The death toll from a toxic bootleg alcohol scandal in the north Indian state of Punjab rose to 98 Sunday, officials and reports said.
Police have arrested 25 people so far over the worsening tragedy, which starting coming to light late last week, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Hundreds of people die every year in India from illegal alcohol made in backstreet distilleries which sells for as little as 10 rupees (13 US cents) a litre, affordable for even the poorest.
The death toll from the illicit booze had risen to 75 in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district …
Following the reported crisis of confidence in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC, stakeholders of the party in the state have passed a vote of confidence on the governor and leader of the party, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
Addressing journalists after a meeting yesterday in Abuja, the stakeholders led by a former Deputy Governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere also passed a vote of confidence on the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba and Director General of NEPAD, Princess Gloria Akobundu for their sterling performances in office.
They asked those who left the party …
Hundreds of people gathered and marched on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, marking the 66th night of Black Lives Matter protests in the city, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
Separately, a few miles east, a group of about 200 people marched from Laurelhurst Park to the Penumbra Kelly Building, and they blocked traffic, directed lasers at officers and threw glass bottles at them, according to Portland Police.
One person in the crowd threw
Former Minority Leader and Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District at the Senate, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi, has bemoaned how Nigerians were being trafficked abroad for prostitution, slavery, and for other nefarious crimes, calling on the federal government to devise ways of saving the country from this global ignominy.
Olujimi said thousands of Nigerians are still trapped in Europe, Asia, and other continents despite the efforts of the federal government through its agencies like: National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).
The …
Dadiyata, a blogger and critic of the federal and Kano State governments was abducted from his home in Kaduna State in August 2019.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had denied taking Idris.
The plight of Idris was mentioned by the United States in its human right report on Nigeria.
On Sunday, Kwankwaso, said the situation “has been a source of unimaginable pain to his family and friends as no lead has been established till date as regards his whereabouts or the identity …
Babandede stated this after receiving an award organised by the ‘Youth Coalition for Development ( YCD) held at Three Star Hotel in Dutse, the state capital.
He, however, blamed some religious leaders for encouraging street begging through the Almajiri system while none of their wards can venture that.
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“I have often asked those clerics that frown at those of
But he told fans on Sunday: “I have tested COVID negative, have been discharged. I am back home in solitary quarantine.”
Bachchan was one of the most high-profile figures to test positive amid India’s coronavirus outbreak. Hailed by many as the country’s greatest
Veteran filmmaker Omoba James Ademuyiwa Oyebanji has postponed the date for his proposed online filmmaking coaching classes.
He indicated that the reason for the postponement was due to numerous calls from interested individuals willing to partake in the film making, movie production, directing, and video editing classes.
The workshop has been moved to the 17th of August, 2020, and would still be held on the stipulated Google classroom page.
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“After so much calls and messages from individuals who signified interest in being part of this outstanding experience, I have decided to
The Rivers State Civil Society Organization, RIVSC, has condemned the suspension of three local government chairmen by Governor Nyesom Wike.
The reaction of RIVSCO follows the insistence of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, that the Governor was right in suspending the three LGA chairmen in the state.
The Rivers State secretary of ALGON and Chairman of Ahoada East Local Government Area, Ben Eke said Governor Wike did not err in law.
Eke said the law permits the governor as a chief security officer to suspend any council …
While there has been no sign yet of the ban he threatened on Friday to impose, his words were reportedly already adding to uncertainties for
The price of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency went up to $12,000 for the first time since August 2019.
One bitcoin currently equals ₦4,278,681.60 (i.e four million, two hundred and seventy-eight thousand, six hundred, and eighty-one Naira).
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According to the trading data on Sunday, Bitcoin was at $11,918 as at 04:03 GMT but later increased by 5.41 percent.
At the Binance cryptocurrency exchange trading platform, its value was increasing up to $11,980.
In the course of Sunday trading, the Bitcoin price reached the $12,000 mark for the first time since 9
Kasim Sumaina examines the newly-built Itakpe-Warri rail line and how its economic impact will open the oil-rich region of the South-south and industrious South-east with the agricultural and solid mineral hubs of the North-central and North-west linking the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In 1987, a contract was awarded to build the central line, a standard gauge railway to connect the iron ore deposits at Itakpe to the Ajaokuta Steel Mill and the Atlantic Ocean port of Warri.The railway was originally planned for completion in five years, but sporadic funding stretched out its construction period over 30 years.
In August …
