Fowl play: Turkeys attack police and residents in Massachusetts town
Oxbowkuli blog
October 20, 2017
A gang of marauding turkeys has been causing chaos in a small town in Massachusetts, harassing residents and police. The birds, which ...
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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Friday, October 20, 2017
Sports physician called in to diagnose gorilla's knee injury
Oxbowkuli blog
October 20, 2017
The head physician of an American university football team has been called in to treat an injured gorilla after she got into a scuffle wi...
Monday, June 26, 2017
Tourist boat sinks in matter of minutes leaving dozens feared dead
Oxbowkuli blog
June 26, 2017
This is the terrifying moment a tourist boat packed with up to 160 passengers sunk rapidly on a reservoir in Colombia leaving dozens fear...
Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfire rips through Spanish national park
Oxbowkuli blog
June 26, 2017
Around 1,500 people were forced to evacuate as a forest fire in southern Spain spread through a famous national park. Flames have advan...
Oil tanker explosion in Pakistan kills at least 123 people
Oxbowkuli blog
June 26, 2017
At least 123 people have died after an overturned oil tanker exploded among a crowd of people in Pakistan. Most of the victims got caug...
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
Fish covered in strange ‘tattoos’ caught in the Philippines
Oxbowkuli blog
May 09, 2017
A huge fish covered in ‘tattoos’ has been caught in the Philippines. Where you would expect plain scales, the fish has intricate blue de...
Friday, April 28, 2017
Mother says she won’t be separating conjoined twins
Oxbowkuli blog
April 28, 2017
A mother who had conjoined twins has said she will not be getting them separated. Chelsea Torres, 22, gave birth to Callie and Carter ...
Saturday, March 11, 2017
In Uganda US to give $25m in aid to government for refugees
Oxbowkuli blog
March 11, 2017
The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx of refugees fleeing...
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Blind people could regain their sight with ‘bionic eyes’
Oxbowkuli blog
December 22, 2016
Hopes of a cure for blindness have been raised with the development of ‘bionic eyes’.
At least 32 confirmed dead following fireworks chain- reaction explosion
Oxbowkuli blog
December 22, 2016
At least 32 people have been killed after a fireworks market was flattened by a deadly chain-reaction explosion on the outskirts of Mex...
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Frontex reports around 350,000 migrants entered the EU so far this year
Oxbowkuli blog
December 17, 2016
Frontex, the EU's border agency, has reported that 350,000 people have arrived in the EU so far this year. The number is a sharp...
UN: Gambia's Jammeh must step down by mid January
Oxbowkuli blog
December 17, 2016
to admit electoral defeat, the UN has told Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to step down next month.
A five-year-old cancer sufferer has been sent over 11,000 Christmas cards from well- wishers
Oxbowkuli blog
December 17, 2016
This is five-year-old Bradley Lowery. He was diagnosed back in 2013 with neuroblastoma – a tumor particularly prevalent in children und...
17 seriously rubbish parts of having doggy style sex
Oxbowkuli blog
December 17, 2016
Let’s be clear: doggy style sex is glorious. It’s hot, it feels good, and it doesn’t require any fancy gadgetry or the ability to put ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Pope Francis says women who commit the ‘great sin’ of abortion should be forgiven
Oxbowkuli blog
November 23, 2016
Pope Francis said that women who’ve had abortions can be forgiven for the ‘great sin’. The pope is allowing all priests to absolve women wh...
APC governors move against Tinubu, Atiku
Oxbowkuli blog
November 23, 2016
The feud between the chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun and the National leader of the party, Bola Tinubu may have taken a new dimensi...
FG Signs N11.5bn Road Construction Deal With Dangote Group
Oxbowkuli blog
November 23, 2016
The Dangote Group said on Tuesday it had signed a contract with the Federal Government for the construction of a 42.5 km Obajana-Kabba Road...
Segun Oni, 5 others to coordinate APC Situation Room
Oxbowkuli blog
November 23, 2016
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Segun Oni, will lead a six-member team from the party’s nat...
NNPC may reduce price of petrol
Oxbowkuli blog
November 23, 2016
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is considering reducing the pump price of fuel in all its retail outlets across the coun...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha and the rest of us
Oxbowkuli blog
October 19, 2016
IN ‘Beyond Muhamadu Buhari’s anti-corruption rhetoric: return of the fifth columnists?”, I had begun by seeking answer to the simple questi...
