 rupees ($674) as compensation for every death due to Covid-19 has been approved by India's supreme court. This is following a petition by the country's lawyers seeking compensation under India's…

A Nigerian man, Abu Henry, alias Kevin was sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) for heroin smuggling by a court in Mohali, Punjab on Friday, October 1. The Court of Additional District and Sessions judge Harpeet Kaur Kaleka…

A Nigerian woman, Maryam Wano, has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for smuggling heroin in India. The court of District and Sessions judge Harreet Kaur Kaleka also slapped a fine of ?1 lakh on Wano, on Wednesday,…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, October 2, announced that he is retiring from politics. Prior to the announcement, Duterte had been expected to run for vice president. He is not eligible to run again for president as…

A Nigerian man and a Thai woman who were reportedly involved in online ‘romance scams’ that saw their victims swindled out of at least B11 million (N134,474,028.70), have been arrested in Thailand. The Nigerian man known as “Mr Abuchi…

Nigerian national, Chekwume Malvin, who works as an actor in the Indian film industry has been arrested for allegedly peddling drugs. The 45-year-old was caught red-handed on Wednesday near the BDA Complex in HRBR Layout by operatives of…

Barely two days after she wrote "sleep is a gentle death" on Instagram, Russian-born woman named Alina Bagirova, has died in a motorbike accident. Alina Bagirova had moved to Thailand in search of a new life after the pandemic started.…

Barbing salons in Afghanistan's Helmand province have been banned from shaving or trimming beards. The Taliban govt gave the order, stating it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law and that anyone caught violating the rule will be…

Popular Indian Islamic televangelist, Zakir Naik has embarked on a search for a wife for his son, Fariq on Facebook. According to the renowned non-Arabic scholar, he is looking for a virtuous Muslim girl of good character for his son…

A Nigerian national, Joel Smith has been sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for supplying drugs in India. Smith, who lives in Tilak Nagar, New Delhi, was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) while supplying drugs in…

The women's affairs ministry appears to have been closed by the Taliban and replaced with the 'Morality police' a department that once enforced strict religious doctrines in the country before the US invasion in 2001. Going by the…

A Nigerian woman, Joy Chika Uzoma, has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for smuggling heroin in Mohali, Punjab, India. Additional District and Sessions Judge Harjit Kaur Kaleke also imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh on the convict. In…

Not less than 150 dogs were discovered buried alive in a mass grave after locals heard some of them barking in India. Newsmen disclosed that the frightened dogs were found in a 15-20 feet deep ditch at Ranganathapura in Shivamogga…

A bizarre case of a woman who says she hasn't kipped in 40 years has had doctors baffled. Li Zhanying from the Chinese province of Henan has claimed that she was only five years old when she last got some shut-eye. Neighbours have…

Two Nigerian men, simply identified as Tony and Ubaka, have been arrested for allegedly raping a young lady who works at a software company in Bengaluru, India. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), SD Sharanappa said the victim was…

According to fresh reports, Taliban are carrying out 'house-to-house executions' after frightening new audio of gunshots raging across Kabul surfaced. An Afghan man who worked with the US revealed the frightening audio which he said…

A gay man in Kabul has cried out, claiming that the Taliban 'are hunting them. The gay man who said he is trapped explained what life under the extremists' rule would look like for the LGBTQ+ community. The man, whose identity has…

A man in Gujarat, India, passed away after using glue to replace a condom for sexual intercourse. Salman Mirza, a resident of Fatehwadi, Ahmedabad, had checked into a hotel with his partner. They discovered there was no protection and…

Taliban has declared that women and girls in Afghanistan are not safe in the presence of the militant group's soldiers. Consequently, Zabiullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesperson, directed that women should not go to work for their own…

The daughter of exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has reacted to the Taliban's insurgence in Afghanistan. Mariam Ghani, 42, who was pictured during a leisurely walk with a friend on Thursday, August 19, after her father was given…

Two Nigerian and three Ugandans women have escaped from a government home in Bengaluru, India, where they were held for overstaying their visas. The women who were lodged in a Women and Child Care Centre on Dr MH Marigowda Road in…