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By Julius Addae ODURO Learners of Hodzo-Ve M.A Basic school celebrate with Miss Joycelyn Baidoo on her birthday on Friday January 26, 2024. The benevolent gesture was done to climax the birth celebration of Miss Joycelyn Baidoo who lives in the United State of America (USA). Over one hundred and forty learners received pens, pencils, erasers, biscuits, drinks, and football. ...

By Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Abuja Nigerian police had no role in rescuing four sisters and their cousin from kidnappers, an uncle of the girls has told the BBC. They were taken from their home in Abuja earlier this month, along with another sister who was later killed. The uncle said a ransom was paid and the kidnappers dropped the ...

Image caption, A tree brought down by Storm Isha fell over a car in Belfast on Sunday evening By Sam Hancock BBC News Almost the whole of the UK is under weather warnings as strong winds from Storm Isha sweep in. Met Office amber wind warnings for all areas except London and parts of the South East are in place until ...

By Fan Wang BBC News At least 47 people have been buried in a landslide on Monday morning in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, according to state media. Rescue efforts are under way in sub-zero temperatures in Zhaotong city. It is unclear yet if anyone has died.  Videos from local media showed rescuers working among collapsed homes and buildings. ...

By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Nearly 90 weather-related deaths have been recorded across the US after the country was pummelled by ferocious winter storms for the past week.  The deaths include at least 25 in Tennessee and 16 in Oregon, which remains under a state of emergency following severe ice storms.  Tens of thousands of people also remain ...

By Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Parents of school students who were on the boat that capsized in a lake in India’s Gujarat state have alleged that their children were “not given life jackets”. At least 12 pupils and two teachers drowned in the incident, which took place on Thursday in Harni Lake in Vadodara city. Police have arrested two people in ...

By Adedayo Okedare BBC News Yoruba, Ibadan A deadly blast that rocked the Nigerian city of Ibadan overnight was caused by explosives stored by illegal miners, the Oyo state governor has said. Two people were killed and 77 others injured in the explosion that has affected seven suburbs of Nigeria’s third most-populous city. Crowds have thronged the site of the ...

By Kalkidan Yibeltal & Natasha Booty BBC News, Addis Ababa and London More than 200 people have starved to death since July in Edaga Arbi town, in Ethiopia’s drought-hit and war-scarred Tigray region, local authorities say. Another 16 have died in nearby Adwa town. Officials in Tigray warn the region is on the brink of famine on a scale last ...

By Chris Ewokor & Natasha Booty BBC News, Abuja and London Nigeria’s first lady has joined the chorus of voices condemning the killing of a student abducted along with her five sisters, calling it a “devastating loss”. Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, 21, was “super-bright, smart and kind”, her cousin Asiya Adamu told the BBC on Monday. Nabeeha also loved to write poetry ...

By Julius Addae ODURO Cape Verde beat the Black Stars in the ongoing AFCON 2023 group B opener at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium on Sunday, January 14, 2024.The Blue Sharks opened the score on the 17th minutes by Jamiro Monteiro.The Black Stars leveled on the 56th minutes through Alexander Djiku’s header. Cape Verde came back into the game to pick ...