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A man injured three police officers in Budapest late on Thursday with a knife, one of whom died in a hospital, police said in a statement on Friday. The suspect was trying to enter a flat in a Budapest apartment block when the police were called, police said. As the three officers tried to detain him, the man stabbed them and tried to escape to the street, where a fourth officer shot him in the foot, police said. No further details were available and police were not immediately reachable for comment. Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday…

Thousands took to the streets of Peru’s capital Lima on Thursday in a peaceful protest against the new government and president, after weeks of bloody clashes triggered by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo left at least 42 dead. “Why are you turning your back on the people, there are so many deaths, for God’s sake, stop this massacre,” said protester Olga Espejo, calling on President Dina Boluarte, previously Castillo’s vice president, to resign. “Ms. Boluarte, they are using you,” she said. Protesters shouted “Dina asesina!” (Dina is a murderer) as they carried cardboard coffins, photos of the victims,…

At least 11 fighters have been killed during clashes in northeast Colombia between dissident former members of the now-demobilized FARC guerrilla movement and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, the army said on Thursday. President Gustavo Petro has pledged to end the country’s nearly six-decade conflict between the government, rebels, and crime gangs founded by former paramilitaries, which has killed at least 450,000 people. Colombia elects former rebel as leader His government is holding peace talks with the ELN and has declared a bilateral ceasefire with dissidents, who reject a 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC. The fighting over…

American tennis legend and 23-time Major champion Serena Williams has been baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses Serena who announced her transition from the tennis court last year September had earlier expressed her desire to focus on her family. The 41-year-old is reputed for her outstanding achievement in her career that spanned over two decades, winning 23 grand slam titles. The legend has undergone Jehovah’s Witness baptism, which is a significant milestone for the 41-year-old tennis legend who recently announced her retirement from the sport. The 23-time Grand Slam winner was baptized on Sunday, January 8, at the Jehovah’s Witness…

The price of household Kerosene, also known as cooking kerosene skyrocketed by over 100 per cent in one year. The latest data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics for November showed the average retail price of kerosene per litre rose by about 146 per cent from N441 in November 2021 to N1,083/litre in the corresponding period last year. The report indicated that the average retail price per litre was 4 per cent higher on a month-on-month basis in November 2022 compared to N1,041 recorded in October. On state profile analysis, the highest average price per litre in November 2022 was…

The former Director-General of the Labour Party(LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been released. He was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday morning at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the arrest, said the former DG was arrested at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and handed over to them. BREAKING: DSS arrests Obi’s ex-DG Okupe at Lagos airport But Okupe in a tweet a few minutes ago confirmed his release from EFCC custody. He tweeted: “I was arrested & detained @ the…

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. One of Okupe’s lawyers, Tolu Babaleye, stated this on Facebook on Thursday. Babaleye said Okupe was on his way to London when he was arrested. 2023: DSS DG flips wife’s assault, says politicians after him He claimed that the DSS asked him to provide court processes where he paid the fine option following his money laundering conviction by the Federal High Court, Abuja. “The reason according to the source is…

My PVC was not printed, Actress Angela lamentsActress Angela Eguaveon is saddened over the inability to secure her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). The film star literally wailed after subjecting herself to intense stress only to be told at the collection center it couldn’t be printed. Narrating her ordeal, from point of registration and inability to secure her Permanent Voters Card the fatigued Eguaveon said: “I am literally just getting home now. 1.6m PVCs unclaimed in Lagos – INEC “I am extremely exhausted, heartbroken, and pissed because I went through so much stress to get my card registration done and the…

The Government of Ukraine has expressed its readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries as it donated about 25,000 tonnes of grains to Nigeria to boost bilateral ties. Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mr. Mykola Solskyi, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he led a delegation that met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama. Solskyi said that the grain from Ukraine would arrive in Nigeria in February under the initiative called ‘Grains from Ukraine’. He said that despite the war with Russia, the Ukrainian food industry wanted to have…

Uganda has declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony in the central district of Mubende where the disease was first detected in September. The move was confirmed in a statement issued by the World Health Organization. Aceng said January 11 marked 113 days since the start of the outbreak of the often fatal hemorrhagic fever in the East African country. According to WHO, an outbreak of the disease…