Witnesses said the man, who has not been identified, was struck in the neck by fireworks, NJ.com reported. First responders worked to revive the man. He was later pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.
Further details on the incident were

The Kremlin this week won a referendum on constitutional changes allowing President Vladimir Putin potentially to extend his rule until 2036, a vote that critics and election monitors have denounced as rigged.
The vote produced an overwhelming result in favor of a package of amendments — officially 77.9% supporting, 21.3% against — that the Kremlin hailed it as a “triumphant referendum of confidence” in Putin.
Russia’s Central Elections Commission and Interior ministry have said voting occurred without any serious violations.
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But independent election monitors claimed the process …

While much of the country celebrated Independence Day Saturday, protesters in Baltimore toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the Inner Harbor, CNN affiliate WBAL reported.
Louis Krauss, who shared video of the toppling, said there were at least 300 people gathered at the scene.
“After it toppled over the statue broke into several pieces, which were then dragged across the plaza and dumped into the Inner Harbor,” Krauss told CNN.
The statue has stood by Little Italy for more than 30 years and is the latest to come down in recent weeks amid protests. Both crowds …

Witnesses said the man, who has not been identified, was struck in the neck by fireworks, NJ.com reported. First responders worked to revive the man. He was later pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.
Further details on the incident were

The family of the late Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi, said on Sunday that it had no intention to bar the Deputy Governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan, from the eight-day Fidau prayer organized for the deceased.
Ajimobi’s former media aide, Bolaji Tunji, said this in a statement issued in Ibadan on behalf of the family.
The family’s reaction followed reports that a delegation of the state government led by the deputy governor was barred from entering the venue of the event.
But Tunji, in the statement, said the family was not aware that the deputy governor would attend the event.…

Girma Gelam, Oromia region’s police deputy commissioner, told media on Saturday night that 156 people have died in the riots.
Those killed included protesters and police officers
Police in Addis Ababa said Thursday that 81 people were killed in the riots, including two police officers.
Hachalu Hundessa, a singer who focused on the rights of …

The latest revelations from an Italian court that all the parties involved in the OPL 245/Malabu affair were corrupt sums up the 16-year misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)
It said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, that the prosecutor’s position is a fitting description of PDP’s governance at an international stage.
…“We are not really surprised that Sergio Spadaro, the Italian deputy prosecutor, told a Milan court prosecuting Shell and Eni over the

An eyewitness, Mr. Abiodun Adaranijo, who spoke to DAILY POST, explained that while coming down the stairs after betting at the plaza, the unsuspecting deceased had touched a naked wire dangling with his head.
Adaranijo said he (the deceased) would have bent

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB took to his official Facebook page to lambast the continued existence of the Republic of Nigeria.
Captioning his rant as “Understanding The Anatomy Of Evil”, he laid the basis of his anger on the fact that Nigerians are yet to realise that the One Nigeria notion was all a scam and that President Muhammadu Buhari is the spearhead of insurgency and religious bigotry in the country.
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In his words:
UNDERSTANDING THE ANATOMY OF EVIL
…“As

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has responded to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, that his principal refused to deal with him and Governor Nyesom Wike despite his combative and truculent disposition.
Recall that in a piece titled ‘Wike Vindicates Buharists’, Adesina noted that the President would have taken action not only against Wike, but former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for their “anti-Buhari tendencies” but he didn’t.
…He was quoted as saying, “The President could have dealt with them in many ways, either overtly or covertly, but he let

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has been issued 14-day ultimatum to probe over ₦300 billion missing public funds or have his government face redress in court.
The ultimatum was giving by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
The body is asking Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate allegations that over ₦300 billion of public funds are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen, as documented in the 2017 audited report by the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF).
It also urged him to ask …

The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) world-wide, on Sunday, prayed for quick recovery of Gov. David Umahi who tested positive for COVID-19.
Its President, Mr. Paschal Oluchukwu, made this prayer in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
Oluchukwu called on Ebonyi people to take the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) warnings and protocols seriously, abide strictly by them and support government’s efforts in the fight against the spread of the pandemic.
Governor Umahi on Saturday announced that he and some of his close aides had …

The Federal Government has revealed plans to end the monopoly enjoyed by cable television service providers, especially Digital Satellite Television, owned by MultiChoice, a South Africa-based company.
The plan is said to include ending exclusive rights to sporting events.
Only DStv MultiChoice currently broadcasts major football competitions in Nigeria, especially the English Premier League.
The government said it had amended Nigeria’s broadcasting code to prevent DStv MultiChoice and others from monopolising their channels and contents.
The House has been probing DStv MultiChoice for allegedly cheating its Nigerian subscribers by restricting them to prepaid plans and increasing its subscription rates …