A suspected human-trafficker injured six pedestrians, four of them seriously, as he fled a police vehicle check near Germany’s border with Austria. The injured pedestrians were visiting the Danube in Flames fair near the town of Vilshofen around 20 kilometres from the border on Saturday evening, according to a police spokesman. The 24-year-old driver, a…
Clashes between police and some 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin’s Steglitz district resulted in injuries to both demonstrators and police officers, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. Seven protesters and 17 police officers were injured, and 28 criminal charges were laid, they said. The charges related to causing injury, attempting to release detained…
Donald Trump called on the United States to ‘stand united’ on Sunday, hours after the former president survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The shooting in the town of Butler, north of Pittsburgh, is likely to cause political shockwaves in the United States just months ahead of Trump’s rematch with President…
Police and emergency services assisted by helicopters deployed in force in Albstadt to the south of the German city of Stuttgart on Sunday after an incident in which three people were confirmed killed. A police spokeswoman said that the deaths appeared to be related to domestic violence. The area around the incident has been cordoned…
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has stated that he’s grateful former President Donald Trump is safe after Pennsylvania on Saturday. In a press statement on Sunday, Garland added that what happened yesterday was an attack on democracy. “I want to begin by saying that I am grateful that former President Trump is safe following yesterday’s…
By Isaac Ben Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno declared Open the Retreat for the House of Representative Committee on National Planning & Economic Development, and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday, 13th July 2024, at Four Point by Sheraton, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state. The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo…
A suspected armed robber, identified simply as Bob Jay, met his Waterloo on Friday night after he and his gang members raided a student’s hostel at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Okuku campus. According to Vanguard Newspaper, the robbers attacked the students in their hostel at midnight and carted away laptops, phones and…
A court in Mississippi, United States of America (USA), convicted and sentenced three Nigeria men to a combined 235 years in prison for running online scams that duped people of tens of millions of dollars. The Nigerian nationals were extradited from South Africa to the Southern District of Mississippi in July 2015. Assistant Attorney General…
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR has inducted a total of 142 new members into its Chartered Membership ranks across the country. Among the 142 inducted members, 12 were inducted under the Cross River State Chapter of NIPR. The induction ceremony was led by the President and Chairman of Governing…
Nigerians have slammed Paul Adefarasin, Founder and Senior Pastor of the House On The Rock Church, following his condemnation of the assassination attempt on former United States President, Mr Donald Trump. Converseer reports that Trump, a presumptive nominee of the Republican Party survived an assassination attempt on Saturday as a gunman fired shots at a…
