August 2020

The North Korean Government is now forcing its citizens to submit their pet dogs so they can be used as food.

The pet dogs are slaughtered in restaurants and used as dog meat while others are deposited to the National Zoo, Sky News reports.

North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un is said to have embarked on the move amid shortage of food in the country.

While ordinary people rear pigs and other livestock, pet dogs are owned mostly by the elite and wealthy in the country’s capital city of Pyongyang.

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The Nigerian Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the Lagos State government (LASG) to revisit the education sector, with a view to correcting the glaring lop-sidedness in the appointment of tutor-generals and school principals.

MURIC also raised the issue of many qualified Muslim teachers on grade level 17 who are still marking time when they should have been appointed principals.

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The Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday.

“Lagos State has been divided into six education

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal has rescued two women from drowning at an Algarve beach after their kayak capsized, according to BBC.

The 71-year President was pictured swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water.

De Sousa later told the press that the women had been swept by currents from a neighbouring beach into the bay.

The Portuguese number one citizen is currently on holiday in the Algarve which is aimed at promoting tourism in the area.

Portugal’s economy relies heavily on its tourism industry, which has been hugely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that Nigerian leaders have allowed international flights to resume only because it was time for their children and wards to return to schools abroad.

Sowore, the Publisher of SaharaReporters, said the government does not care about the people.

Recall that the Federal Government had yesterday approved the resumption of international flights with effect from August 29, 2020.

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, made this known, saying, “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020.”

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