September 10, 2022

Five Perish As New Zealand Boat Collides With Whale

Five Perish As New Zealand Boat Collides With Whale

Five people have been reported dead after a boat had flipped over in waters off of New Zealand’s South Island on Saturday, with some alleged “indications” that the vessel had capsized after colliding with a whale.

The boat, which had 11 people on board who were mostly from a bird-watching group, had capsized in calm waters soon after 10 am at Goose Bay, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of Kaikoura, according to local officials.

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A rescue operation that shad panned nearly seven hours ended when a police …

Queen Elizabeth: UK Police Announces Plans To Step Up Security

As the British government prepares to stage their first state funeral in nearly six decades, the security officials are also planning what has been slated to be the “biggest policing and protective operation” in UK history.

The Police has also announced that they are dusting off long-standing plans to keep safe attendees — including some of the global political leaders and royalty — at Queen Elizabeth II’s historic funeral, as well as the millions which had been predicted to flock to London around the time of the event.

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No date …

Federal Court Nullifies All Ogun State PDP Primary Elections

APC Wants To Launch Insurgency Agenda In Osun – PDP Alleges

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has alleged that the state All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a statewide insurgency agenda and a fictional security report that had been made to create a false security alarm.

The party had also alleged that the plans were hatched to boost its petition to relocate the Osun Election Petition Tribunal sitting from Osogbo to Abuja.

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The party chairman, Akindele Adekunle, made this revelation in a signed statement on Saturday in Osogbo. Adekunle in the statement had also revealed that the …

Naira Grows Marginally As It Exchanges At 441.25 To Dollar

Naira Crashes Slightly Against United States Dollar

The Nigerian Naira on Friday has slightly crashed to the dollar while getting to exchange at ₦436.33 as compared with the exchange rate of ₦436.32 on Thursday.

The open indicative rate had also closed at ₦433.83 to the United States dollar on Friday.

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An exchange rate of ₦437 to the dollar was the highest rate which had also recorded within the day’s trading before it had also settled at ₦436.33.

The Naira had also sold for as low as ₦425 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 66.02million dollars …

UK Rail, Postal Staff End Strikes Following Queen’s Death

UK Rail, Postal Staff End Strikes Following Queen’s Death

British railway and postal workers, at the forefront of sector-wide strikes over a cost-of-living crisis, have suspended upcoming walkouts following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Communication Workers Union had planned to continue a 48-hour stoppage Friday but it was called off ‘out of respect for’ the queen, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said in a statement following the queen’s passing in Scotland on Thursday.

The Trades Union Congress said it had postponed its four-day annual conference due to have begun Sunday.

‘The UK’s trade union movement sends our condolences to the Royal Family on the death of …

17 Civilians Killed By Rebel Group In DR Congo

17 Civilians Killed By Rebel Group In DR Congo

Seventeen people died yesterday during a militia attack on a village in northeastern DR Congo, a local civil society head announced.

Gunmen from the feared CODECO militia stormed Mbidjo in Ituri province’s Djugu territory during the morning, said Jules Uwechi, chairman of the village’s civil society group.

‘They opened fire, set houses ablaze, and pillaged the property of villagers… I myself narrowly escaped,’ Uwechi said in the provincial capital Bunia.

‘When we went back we found 17 people had been killed — seven women, eight men, and two children.’

Eleven of the bodies had been buried in a mass …

US Must Develop Chips To Keep Up With China, Biden Admits

US Must Develop Chips To Keep Up With China, Biden Admits

President Joe Biden while speaking yesterday at a ceremony to break ground on a semi-conductor plant that making sophisticated computer chips is a matter of US national security in the face of an ‘assertive’ China.

‘All of this is in our economic interest, and it’s in our national security interest as well,’ Biden said at the site where Intel plans to build a $20 billion factory.

Biden made the trip to highlight recent legislation passed at his behest setting aside $52 billion to boost US semiconductor production. He said the initiative was part of the broader rivalry between the United …

At Least 700,000 People Commit Suicide Annually – WHO

At Least 700,000 People Commit Suicide Annually – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 percent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries.

Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, made this disclosure in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day.

Mulombo said that the day which was being celebrated on Sept. 10 yearly was aimed at raising the much-needed awareness that suicide was preventable.

“For every suicide, there are likely 20 other people making a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide.

”Suicide is the …

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

A supporter of Brazil’s president used a knife and an axe to kill a backer of the main opposition leader after an argument about politics, weeks ahead of presidential elections, according to police.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the killing occurred on Wednesday, the day of Brazil’s independence bicentennial, near the town of Confresa, Mato Grosso state, in Brazil’s central-west region, a stronghold of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The 24-year-old suspect, who was not identified, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, a 42-year-old farm worker who supports presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, police said. Da Silva, a former …

2023 The Kind Of President Nigeria Needs – Atedo Peterside

2023: The Kind Of President Nigeria Needs – Atedo Peterside

The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, Atedo Peterside, has asserted that Nigeria needs an individual with high energy and vitality to hit the ground running and tackle the problems facing the country as president in 2023.

Peterside disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York on Friday.

The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC said the country needs somebody who has the capacity and definitely understands the problem facing the country.

He said, ‘First of all to be Nigerian president, I think the candidate must have high

2023 Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

Against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the immediate former National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated the party’s Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the National Executive Committee (NEC) for stabilising the party.

Secondus said the decision taken at the 97th NEC meeting has further strengthened the party’s unity ahead of the 2023 election.

The former PDP National Chairman in a statement, Friday noted that the outcome of the NEC meeting showed the party is set and ready for victory.

He also commended the immediate Past Chairman …