https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SSopWhJ7jQ Authorities in Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate said Friday that 50 people have died in devastating floods in the western state, bringing the national death toll to at least 81, with dozens more missing. “The number of dead has gone up to 50” from 28 in the badly hit region, a …
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UNIBEN Sets Up Panel To Probe ‘Aggressive Malpractice’ Video Graduate
BREAKING: After CAMPUS GIST’s report, UNIBEN sets up Panel to probe “Aggressive Malpractice” Student Following the exclusive report by NEwsextra24, Management of University of Benin has set up a special Committee to probe a student of the institution who was captured in a video bragging about how she graduated …
Read More »Soldiers Shoot At Protesting Staff Of Dangote Sugar In Adamawa, 7 Feared Dead
Seven Feared Dead As Soldiers Open Fire On Protesting Staff Of Dangote Sugar Company In Adamawa Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometers …
Read More »Secondus Fights Back As PDP Governors Move To Dissolve NWC
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently making moves to dissolve the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party headed by the national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, Daily Independent has gathered. However, Secondus, who does not want to take any chances, is said to …
Read More »Jacob Zuma’s son urges South Africa rioters to ‘Protest & Loot Responsibly’
JACOB Zuma’s son has urged rioters to “protest and loot responsibility” as he called for his dad to be freed from jail. Duduzane Zuma, 37, the former South African president’s son, warned the country was “just one massacre away from a complete spiralling out of control” as the violence continued …
Read More »Fredrick Nwabufo Convenes ‘Journalists For United Nigeria’
Fredrick Nwabufo, journalist and columnist, has convened an ideological and voluntary group for journalists committed to peace-building, national cohesion and progress. According to the columnist, the group named, ‘Journalists for United Nigeria (JUN)’, is strictly non-partisan; not a pressure or lobby group, but a think-factory to connect minds in the …
Read More »117 Dead, 20,000 Troops Deployed As Unrest Persists In South Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LlX6xGOu9w At least 117 persons have died and 1700 arrested in the unrest that has continued to rock South Africa for the eighth day. Protests erupted last week Friday when former South African President Jacob Zuma, 79, turned himself in to authorities to serve a 15-month jail term for …
Read More »Gulf Of Guinea Piracy Falls To Lowest Since Q2 2019, NIMASA Reacts
Gulf of Guinea records 3rd highest ship losses as Piracy in the region overtakes South East Asia- Allianz Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea which has become the global epicentre for sea piracy fell to the lowest since Q2 2019, in the last quarter. This is according to a report …
Read More »Ezeunala Ekene Franklin, Others Offered $4.35M Scholarships To Study In US
17-Year-Old Who Got Highest 2019 UTME Score, Others Offered $4.35 Million Scholarships To Study In United States Thirty Opportunity Funds Program scholars of the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos have received fully-funded scholarships totaling $4.35 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session. Following a competitive …
Read More »PMB Pledges To Accord Railway Infrastructure Development Greatest Priority
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Kano pledged that his administration will continue to accord railway infrastructure development the greatest priority, describing rail transportation as a potent economic driver. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of Kaduna– Kano segment of the Lagos– Kano railway modernization project, the President said the take-off …
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