Boko Haram has forced 650,000 Nigerians from homes: UN
Attacks by Boko Haram Islamists in Nigeria's crisis-hit northeast have forced nearly 650,000 people from their homes, the United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) said Tuesday, an increase of nearly 200,000 since May.
Okorocha accused of giving church N50m dud cheque
Governor Rochas Okorocha has again come under fire as a fiery Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has accused him of giving a N50 million dud cheque to the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony J.V. Obinna.
S. Korea army, police chiefs offer to resign
South Korea’s army and police chiefs both offered to resign Tuesday over separate cases that have triggered widespread public criticism and allegations of negligence and incompetence.
China probes Canadian Christian couple for alleged spying
China is investigating a Canadian Christian couple for alleged espionage, state media and their son said Tuesday, a week after Ottawa accused Beijing of cyber-spying.
S. Korea army, police chiefs offer to resign
South Korea’s army and police chiefs both offered to resign Tuesday over separate cases that have triggered widespread public criticism and allegations of negligence and incompetence
Man beheaded for torturing his toddler to death
A Saudi man was beheaded Tuesday for torturing and beating his two-year-old boy to death, the interior ministry said.
