Danielle Geathers will be the president of the Undergraduate Association at MIT where about 6 percent of the graduates are black and 47 percent women, according to the school. (CNN)Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have elected a black woman as president of the Undergraduate Association for the first time in the school’s history.…
His death was confirmed by his manager Omenka Uzoma, on the late singer’s official Instagram handle. “Today been having pressure calls, well it is true that the African No 1 Legendary ICON has gone to be with the LORD his Maker,” he said. “Let celebrate him, his achievements, and his family, whatever decisions made by…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has apprehended an Inspector whose unruly behaviour led to the death of his colleague. According to a statement by the Force, the arrest took place on the 31st of May, 2020, after the Area A Command received a distress call that one Inspector Monday Gabriel from No…
The Lagos Police Command has commenced disciplinary procedures against two officers indicted for partaking in the killing of Miss Tina Ezekwe within the Iyana-Oworo area of the metropolis. On the 29th May, 2020, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu had ordered an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death…
This handout image provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 22, 2020 in Geneva shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending the 147th session of the WHO Executive Board held virtually by videoconference, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP Increased antibiotics…
Activists walk along the street during a COVID-19 coronavirus awareness campaign in Kinshasa on May 29, 2020. SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging…
Nigeria’s German manager Gernot Rohr gestures on the touchline during the International friendly football match between England and Nigeria at Wembley stadium in London on June 2, 2018. Ben STANSALL / AFP Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has said nobody dictates to him the players to pick for the team’s matches. The Nigeria Football…
The Rivers State Government has kick started the decontamination of public places as part of measures to keep the state safe from coronavirus. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike who flagged-off the programme today at Government House, Port Harcourt, said with the commencement of the exercise, all public places in the state will be decontaminated. He…
Protesters demonstrate on June 1, 2020 in Amsterdam, to protest against the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in the USA. Sem VAN DER WAL / AFP / ANP Thousands of protesters rallied in the Dutch and Irish capitals on Monday against the death of a black man during an arrest by…
These images taken on May 25, 2020, from a video courtesy of Darnella Frazier via Facebook, shows Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during the arrest of George Floyd. Darnella Frazier / Facebook/Darnella Frazier / AFP An autopsy arranged by the family of George Floyd shows he was suffocated by a US policeman, rather than…
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Monday with 416 cases reported by the country, even as the nation intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections to 10,578…
A file photo of Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje The Kano State Government has eased the lockdown which was imposed on the state in a bid curb the spread of the coronavirus. In line with the Federal Government’s directives regarding how state governments can ease their lockdown exercises, the Kano state government has released…
Col Abubakar Umar Dangiwa (retd) has criticized the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), saying his nepotism and sectionalism will ruin the country. In an open letter to Buhari, Umar frowned at the clannishness in government today, citing the case of the acting appeal court president whose appointment has not been confirmed. Buhari had extended…
A drunken driver has knocked down the Commanding Officer, 2 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna, Lt. Col. Abraham Gbileve, in Markudi, Benue State. Gbileve died after his friend crushed him while reversing his Toyota Camry car last Tuesday. Our source gathered on Sunday that the deceased resumed as the commanding officer of…
A trigger-happy policeman has been arrested after opening fire on his colleagues following a disagreement amongst themselves. The incidenct happened around 5am in the morning in Onikan area of Lagos state. The arrested police officer is yet to be named for the public, but the officer was said to have hijacked the patrol vehicle after…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reacted to the circulation of pictures and videos of new N2,000 and N5,000 banknotes in the country. There were rumors over the weekend that some persons were in possession of such banknotes However, the apex bank on its official Twitter page, said such videos and pictures of N2000…
A statement from the command says the suspects were arrested on May 24 following a distress call received by the DPO Agbara division that armed robbers have invaded Idanyin community and have been raiding house to house dispossessing their victims of their belongings and inflicting injuries on them. Upon the distress call, the DPO Agbara…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have shot and killed the All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman of Batsari council area of Katsina state, Alhaji Abdulhamid Mamman. Mammam was killed on Sunday afternoon, at about 2:45pm, after the gunmen besieged Sabon Garin Dunburawa village, where he hailed from. Gunmen entered his home with the intention of abducting…
Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez had three luxury watches worth more than £300,000 ($370,000) stolen when thieves raided his penthouse apartment, according to British media reports on Sunday. More than £50,000 in cash along with Cartier bracelets and rare football shirts worth up to £150,000 were also taken from the Algeria international. The watches were…
The Okpebe Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, has supported no fewer than 200 indigent households in the area with cash palliatives. Mr Charles Ngene, the President General of the community, made the disclosure on Sunday at the inauguration of the first phase of the cash transfers to the beneficiaries. Ngene…
An Air India scheduled to land in Moscow on Saturday was called back after one of its pilots tested positive for COVID-19, local media reports said. The VT-EXR Air India flight on its way to Moscow from Delhi to bring back stranded Indians was immediately asked to return as per the protocol. Since it was…
Controversial Prophet, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere Odumeje has apologized to the peoples of Arondizuogu and Awka as well as the Pericoma family over his demeaning statements. The prophet had appeared in separate viral videos condemning the practices of these people and also taking a direct swipe at the late Pericoma family, whom he described as a crude…
Darnella Frazier Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old who took the video of George Floyd being suffocated and killed by police on Monday, now says that she’s facing a series of concerning messages online The Traumatized 17-Year-Old Who Filmed George Floyd’s Killing Is Already Being Harassed Elly Belle Last Updated May 29, 2020, 7:35 PM…
Proposed UK law will make it easier to break marriage contract than mobile phone contract The UK’s Conservative government proposes no-fault, no-delay divorce. The weakening of the UK’s divorce law is reaching its final stages. It is currently possible to end a marriage for almost any reason, or if you prefer to divorce for no…
