The Kano State Fire Service on Monday confirmed that a 15-year-old boy died in a well in Fagge LGA of the State. The Fire Service Spokesman, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. He said the accident happened on Monday evening at No. 295 Gwagwarawa Quarters in the council area. Mohammed told …

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bomb-making. The walled terrain is nestled in a poor residential area on the outskirts of the home town of Zahran Hashim, who is believed to have been a key player …

Since the start of Saturday’s rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel, some 234 patients have been treated at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon and Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. This comes after 690 rockets were shot into Israel by terrorists from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in a 48-hour period. Israel responded with targeted air strikes at observation posts, …

The head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church appealed for calm on Monday after sporadic violence between Christian and Muslims north of Colombo prompted police to impose a curfew. In the first such violence since the Easter Sunday bombings of three churches and three hotels by Islamist extremists that killed 257 people, several Muslim homes and vehicles were damaged in Negombo. …

The newly engaged Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has revealed why she is wearing her engagement ring on the middle finger. “I have not been trying to hide our news from anyone. It’s Clarke’s grandmother’s ring and it simply does not fit on the right finger; that’s why it’s sitting on the middle,’’Ardern said during her weekly post …

North Korea’s state media said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the drill Saturday raised concerns Pyongyang was escalating provocations with US nuclear negotiations deadlocked. Seoul’s defence ministry said Sunday an analysis of the launch indicated Pyongyang had tested “240-mm and 300-mm multiple rocket launchers and a new type of …

The head of Catholics in Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected a government offer to use a bullet-proof vehicle after the Easter Sunday bombings on churches and hotels that left 253 dead. “A bullet-proof vehicle was sent for my use, but I have rejected it. The security of the public is more important than my security,’’ Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told reporters. …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn into Israel’s new parliament on Tuesday following his victory in April 9 elections and will seek to form a governing coalition in the days ahead. Netanyahu was among the 120 members of the Knesset, or parliament, sworn in during an official ceremony. Netanyahu’s Likud won 35 seats in the election, the same as his …

Young migrants in New Jersey who are seeking legal status in the United States after allegedly suffering abuse or neglect in their home countries sued the Trump administration on Monday, saying it is unfairly denying their claims. It is the fourth such lawsuit of its kind around the country filed since last year over rejections of so-called Special Immigrant Juvenile …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it feared outbreaks of infectious diseases due to dirty water and people fleeing fighting nearing Tripoli, where it has about two weeks of emergency supplies for hospitals and health facilities. After a week of fighting, 75 people have been killed and 323 wounded, including seven civilians killed and 10 wounded, Dr …

Sudanese General Awad Ibnouf, who led the overthrow of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir and has emerged as the country’s new ruler, is already under US sanctions for his alleged role in the brutal Darfur conflict. In a sombre televised statement on Thursday, Ibnouf announced the ouster of Bashir, who ruled the northeast African country with an iron-fist for 30 years …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Sani said the examination, which was initially scheduled for April 13, was re-scheduled to give …

Football legend Pele was taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after suffering from an “infection” but is “doing well”, according to members of his entourage. The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was being treated for “a light fever” prior to the long flight back to his home country, the sources told AFP, confirming earlier reports …

South Korea launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers said Thursday, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology. Three top telecom providers — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus — began their 5G services at 11 pm local time Wednesday, despite previously announcing the launch …

Nigeria have climbed to the 38th position in the latest FIFA women’s world rankings released on the FIFA official website on Friday. The Super Falcons maintained their position as number one in Africa after amassing a total of 1,599 points and moving just one spot upwards from their previous 39th position on the 155 team rankings. The News Agency of …

Security forces in Chibok local government area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria have repelled an attack in Gatamwarwa village. Gatamwarwa is less than 10 kilometres from Chibok town in Chibok local government araa where Boko Haram abducted school girls at the height of the conflict in the northeast Nigeria. A security source, who spoke with DAILY POST on phone, said …

Nigerian football legend, Emmanuel Amunike who is the coach of Tanzania national team has guided them to the next Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1980 after a 3-0 win over Uganda. The Tafia Stars defeated the Cranes of Uganda 3-0 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, on Sunday to claim a spot in 2019 Africa …

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after a priest was stabbed during a morning mass in Canada’s largest church. According to the BBC, the priest, Fr. Claude Grou, the rector of the Saint Joseph’s Oratory, was taken to the hospital and is said to be in a stable condition. The incident happened on Friday in Montreal. Police authorities responded to …

Who is most at risk from hot weather? While most people find extremely hot weather and heatwaves uncomfortable, some people have a higher risk than others of becoming ill. These include: elderly people aged over 75 years, babies and young children people with long-term health conditions, for example heart or respiratory disease, diabetesor circulatory diseases people who are obese people taking certain …

Walking is a cardiovascular exercise, but unless it’s done at a very fast pace or a long distance, it won’t burn significant calories. Despite this disadvantagecompared to other forms of cardio, there are many good reasons to walk. For beginning exercisers, more intense forms of cardio may be difficult or unsafe. But you can have too much of a good thing, it seems, as evidence …