Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Three minor girls from Maharashtra allegedly staged their kidnapping in a bid to earn money and visit South Korea to meet the hugely popular BTS pop band members, police said on Monday, December 30. The girls, one 11-year-old and two aged 13, hailing from Dharashiv district, had planned to go to Pune to … Read more
Quebec filmmaker Érik Canuel, who directed several notable films, including La loi du cochon, Nez rouge, Le dernier tunnel and Bon cop, bad cop, died Saturday. He was 63 years old. Annexe, a Montreal-based communications firm, confirmed Canuel’s death on Monday. The director was diagnosed with multiple myeloma seven years ago and died following complications related to secondary plasma cell leukemia. Canuel … Read more
Social workers from the Gauteng Department of Social Development are arranging to repatriate eight Mozambican boys to their home country. These boys were discovered during a raid conducted by the Department of Labour and Employment, assisted by the police. Mozambican boys rescued This action follows the receipt of information in January that a factory in … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has vowed not to pay ransom to kidnappers of scores of students and other people in parts of Nigeria, an official has said. Information Minister Mohammed Idris, who stated this in Abuja while addressing journalists on Wednesday, said the president also directed security agencies to ensure the release of all kidnapped victims … Read more
Investigators with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) are reviewing whether illegal activity occurred during a Saturday pro-Palestinian protest that led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s team to cancel a reception to host a visiting G7 leader, the TPS said Sunday. The Saturday evening event at the Art Gallery of Ontario was meant to cap off a … Read more
A Toronto event where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to host his Italian counterpart was cancelled on Saturday evening due to security concerns as hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the venue, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said. Justin Trudeau’s office says neither he nor Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were able to … Read more
Six schoolchildren, three teachers and a bus driver have been kidnapped in Emure Ekiti, Ekiti State. The incident occured on Monday evening while the school bus was conveying the children to Eporo-Ekiti. It was gathered that the incident occured at the same time bandits attacked a vehicle conveying three traditional rulers between Oke-Ako and Ipao … Read more
The Prince of Persia series has been stuck in quicksand for a few years. The original 1989 game by Jordan Mechner dazzled with its realistic (at the time) animation of a prince running and leaping across death traps. In 2003, The Sands of Time rebooted the series with widely loved action and attitude that sustained … Read more
The police have promised to rescue six members of a family who were kidnapped in their house located in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja on 2 January. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the promise in a statement on its X handle on Saturday. The assurance comes as it emerged that one of … Read more
