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The Supreme Court has discharged and acquitted Akawu Bala, a sergeant in the Nigerian Army, who had been accused of murder.    Bala had been imprisoned in Kaduna since 2012, following a death sentence issued by a general court-martial for allegedly shooting a man identified as Isa Mohammed with an …

An innocent bricklayer who spent 24 years in jail has been set free and is now sharing his ordeal.   Lukman Adeyemi, a 50-year-old bricklayer, was just 26 years old when he accompanied a friend who had been invited by police to the police station.   His act of loyalty …

Assange to plead guilty to one charge of espionage and return home to Australia after decades fighting US extradition. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison in the United Kingdom and is on his way home to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to a single charge of …

The African National Congress lost its political monopoly on South Africa after election results on Saturday showed that with almost all of the votes counted, the party had received only about 40 percent, falling short of winning an absolute majority for the first time since vanquishing Africa’s last white-led regime …

Fourteen residents who were abducted in Kubuwo and neighbouring Kaguni communities in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained freedom after 67 days in captivity.    Recall that the victims were abducted by bandits who invaded the two communities and whisked away the victims amid sporadic shooting in …

Freed Israeli hostage, Mia Schem has broken her silence to share her humiliating experience during her captivity in Gaza.     Schem, 21, spent 54 days as a prisoner in the Palestinian enclave after being shot and taken hostage at the Nova festival massacre in southern Israel on October 7. But she was …

A four-year-old American girl held by Hamas in Gaza was released on Sunday, November 26, US President Joe Biden said, as the militant group said it had handed over 13 Israeli hostages, three Thais and one person with Russian citizenship on the third day of a truce with Israel. The …

Thirteen women and children being held hostage by fighters in Gaza will be the first to be released – as the temporary truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas begins at 7am local time (5am UK time) on Friday, Qatar has said. Dr Majed al Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign …

Western Bulldogs midfielder Britney Gutknecht is free to play this weekend after having her case thrown out at the AFLW tribunal. Gutknecht faced a ban of at least three weeks after she was sent directly to the tribunal following a crunching tackle that left Sydney Swans midfielder Paige Sheppard concussed. …

A senior Hamas leader has claimed that the civilian hostages in Gaza will be freed if Israel meets the right conditions. Khaled Meshaal, one of the key negotiators of the terrorist organisation said that over 200 hostages held by the group could be released if Israel reduces the intensity of …