Rescuers in east China on Sunday pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they had been trapped for two weeks, state media reported, as the race to locate the remaining 10 intensified. The miners were brought to the surface starting from around 11 am Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV …
Read More »Saudi intercepts ‘hostile target’ over capital
Saudi Arabia intercepted a “hostile target” over Riyadh on Saturday, said state media in the kingdom which has come under repeated attack from Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2015. It was unclear who was behind the incident, with the kingdom’s brief statement stopping short of accusing anyone and the Huthis …
Read More »Pandemic forces Jordanian children into labour market
Omar’s heart sinks when he trudges past his closed school gates in the Jordanian capital Amman — now part of his trip to work, to repair and clean kerosene heaters. The 14-year-old, who dreams of becoming a pilot, is one of many minors experts say have been forced prematurely into …
Read More »Pakistani man killed during TikTok stunt on train track
A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday. The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city, near the capital Islamabad. Hamza Naveed, 18, was …
Read More »Dimeji Bankole to remarry, weds Kebbi governor’s daughter
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sabur Dimeji Bankole, will, on Friday, January 15, tie the nuptial knot with Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu. Bankole, who divorced his first wife in 2017, had, in the past few years, been …
Read More »Five dead in India vaccine plant fire; Covid drug unaffected
Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturing hub in India Thursday, but the company insisted the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic would continue. Rescue workers discovered five bodies in the under-construction building after the blaze at the Serum …
Read More »Mavin Records New Signee, Ayra Starr, Unveils Self-Titled Debut EP
Ayra Starr, the newest signing to Mavin Records, has released her self-titled debut EP. On the five-track project, Ayra effortlessly showcases her soulful vocals and diverse musical influences, sonically running the gamut of Afro-pop, R&B, trap and alté. Born and raised between Lagos and Cotonou, music has always been the …
Read More »Alibaba’s Jack Ma appears for first time since regulatory crackdown
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese internet behemoth Alibaba, made his first public appearance in over two months in an online video Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts. Ma — one of China’s richest people with a fortune estimated at around $58 billion — disappeared from the …
Read More »AB Explains Concept Behind Controversial Album Cover Art
Fast rising music duo, Apex (Omokhudu Daniel) and Bionic (Andrew Omokhudu) of the group known as AB have been having a bit of a hard time since they released the cover art of their sophomore album titled Nobody Holy. After the JFK Resolute Music duo revealed art cover to their …
Read More »Mmzy teams up with Seun Kuti on animal
Worried by the state of the nation, Kerae Records music act, Akachukwu Emmanuel Uche known musically as Mmzy, has sent out a message to the government in his new single Animal. To drive home his point with a touch of activism, he had Afrobeat artiste Seun Kuti, a widely known …
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