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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. Andre Aderemi was killed in the Monks Hill estate in South Croydon on Tuesday, August 16. He was stabbed multiple times after being pursued by three armed youths carrying weapons.   The teenager had moved away from the area but his mother Yemi Hughes dropped him off to see a friend at about 7.30pm that fateful day - just 10 minutes before he was stabbed. Ms Hughes said: "I never thought this would be the last time that I saw him. I received a call to beg me to come as he was screaming for me but by the time I arrived the paramedics were fighting to save his life. I never got to see him alive again, to tell him how much I love him, to see his infectious smile, to cradle my baby in my arms and tell him that I would fix and make everything better," she said.    "I am begging for witnesses to come forward a...

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 around 3.30am 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. Survivors have described apocalyptic scenes in towns and villages near the city of Perugia - the capital of the tourist-packed Umbrian region, which is especially popular with British holidaymakers. Its epicentre was in Norcia in Umbria, about 105 miles north east of Rome, while the hardest-hit towns were reported as Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto. As people were carried out of ruined buildings on stretchers and people desperately searched the debris for survivors or sobbed...

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

A pervert who owns a dog brothel was beaten and stripped naked by an angry crowd in southwestern China's Sichuan province after he live-streamed himself raping stray dogs. According to reports, the man whose identity was hidden, charged customers 50 RMB (£5) to beat the dogs before having sex with them, while broadcasting the abusive content online to thousands of viewers urging them to partake in the 'fun'. Dog lovers in China first noticed the shocking video streams three weeks ago, and then  tracked the man to southwestern China's Sichuan province, where they reportedly found him and noticed he had his own a dog brothel, where he raises dogs for sex trade after picking them from the street. A number of vigilantes talked with the man for several days and then convinced him to meet for a chat "about his "hobby".The man, thinking he was about to meet 'prospective' customers was met by dozens of animal activists who immediately beat him u...

The privilege to inspire youths to reach for their dreams and provide platforms to facilitate socio-economic development to beneficiaries across the globe is priceless to Sahara Group, Tonye Cole, the organisation's executive director and Co-Founder has said. Sahara Group, a leading African energy conglomerate with operations in 8 countries across four continents officially turns 20 years on August 23, 2016. Speaking on the milestone achieved by Sahara, Cole said whilst the company had witnessed significant successes in its core operations, it places more premium on its corporate responsibility achievements. He said Sahara had recorded several sustainable interventions in the areas of education and capacity building, health, sustainable community development and the environment through the Sahara Foundation. "We are humbled by the impact we have made and remain committed to doing much more through collaboration with local, regional and global organisations that share...

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. Images of the confrontation on Tuesday show at least four police officers standing over the woman who was resting on the shore at the town’s Promenade des Anglais, the scene of last month’s Bastille Day lorry attack. This comes after some French cities including Nice implemented bans on women wearing Burkinis, a garment worn by Muslim women that covers the body and hair, mostly used when at the beach. According to the AFP, another young Muslim mother was ordered off the beach at Cannes and fined for simply wearing a headscarf. Three armed officers pointed a pepper spray canister in the 34-year-old's face and told her she was in breach of a new rule outlawing swimming costumes that cover the entire body.  According to the woman, the 'racist' officers simply...

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. Interestingly, they arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Monday night without any official from the Sports Ministry or the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) welcoming them from Brazil and have now departed to their various destinations as no plans were made to host them.