Sad one! Wrestling star Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dies

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka - one of the biggest stars of professional wrestling in the 1980s - has died less than two weeks after homicide charges against him were dropped.

Snuka - aged 73 - died at his son-in-law's home in Florida, surrounded by family and friends, according to his lawyer Robert Kirwan.

House blast injures five people in Manchester

At least five people have been hurt after an explosion in the Manchester suburb of Blackley.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said five crews had been sent to the scene to deal with a partial collapse of terraced house.

So sad! Gambia’s President-elect Barrow loses son to dog bite

Habibu Barrow, one of The Gambia’s President-elect Adams Barrow’s five children, was killed by a dog on Sunday, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Amnesty calls for release of Shiite leader El-Zakzaky

Nigeria - Amnesty International on Monday urged Nigeria to comply with a court ruling to release a pro-Iran cleric and hundreds of his supporters, as a deadline for them to be freed loomed.

Prisoners occupy roof of Brazil jail after massacre

Dozens of inmates on Monday occupied the roof of a Brazilian jail where the country’s latest prison massacre took place.

An AFP video reporter filmed the inmates as they stood with flags on the partly destroyed red tile roof of the Alcacuz jail near the northeastern city of Natal.

Elite Bangladesh police among 26 sentenced to death for 2014 murders

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 people, including 16 members of the country's elite anti-terrorism force, to death, after a former member of the ruling Awami League party hired them to kill political rivals.

The ruling was the first time that members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had been handed the death penalty, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, a lawyer for the victims, told reporters.

Updated: In Nigeria, suicide bomb blast in University of Maiduguri leaves 5 killed, including a Professor.

Nigeria - The Borno Police Command on Monday said a professor and four other persons were killed when a male suicide bomber detonated his explosive at the senior staff quarters of the University of Maiduguri.

The Commissioner of Police(CP), Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri.

Oh my word! Tour guide mauled to death by crocodiles at South Africa farm

A tour guide has been mauled to death by crocodiles at a farm in South Africa, police have said.

The victim, 54, was working in a pond at Le Bonheur crocodile farm in Paarl, near Cape Town, when he was attacked.

At the end, BBOG joins FG’s search team in a tour of Sambisa.

Nigeria - The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group has sent a delegation to join the Federal Government’s team on a day search sorties for missing Chibok girls to Sambisa Forest.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the group reviewed the conditions it earlier gave to the government to travel with the team heading for the North East to witness first-hand the military’s ongoing search for the girls.

Istanbul nightclub attack involved an intelligence organization

The mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve was carried out professionally with the involvement of an intelligence organization, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

Wow! Eight billionaires own same as poorest half of the world - Oxfam

From top L-R: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg. Bottom L-R: Jeff Bezos, Carlos Slim, Larry Ellison, Amancio Ortega

Inequality is so stark that a small group of men own the same wealth as half the world, say campaigners ahead of the high-profile World Economic Forum in Davos.

According to research by Oxfam, the eight billionaires, including Bill Gates who tops the list, have riches equivalent to the wealth of the world's 3.6 billion poorest people.

Collapsed oil magnate still in hospital as absence in court stalls trial over fuel subsidy scam

Nigeria - Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, anad the co-defendant of Mr. Walter Wagbatsoma, the Chairman of the company, standing trial for N1.9 billion oil subsidy fraud, was absent in court on Monday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugo-Ngali was rushed to hospital on Friday after slumping in the dock when her sentence was about to be read to out by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja.

Oh gracious! Several reported dead after BPM Festival shooting in Mexico

Five people have been reported dead after shooting broke out at the BPM Music Festival in Mexico.

A gunman has reportedly opened fire at a Mexico club on the last night of one of the country's biggest music festivals.

Explosion rocks University of Maiduguri in Borno Nigeria

Reports say explosion this morning rocked the University of Maiduguri.

Although details are sketchy at the time of this report, but it was gathered that a professor, Aliyu Mani, of the faculty of veterinary medicine was killed in the blast.

200 INEC officials face panel over alleged #23bn fraud

Nigeria - 200 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials have been queried for allegedly collecting bribe during the 2015 elections.

About N23.29billion was allegedly paid out to INEC officials in a desperate bid to change the results of the election, which President Muhammadu Buhari won. The cash, according to investigators, came from former Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Samsung Electronics probe finds battery was main cause of Note 7 fires

A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd investigation into what caused some Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire has concluded that the battery was the main reason, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Oh goodness me!!! Turkish Airlines cargo jet crash kills 20

A Turkish Airlines cargo jet has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing a pilot and at least 19 people on the ground.

Most of the victims are believed to be residents of a village in the crash area when the Boeing 747 came down in dense fog near Manas airport.

VIDEO: Watch highlights as Sevilla beat Real Madrid 2-1.

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VIDEO: Watch EPL highlights as Manchester United and Liverpool share the spoils 1-1

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VIDEO: Watch EPL highlights as Everton exterminates Guardiola's Manchester City 4-0.

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