At least 29 people are dead and 50 injured after ISIS attacked a prison in Afghanistan, sparking a two-day battle that saw 300 inmates including jihadis freed. The attack began Sunday when an ISIS militant drove a van filled with explosives up to the prison gates and detonated it, before gunmen opened fire. […]
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COVID-19: There may never be a ‘silver bullet’, WHO says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. The WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a […]
Cleric to politicians: Forget Igbo presidency go for Biafra
General Overseer of Mount Zion Faith Global Liberation Ministries, also known as By Fire By Fire Bishop Abraham Udeh has advised politicians from Southeast to drop the Igbo presidency agenda and pursue actualisation of Biafra. He said Biafra independence or Nigeria restructuring would favour the Igbo more than the presidency. […]
TB Joshua begins prayer for COVID-19 patients in isolation centres
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua, has offered ‘virtual prayers’ of healing for those afflicted with COVID-19 in an Isolation Centre in Honduras, Central America. The gesture was in fulfilment of a pledge the cleric made on July 8, 2020. A video posted to […]
Berlin coronavirus protest sparks debate over right to assemble
Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum are reassessing Germany’s approach to protests during the pandemic. This is coming after thousands of people gathered in Berlin at the weekend at an event flouting hygiene measures. The freedom to assemble is a “particularly important legal right,” Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht […]
Trump furious after Appeal Court overturns Boston bomber death penalty
U.S. President Donald Trump has flayed an appellate court ruling that overturned the death sentence given to the 2013 Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In a tweet on Sunday, Trump said that hardly had anyone deserved the death penalty than Tsarnaev. He said the government must push for the death […]
Oyo Governor, Ooni Of Ife Offer To Help Stranded Nigerian Ladies In Lebanon
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has secured a bigger apartment for the stranded Nigerian girls in Lebanon, while arrangements are on to ensure that they are brought back to Nigeria as soon as possible. Omotola Fawunmi, Executive Director and Co-founder of Rescue Africans In Slavery (RAIS) said, […]
Kaduna killings: Self-help might be the alternative if…, says CAN
The President of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle on Tuesday described the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna as unacceptable. Ayokunle said that the recent destruction of lives and property in the community has clearly shown that Nigeria: “is a nation that is at war against enemies […]
COVID-19: This virus has a cure it is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and zithromax, as US-based doctor cries out…
A US-based doctor who schooled in Nigeria, Dr. Stella Emmanuel, has alleged there is a conspiracy of a group of pharmaceutical practitioners on COVID-19. The radiologist, who said she has singlehandedly treated over 350 COVID-19, with no record of death, most of them elderly with underlying ailments, said she has […]
80,000 Nigerians enslaved abroad — Reps
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, has disclosed that about eighty thousand Nigerians were currently held as sex slaves and in forced labour across the world, in countries. According to her, the practice is rife in Lebanon, Mali and across the Middle East. Akande-Sadipe, who […]