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At least 25 people have died and 14 others remain missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, officials said on Sunday, Reuters reported. 

The accident occurred just before 8 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Saturday when the large canoe, which had departed Adiyani village in northwestern Jigawa State, overturned en route to Garbi in Yobe State. The vessel was carrying 52 passengers, according to Mohammed Goje, head of the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency.

"So far, 13 passengers have been rescued alive, while 25 bodies have been recovered. Search and rescue operations are ongoing for 14 missing persons," Goje said, adding that emergency teams from neighbouring towns had joined local volunteers and security agencies at the scene, according to Reuters. 

Novak Djokovic said on Sunday he would step away completely from the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the advocacy group he co-founded, citing concerns over transparency and governance within the organisation, Reuters reported. 

Djokovic, who launched the PTPA alongside Vasek Pospisil in 2020 with the aim of strengthening player representation within the sport, said in a post on X that his latest move was also driven by how his voice and image had been represented.

"I am proud of the vision that Vasek and I shared when founding the PTPA, giving players a stronger, independent voice," Djokovic said, according to Reuters. 

The price of gold has increased by Rs 4, 600 per tola in the domestic market on Monday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 265, 000 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 260, 400 per tola on Sunday. 

Similarly, the price of silver has increased by Rs 185 and is being traded at Rs 4, 685 per tola today.

The Embassy of Nepal in London has urged the Nepali citizens to remain alert in the wake of rising fraud cases under the pretext of offering a 'work permit' to Nepalis in the United Kingdom.

Issuing a press statement, the Embassy of Nepal made this appeal as several complaints on job-related sponsorship were received and has asked the Nepali citizens to remain alert in the UK against such commitments.

According to the Embassy, the number of people being cheated is high among those willing to arrive in the UK from Nepal.  

Likewise, some of the Nepali jobseekers staying in the UK were also made the victims of such fraud cases, it is said. 

The Embassy has suggested lodging applications in the local police units or the National Anti-Fraud Network (Action Fraud) in the UK and the investigation agencies in Nepal, as such crimes are punishable both in Nepal and the UK.

The number of people suffering from seasonal flu is found to be increasing in the districts of Koshi Province.

Patients of cold-related ailments have been increasing with the dip in temperature in the districts, doctors said. 

Senior Physician of Koshi Hospital Dr Roshan Khadka said the number of patients has increased lately after the severe cold. It is said that the biting cold creates imbalances in body temperature and impacts the blood circulation in the human body as well. 

"The blood vessels shrink as the body temperature lowers in winter. This reduces blood supply to the head, resulting in a continuous headache," Dr Khadka said. 

One of the main reasons behind the headache during the winter is dehydration in the human body, Dr Khadka added. 

Similarly, the children develop sore eyes, headache, nasal congestion, sore throat, breathing problems, and diarrhea with the changes in weather.

Seasonal influenza is a type of virus infection, it is also called flu, and is transmitted through breathing.

The flu affects the elderly, chronically ill, malnourished children, diabetic patients, high blood pressure and heart patients who are on regular medication. 

Doctors suggest that it is advisable to get vaccinated against influenza to avoid various types of viral infection.

The Karnali Province has a total of 1, 037, 250 voters for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for March 5.

Information Officer of Karnali Province Election Office, Nandaram Chaulagain, said that the highest number of voters are in Surkhet district with 248,943. Similarly, Dolpa district has the lowest number of voters standing at 24,115.

Likewise, there are 162,449 voters in Salyan, 161,204 voters in Dailekh, 107,091 voters in Jajarkot, 106,660 in Rukum Paschim and 84,646 in Kalikot district.

The Office stated that the number of voters in Jumla is 71,739 and there are 36031 voters in Humla and 34,372 voters in Humla. 

According to Chaulagain, the province has 1,137 voting centres and 941 polling stations. 

There were 908,433 voters in the Karnali Province in the HoR elections held in 2079 BS. 

Tanahun district has a total of 254,397 voters for the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for March 5. 

According to the District Election Office, Tanahun, women voters are more compared to the men voters in the district. 

The Office shared that the number of male voters is 123,491 and the female voters are 130,906. 

District Election Officer Bikas Lamsal said that Vyas Municipality has the highest number of voters and Devghat Rural Municipality has the lowest number in the district. 

He said there are 136,118 voters in constituency 1 and 118,279 voters in constituency  2 in Tanahun district. 

Lamsal stated that 309 voting centers have been managed in the district. 

The Election Commission had collected the voters' names from September 26 to November 21, 2025 by targeting the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives. 

The Election Commission on Sunday appointed the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers in all districts to conduct the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR)  slated for March 5.

The EC appointed 77 district judges as the Chief Returning Officers as per Clause 8 of HoR Act, 2074 BS. 

The meeting of the Commission took the decision to appoint the district judges as the Chief Returning Officers and the second class officers from the judicial service as the Returning Officers as per the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission effective from January 9, according to the EC.

The Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers have been asked to be deployed in their concerned election constituencies from January 16. 

The EC has also asked to open and run the offices of the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers as well as conduct the election programs in the districts for the March 5 poll.