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ABUJA, May 30 (ANA-CAJ) – The Nigerian Prisons Service has recaptured a death row inmate more than five years after her escape.The condemned prisoner, Rabi Ismail, a Nollywood actress,  escaped from custody in Hadejia prison in the

A French tennis player made all the wrong moves on Monday – and not just on the court.After losing in straight sets to Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas in the first round of the French Open, Maxime Hamou attempted to plant several kisses on a

Players arriving for a tournament this week at Muirfield Village might notice a framed picture of Tiger Woods with a resplendent smile and bright red shirt. He’s posed there with the trophy, an image that embodies the excitement he once

A 73-year-old Australian fisherman says he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-meter (9-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him off his feet.Terry Selwood said Monday that he was left with a badly bruised and

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley has been auctioned after sitting on a runway in New Mexico for 35 years.The plane sold for $430,000 on Saturday at a California event featuring celebrity memorabilia, GWS

A naked man led German police on a wild goose chase through the western city of Aachen late Saturday, which only ended when an officer tackled him by jumping on him from a bicycle.Police said residents called authorities just after 8 pm when they

Construction on the world’s largest optical telescope began Friday on a mountain in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.With a main mirror measuring 39 metres in diameter, the telescope is to explore exoplanets outside the solar system on

The University of Cambridge announced on Friday it has appointed child mental health expert Paul Ramchandani as its first Lego “Professor of play.”Ramchandani will head the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and

NGWEDIVA, May 25 (ANA-Nampa) – Businessman David Kambwa Sheehama has confirmed killing three lions at his father’s cattle post at Uutsathima village in the Omusati Region.The businessman said the lions had killed two of his father&rsquo