Wednesday, 24 August 2016

UPI/CVoter poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump hold steady in virtual tie

UPI/CVoter poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump hold steady in virtual tie











WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Tuesday shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by less than 1 percentage point for a second consecutive day.
The online poll shows 47.98 for Clinton, compared to 47.24 for Trump.

More photos from King Sunny Ade 70th birthday


Nigerian Music Legend King Sunny Ade 'KSA' celebrated his 70th Birthday in Houston over the weekend. See more photos after the cut..

'Nobody should die the way he did' - Mother of Nigerian murder victim begs witnesses to come forward.



Ms Yemi Hughes, the devastated mother of a 19-year-old Nigerian teenager who was stabbed to death in Croydon, London has begged for witnesses to come forward.

Photos: At least 22 dead, more feared buried under rubble as 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocks central Italy



A powerful earthquake rocked Italy overnight killing at least 22 people. People were crushed by falling buildings and a lot more buried alive under rubble as they slept. The 6.2-magnitude quake hit at around3.30am local time and was so powerful it rocked buildings in the centre of Rome more than 100 miles away and was felt across Italy. As daylight dawned, residents, civil protection workers and even priests began digging out with shovels, bulldozers and their bare hands, trying to reach survivors.

French police force Muslim woman to remove her Burkini on Nice beach (photos)



Police officers armed with pepper spray and batons marched onto Cannes beach, Nice, France on Tuesday and ordered a Muslim woman wearing a burkini to strip off, and after she did so, wrote down a fine for her.

Nigeria's U23 Olympic team arrive back in Nigeria



Twelve players who represented Nigeria in the 2016 Rio Olympics and 7 officials who accompanied them, including coach Samson Siasia, have arrived back in Nigeria while others returned to their various bases. The Dream Team won the only medal (Bronze) for Nigeria at the Olympics following their 3-2 victory over Honduras in the third-placed match.

Lagos police discover shallow graves in home of prophet who chained his teenage son and 27 others



The Commissioner for Police in Lagos state, Fatai Owoseni, has disclosed that shallow graves were discovered at the home of 70 year old Prophet Emmanuel Adeyemi who chained his son and 27 others at his Oyinbo Unity Estate home in Ojodu, Lagos state.

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...