No fewer than two people were killed after an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Greater Manchester Police said the suspect, who was believed...
Armed bandits struck an illegal mining site in Kokamba, Magami District of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State, leaving one miner dead. The attack occurred on Wednesday, at about 1:30 p.m., when the assailants opened fire on workers at the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Delivering judgment on Thursday, October 2, 2025, Justice James Omotosho held that the court lacked jurisdiction to determine the...
Israeli forces have stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza. Flotilla organisers disclosed this on Thursday, October 2, 2025, adding that 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. A video from the Israeli...
A 15-year-old boy, Sunusi Abubakar, has drowned in a pond in Jigawa State. The spokesperson for the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on...
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 on Thursday, October 2, 2025. The bodies of the three latest victims were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed hotel overnight in the city of...
Nigeria spent $2.86 billion on servicing its external debt between January and August 2025, according to new figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The amount represented 69.1% of the country’s total foreign payments of $4.14 billion in the...
Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The protests, which began on Saturday with demands for better education and healthcare, have...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that he would withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presents a younger, vibrant, and widely acceptable candidate. Atiku made the pledge during an interview with BBC Hausa...
The world's richest person, Elon Musk, is nearly halfway to becoming the planet's first trillionaire. Forbes magazine disclosed this Wednesday on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO became the first person to achieve a net worth of $500...