Features

Nigerians are mobilising to stage a #ChurchToo protest against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) over the recent rape allegation against him.

Nigerians to protest against the alleged randy Coza Pastor

June 29, 2019 11:06 am

Nigerians are mobilising to stage a #ChurchToo protest against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) over the recent rape allegation against him.

The proposed protest followed a flyer and notice of protest which has been circulated on twitter and other social media urging Nigerians to converge for a protest march on Sunday.

Pastor Biodun was recently accused by Busola Dakolo, wife of artist Timi Dakolo of raping her when she was 17 and working as a member of the choir in his church.

Meanwhile, the pastor has denied the allegations against him by Mrs Dakolo.…

Mother-daughter killed over witchcraft allegation in India

Mother-daughter killed over witchcraft allegation in India

June 29, 2019 10:18 am

An Indian mother and daughter were hacked to death by three men over allegations of witchcraft in the country’s remote tribal-dominated east, police said Saturday.

The 50-year-old woman and her young daughter were beaten by their neighbours before being attacked with knives on Wednesday night in West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand state.

Police said the victims’ family was embroiled in a land dispute with one of the accused, who used black magic allegations as a cover-up to commit the crime.

Read Also: Nineteen killed in attack in Burkina Faso

“One of the accused told the villagers that the women were …

Ebola: Death toll in DRC increases to 1,540 – WHO

June 29, 2019 12:04 am

The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been infected since the outbreak in the country’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces nearly 11 months ago.

However, vital work of tracing people infected with the deadly virus is progressing, in spite of evidence of “several” massacres in the affected area earlier this month, the organisation said.

In spite of the insecurity, WHO insisted that frontline workers were doing all …

My wife pushed me into adultery, man tells court

My wife pushed me into adultery, man tells court

June 27, 2019 10:28 am

“My wife pushed me into adultery,’’ Mr Bello Abudu, a 42-year-old technician, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday.

Abudu, whose wife, Blessing, sought the dissolution of their marriage, accusing him of infidelity, told the court while responding to the allegation that his wife pushed him into adultery

“My wife always tells me that I cannot impregnate another woman and that if I try to make love with another woman, my male organ will get stuck inside that woman, that she had done something concerning my male organ.

“I was afraid initially, but later I decided to try …

Polio vaccination: Gates Foundation seeks urgent action

Polio vaccination: Gates Foundation seeks urgent action

June 27, 2019 12:25 am

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has called on the 36 governors to commence quick polio vaccination across their council areas, warning that if Nigeria experiences any case of wild polio virus outbreak, it would be a setback to government’s effort to be given a clean bill of health in the next six months.

Read Also: Measles emergency in New York

BMGF Country Director for Nigeria, Dr Paul Basinga, who stated this during a chat with reporters yesterday in Abuja, added: “When you don’t have increased coverage, some related form of polio will come up, as now being experienced in …

Garden snails provide ‘cure’ for antibiotic resistance

Garden snails provide ‘cure’ for antibiotic resistance

June 27, 2019 12:18 am

Scientists have employed garden snails to fight antibiotic resistance, cancers, scars and skin blemishes, and to produce faster-acting insulin.

Until now, the slime of the Giant African Land Snail (GALS) also called African land Tiger snail (Achatina achatina) has been employed by traditional medicine practitioners in the treatment of asthma and hypertension.

The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The small grey snail, Cryptomphalus aspersa also called Helix aspersa, is one of the over 20 edible species of snail found in Europe and North America.

Snail meat …

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

Handwashing without soap a waste – UNICEF

June 26, 2019 9:44 am
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  on Wednesday  advised Nigerians to use soap or ash and running water to was hands after defecation to prevent infection and illness.
Mr  Bioye Ogunjobi, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist with UNICEF,  gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Ogunjobi said that using water alone is not proper hand washing technique as it could not totally clean the hand.
According to him, faeces is oily and cannot easily come off after using tissue paper or water to clean-up after defecation.
“Proper hand washing means
…
Sudan restores Internet for only one person

Sudan restores Internet for only one person

June 25, 2019 5:39 am

A lawyer in Sudan has told the BBC that the Internet has been restored after a three-week shutdown – but only for him.

Abdel-Adheem Hassan yesterday won a lawsuit against telecoms operator Zain Sudan over the blackout ordered by Sudan’s military rulers.

However, he says his victory is only benefitting him so far as he filed the case in a personal capacity.

The Internet was cut off after security forces violently dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum.

The protesters want an end to military rule following the coup against long-time leader Omar al-Bashir in April.

Mr Hassan said he is …

Flood sweeps away two siblings in Delta

Flood sweeps away two siblings in Delta

June 23, 2019 2:29 am

Two siblings from Alibioba Community, Agbor, in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Testimony Okwuokenye (15) and Godwin Okwuokenye (11), were swept away last Thursday by flood.

The Nation gathered that a downpour which started at about 3:45 pm swept away Testimony, a JSS 1 student of Agbor Technical College and his brother, Godwin, a primary five pupil of Alibioba Primary School in the area.

The eye witness said that the brothers were returning home from an outing when the rain started, adding that they stepped into a gutter few metres away from their home.

Speaking in …

MMM Ponzi Scheme back in Nigeria, woos people again

MMM Ponzi Scheme back in Nigeria, woos people again

June 22, 2019 11:42 am

Notorious Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), the Ponzi scheme which dashed the hope of over three million Nigerians in 2017, is back.

The new version known as MMM Cooperation promises as much as 50 percent return on any amount invested in it — 20 percent more than what the extinct version offered.

Just like the previous version, participants are to register, invest a particular amount in the form of “providing help” and “get help” with their investment and interest back after 30 days.

And some Nigerians are falling for it yet again!

Read Also: Beware of Loom ponzi scheme, SEC cautions …

Nigerian Government denies plan to ban Almajiri

Nigerian Government denies plan to ban Almajiri

June 22, 2019 12:04 am

The Presidency on Friday dismissed media report that the Federal Government had concluded arrangements to ban the Almajiri system of education.

The Almajiri system of education is a form of Qur’anic learning system associated with begging on economic and religious grounds peculiar to some Northern states.

Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, however, said that the prescription of the Almajiri system had remained an objective of the Buhari administration.

”The Presidency, therefore, calls for caution in responses to the pronouncements by President Muhammadu Buhari on free and

…
Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

Osinbajo unveils $8 million Liquid Waste Facility in Rivers

June 22, 2019 12:01 am

The federal government has said it would continue to pursue the ease of doing business policy with diligence to keep solving the problems of operating environment, boost productivity and encourage investors.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this yesterday in Port Harcourt during the unveiling of the Port Harcourt Dockyard Liquid Waste Treatment Plant.

The Guardian gathered that $8 million was invested in setting up the facility, which would help clean up the maritime industry by collecting oil wastes and transforming them into meaningful by-products.

Read Also: Many would’ve been in trouble if I had died – Osinbajo

Osinbajo said the …

TRENDING

Breaking

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity