July 2019

Italy police deal blow to ‘violent’ Nigerian mafia

Italy police deal blow to ‘violent’ Nigerian mafia

July 18, 2019 10:08 am

Italian police said Thursday they had arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, including the leaders of a clan which forged alliances with other mafias and violently punished any who rebelled.

In an operation dubbed “Burning Flame”, coordinated by police in Bologna and Turin, over 300 officers carried out arrests and searches in nine cities across northern Italy, from Bergamo to Modena, Parma and Ravenna.

A two-year probe — aided significantly by a man on the inside who fed details to investigators — “has allowed us to destroy much of what, within the Nigerian community, is known as the …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 31

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 31

July 18, 2019 12:58 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

(All Rights Reserved)

88. EXT.PARK. DAY

At a CORNER of the BUS PARK, MR. BANJO and the SECRETARY are discussing over the running of the PARK.

 BANJO

Secretary, I wan make we employ another ticket officer na wey I don commot that yeye boy wey I put honey for em mouth em say e no want.

(Secretary, I want us to employ another ticket officer now that I have finally sacked that foolish boy)

 SECRETARY

Chairman, let’s not be in a hurry to do that especially now that we’ve increased the ticket fare.

 BANJO

Why you talk …

Pastor dies of Ebola after praying for sick person

Pastor dies of Ebola after praying for sick person

July 18, 2019 12:22 am

It was a matter of fear and anxiety as the first Ebola patient in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died days after he got infected with the deadly virus.

DRC’s health ministry said the Pastor got infected after visiting Butembo, one of the epicentres of the epidemic, before taking a bus to Goma.

The pastor had preached at seven churches during his visit to Butembo, a town 300km to the north of Goma, and reportedly laid his hands on worshippers, including people who were ill.

Read Also: Ebola: Death toll …

US slaps sanctions on Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali

US slaps sanctions on Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali

July 18, 2019 12:18 am

The US Treasury on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Mali that carried out deadly attacks on the west African country’s armed forces.

The measures target Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) — designated a terrorist organization by Washington last September — and its commander Bah Ag Moussa, an army deserter who led a raid on a Malian military base that killed 21 former comrades.

“Treasury is targeting the leadership of JNIM, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali, for its destabilizing role conducting terrorist attacks across the country,” said Treasury Under Secretary Sigal Mandelker.

Read  Also: China to impose sanctions …

US Senator Schumer asks FBI, FTC to probe Russia's FaceApp

US Senator Schumer asks FBI, FTC to probe Russia’s FaceApp

July 18, 2019 12:16 am

US Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called on the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a national security and privacy investigation into FaceApp, a face-editing photo app developed in Russia, in a letter sent on Wednesday.

The viral smartphone application, which has seen a new surge of popularity due to a filter that ages photos of users’ faces, requires “full and irrevocable access to their personal photos and data,” which could pose “national security and privacy risks for millions of U.S. citizens,” Schumer said in his letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and FTC Chairman Joe Simons.

The …

Asylum seekers anxiously cross into US

Asylum seekers anxiously cross into US

July 18, 2019 12:02 am

Fear over new US curbs on almost all asylum seekers spread this week among migrants at its southern border, but some on waiting lists in Mexican cities found the gates to the United States stayed open, despite a much higher bar to stay.

Migrants in Ciudad Juarez and other Mexican border towns were cautiously optimistic as the policy took effect on Tuesday, with U.S. officials still calling those on lists of asylum seekers to cross the bridge into the United States and apply.

The new rule requires asylum-seekers crossing a third country on the way to the United States to …

Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery

Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery

July 17, 2019 8:31 am

A report published by Walk Free on Global Slavery Index has placed Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery globally.

The report titled ‘Measurement, Action, Freedom’ conducted by over 30 anti-slavery organisations across the world, captures activities of modern slavery in over 180 countries.

The report provides an independent assessment of 183 governments and their responses to the exploitation of the 40.3 million people in modern slavery.

In the report, countries are assessed on their ability to identify and support survivors, establish effective criminal justice systems, strengthen coordination mechanisms and be held to account, address underlying risk factors, and …

Trump govt. to divert $40m in aid to Venezuela's opposition

Trump govt. to divert $40m in aid to Venezuela’s opposition

July 17, 2019 12:19 am

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration plans to divert more than $40 million in humanitarian aid for Central America to support the U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela, according to an internal document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.

The $41.9 million had been destined for Guatemala and Honduras, two of the three Central American countries at the center of a migration crisis in which thousands of people have fled poverty, violence and corruption and attempted to cross the southern U.S. border.

The congressional notification from the U.S. Agency for International Development said the money will instead be used for salaries, travel, communications …

I’m a deep thinker, and I think about many situations and how they occur.

Deep thinking

July 17, 2019 12:14 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

I’m a deep thinker, and I think about many situations and how they occur.

I don’t wait for people to think for me.
I think for myself.

I think about life in it’s entirety, and realized no matter how rosy or hard life is, it all ends up six feet below.
The only thing that matters is the impact one was able to make and the legacy left.

I think about God, nature, and how everything came into being.

I often interestingly watch the children play, and observed the roles they play instinctively without being taught.

The …

Hope as Chinese researchers identify deafness-casing gene

Hope as Chinese researchers identify deafness-casing gene

July 16, 2019 9:18 am

Chinese researchers have recently made a breakthrough in discovering a gene responsible for deafness, providing a target for treating hearing impairment.

The study published online earlier this month in the international journal Genetics in Medicine described the gene as ABCC1, which has variants associated with hearing loss and plays a key role in maintaining cochlea function.

The cochlea is a spiral tube shaped like a snail shell. It is the auditory area of the inner ear and enables effective hearing.

Using gene screening, sequencing and other genetic analysis method, researchers from Xiangya Hospital affiliated with the Central South University in …

Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

July 16, 2019 4:10 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, played a video recording before the Election Petition Tribunal to establish the allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used a central server during the February 23 polls.

The film featured the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, notifying the public that the electoral body would transmit election results with the use of smart card reader (SCR) to the INEC central server.

Igini spoke in an interview with Channels Television shortly before the election.

Atiku’s counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), had tendered 48 Video Compact Discs (VCDs) that …

PDP against 27-year-old Makinde’s commissioner-nominee

Gov. Makinde declares assets, worth over ₦60 billion

July 16, 2019 3:51 am

Mr Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor, on Monday, made public his assets after he received a copy of the asset declaration form which he had earlier submitted to the Oyo State office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that details of the assets show that he is worth over N60,473,300,066 according to the figures in the forms calculated with CBN rates for foreign currencies.

The details are contained in the CCB 1 with the name Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, which was declared at the High Court of Oyo State, on May

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