Ecuador Labels Criminal Gangs As Terrorists
Ecuador declared members of organized crime groups terrorists on Thursday, allowing the military to pursue them with greater freedom. In a meeting presided over by President Guillermo Lasso, the Public and State Security Council decided to take action. “We are currently experiencing an indiscriminate attack by organized crime, which has seen us as a weak country,” Security Secretary Wagner Bravo said. He...
Ding Liren Becomes China’s First Male World Chess Champion
Ding Liren has become China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ding, 30, won a rapid-play tiebreaker after 14 first-stage games at the World Chess Championship in Kazakhstan. He succeeds Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the five-time champion who said he was "not motivated" to defend his title. Carlsen accused a US opponent of cheating last year in a row that...
Bus Conveying Stranded Nigerians From Sudan Catches Fire
One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia caught fire in the early hours of Monday. Twenty-six buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12:am on Monday for Port Sudan. “One of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with a tag number...
Labour Minister Shot Dead At Home By Own Bodyguard
Uganda’s State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola, was shot dead Tuesday morning at his home in a Kampala suburb. The minister’s aide-de-camp Ronald Otim also sustained severe injuries and was rushed to Mulago Hospital for treatment. “He (Engola) was shot at his residence in Kyanja by one of his bodyguards who allegedly fired several...
Man Arrested Outside Buckingham Palace
A man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into Palace grounds, police have said. A cordon was erected and a controlled explosion was carried out following the incident, which unfolded at around 19:00 BST on Tuesday. The man was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. There are no reports of any injuries. The incident is...
Sudan Rivals Unwilling To End Fight – UN
The UN's top aid official has warned that the "will to end the fight still was not there" after speaking to Sudan's rival military leaders. Martin Griffiths told the BBC that Sudan's descent into violence was now at a dangerous tipping point. He called for security guarantees from the warring sides to allow humanitarian aid into the country. The UN warns that...
How Nigerian Politician, Ike Ekweremadu And Wife Were Jailed For Organ Trafficking
After bringing a man to the UK from Lagos, a wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife, and his "middleman" were convicted for an organ-trafficking plan. The Old Bailey heard that Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted a replacement kidney for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia. The two, together with Dr. Obinna Obeta, 50, had previously been convicted of conspiring...
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m Scared, Can’t Return To Nigeria’, David Nwamini Begs For UK Stay
The 21-year-old man at the center of the Ike Ekweremadu organ trafficking case, David Nwamini, says he is afraid to return to Nigeria. Nwamini's declaration was read in court on Friday during the sentencing of former Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and the doctor-middleman, Obinna Obeta, who was sentenced to ten years and eight months, four years and...
King Charles Arrives Westminster Abbey For Coronation
The King and Queen have arrived at Westminster Abbey to mark the start of his historic coronation ceremony in just moments away. As King Charles nears Westminster Abbey, several senior members of the royal family have entered the venue. His siblings — Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew — have all taken their seats. Earlier Queen Camilla’s family arrived at the...
King Charles III Takes Oath Of Coronation
The British new monarch, King Charles III has been administered the coronation oath as part of a service at Westminster Abbey. Before the Oath Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged the multiple faiths observed in the UK by saying the Church of England “would seek to foster an environment in which people of all faiths may live freely”. Welby then administers the Coronation...
