Author: Kelvin Funkeye

WWE legend John Cena has had his hopes of a reunion with Nikki Bella dashed as she’s reportedly “completely done” with him.    Just last week, Bella, real name Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace, suggested she was open to rekindling their troubled relationship. The couple split in July 2018 after six years together, but Bella, 35, gave a surprising interview hinting at a possible reconciliation with Cena, 41. The former Divas Champion told Hollywood Life: “I’m looking for someone…

Sixteen people were killed in a fresh attack on three communities in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. The suspected herdsmen, who were said to have invaded the communities on Saturday, shot indiscriminately and killed 16 people. The Chairman of Gwer West Local Government, Francis Ayagan, confirmed the attack. He said, “Sixteen people were killed by militia herders in Tse Tuma, Chiachia and Tse Targu communities and neighbouring villages,…

Malaysian authorities said on Friday they have arrested six people, including four foreigners, suspected of planning attacks or being members of militant groups. Malaysia has been on high alert since gunmen allied with Islamic State (IS) carried out a series of attacks in Jakarta, the capital of neighbouring Indonesia, in January 2016. Police said the six were arrested in five separate raids between December and January, on suspicion of planning attacks or having links to…

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise struck a combative note on Thursday in his first address since violent protests flared in the capital, defying calls for his ouster but urging dialogue to address soaring inflation and alleged misuse of funds. Thousands of demonstrators have been calling for days for Moise to resign and for an independent probe into the whereabouts of funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, an alliance between Caribbean countries and Venezuela. The agreement’s preferential terms…

Spain’s prime minister on Friday has called an early general election for April 28 that will likely highlight the deep political divisions in the country. The news that Spaniards are having to go to the polls for the third in less than four years came after the minority Socialist government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, lost a budget vote in Parliament. Sanchez, who was already under pressure from within his own party ranks to…

COMMERCIAL OIL production in Ghana is projected to increase to 500,000 barrels per day by 2024. The Finance Ministry is said to have made the announcement to investors in Oslo, Norway on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is leading a government of Ghana delegation to Norway, and Finance Ministry press release made available to DGN Online indicated that overall crude oil production from Ghana was expected to more than double over the…

Zimbabwean authorities are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners on Friday but none are expected to have survived flooding in the shafts and the number of casualties could be about 50, state media reported. The accident in Battlefields, 175 km (109 miles) west of Harare, has highlighted the safety issues in illegal gold miners, who last year contributed significantly to the record bullion output of 33 tonnes in the southern African nation. The…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday dissociated himself and his government from the comments of his aides and allies who have been issuing threats to members of the diplomatic corps and foreign election observers over the general elections. He said such threats did not represent the position of the Federal Government. Buhari said this in his nationwide broadcast ahead of the Saturday’s presidential election. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai; the Chief of Staff to the President,…

The Federal government has announced the closure of all land borders from 12 noon on Friday, February 15, 2019, till 12 noon on Sunday, February 17, 2019.   According to a statement by Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), the closure is to restrict movement across the borders and prevent foreigners, who may attempt to participate in the elections, from entering the country.   The CGI said: “Further to the presidential election taking place…

Belgian airports cancelled almost all flights on Wednesday due to a national strike over pay and working conditions that halted activity at ports, hit public transport and led to blockades outside factories. Belgian air traffic control body Skeyes shut Belgian airspace for 24 hours from 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Tuesday because it could not guarantee enough staff would turn up. Brussels Airport, the country’s busiest hub, said it had planned to handle 591 passenger…