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A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of his mother, who was found stabbed at her thatched cottage in Cheriton, Hampshire, England. Emergency services were called to the property on January 9 after Gilly Livie, 68, was discovered with severe injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A man found at the address was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later identified as her son, Daniel Livie. Police confirmed that Daniel Livie was arrested on January 19 on suspicion of murder and subsequently charged. He has also been charged with making threats to kill, relating to an alleged incident involving another man on January 8. Neighbours described Mrs. Livie as a kind and community-minded person. One resident told The Telegraph that ...

The African Union (AU) has announced that its 48th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (ExC) will take place on February 11 and 12 at the organisation’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Executive Council is one of the AU’s key policy-making bodies and is made up of Foreign Affairs Ministers and other designated ministers from member states. In a statement published on its website on Wednesday, the AU explained that the Council is tasked with coordinating and adopting policies on issues of shared interest among member states. It also prepares agenda items for consideration by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, in line with the goals of the AU Agenda 2063. During the upcoming session, the Council is expected to review the report of the 51st Ordinary Sessi...

Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North, has said that the APC-led Federal Government did not promise Nigerians instant miracles, insisting that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is implementing gradual but significant changes. Oshiomhole made the remarks on Wednesday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. According to him, although the Tinubu administration has been in office for about two and a half years, noticeable changes are occurring daily as a result of ongoing reforms. He argued that critics who previously demanded a departure from old approaches are now questioning the government for adopting a radically different path. Oshiomhole said the president is not merely reforming the system but undertaking far-reaching and f...

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, has directed the Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr. Dr. Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, to step aside with immediate effect. The decision follows a protest by students over the use of the institution’s facilities as a temporary orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, the governor also announced the constitution of a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the protest. Pending the outcome of the investigation, the rector has been instructed to hand over duties to the most senior deputy rector. The three-member panel will be chaired by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Bar....

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has restated that visa restrictions affecting Nigerians will take effect from January 1, 2026, in line with an existing presidential directive. In a post shared on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, the embassy reminded applicants that the policy is enforced under Presidential Proclamation 10998, which aims to limit the entry of certain foreign nationals to protect US national security. According to the embassy, the directive places a partial suspension on the issuance of non-immigrant visas to Nigerian nationals, including B-1/B-2 visitor visas, F and M student visas, and J exchange visitor visas. The restriction also applies to immigrant visas. The policy, first announced on December 19, 2025, affects citizens of 19 count...

UK's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will not bow to US President Donald Trump’s demands over Greenland, rejecting what he described as pressure tactics aimed at forcing Britain to soften its stance on the strategic Arctic territory. Entertainment center At Prime Minister’s Questions, Starmer dismissed Trump’s latest outburst, in which the US president accused him of “great stupidity” over the Chagos Islands and threatened tariffs, as an attempt to compel the UK to abandon its “values and principles”. “President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House,” Starmer said. “He deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain ...

The names of 177 worshippers abducted on Sunday  Jan. 18, from three churches in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state have been revealed. The Kaduna police command had released a statement on Monday, Jan. 19, one day after the attack, to dismiss reports of the attack as falsehood spread by “conflict entrepreneurs” seeking to disrupt the state’s relative peace.   Speaking during a press briefing in Kaduna, Muhammad Rabiu, commissioner of police, challenged persons spreading the reports to provide names and details of the victims, insisting that there was no record of such abductions.  Their denial drew criticism from Nigerians, including Christian Solidarity Worldwide-Nigeria (CSW-N), a human rights group, who accused security operatives of obstructing...

A former prison officer has been jailed after engaging in illicit relationships with two inmates and conspiring to smuggle drug-soaked envelopes into a Kent jail. Entertainment center Isabelle Dale, 23, became romantically involved with prisoners Shahid Sharif and Connor Money while working at HMP Coldingley in Surrey. Judge Christopher Hehir said Dale had been “swearing them undying love, saying she wanted to be with both of them on the outside,” and accused her of using her vulnerabilities as “a shield and an excuse” for her actions. Dale was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to three and a half years in prison for two counts of misconduct in a public office between September 2021 and December 2022, and one count of conspiring to convey a List A article into prison. Sharif,...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abayomi Mumuni, has warned against any attempt to replace Vice President Kashim Shettima on religious grounds ahead of the 2027 general elections Mumuni said this on Wednesday in reaction to the controversies erupting from the omission of Vice President Shettima’s photograph from a banner displayed at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing on the amendment of the APC constitution. According to him, the North presently lacks a Christian candidate with the political clout and followership needed to deliver substantial electoral support. He said the idea of dropping Shettima could undermine the APC’s chances of retaining power. There have been speculations about a possible plan to drop Shettima from the party’s 2027 presidential tick...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has started lectures at Northwest University, Kano, after enrolling as a 200-level law student. Photos shared online show the monarch in class on Tuesday, Jan. 20, with other undergraduates.   The university offered Sanusi special admission into its Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in Common and Sharia Law.   According to the institution, the admission was granted in recognition of his vast experience in governance, economics and public service. Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is already a PhD holder.