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Burundi bans BBC after critical coverage

March 29, 2019 11:53 am

Burundi has banned the BBC from the country and taken its radio off the airwaves, after what the government said was the broadcaster’s “false’’ reporting on secret torture centres.

“The licence to operate the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio Station is withdrawn,’’ Nestor Bankumukunzi, the head of the National Communication Council, said in a statement on Friday.

“It is strictly forbidden for any Burundian or foreign journalist located in the national territory of Burundi to directly or indirectly provide information that can be broadcasted by BBC Radio,’’ he added.

The government said the decision was taken in light of an …

BREAKING: Court dismisses suit seeking to sack Oba of Lagos

March 29, 2019 11:10 am

An Ikeja High Court has dismissed a suit seeking to oust Rilwan Akiolu, as the Oba of Lagos.

Justice A. Candide-Johnson held that the claimants, Prince Adedoyin Adebiyi and Prince Rasheed Modile, two members of the Lagos royal family, failed to prove their case.

Details coming soon……

Lawsuit filed against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

March 28, 2019 10:20 pm

The lawsuit was filed in Chicago federal court by the family of Jackson Musoni, a citizen of Rwanda, and alleges that Boeing, which manufactures the 737 MAX, had defectively designed the automated flight control system.

Boeing said it could not comment on the lawsuit.

“Boeing … is working with the authorities to evaluate new information as it becomes available,” it said, adding all inquiries about the ongoing accident investigation must be directed to the investigating authorities.

The 737 MAX planes were grounded worldwide following the Ethiopian Airlines disaster, which came five months after a Lion Air crash in Indonesia that
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$768.4m – Third largest jackpot in US lottery history

March 28, 2019 11:03 am

Unless you are a Wisconsin resident who got all winning numbers: 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball number 12.

A single ticket sold in the state matched all six numbers to win the third largest jackpot in US lottery history, lottery officials said.
“Due to strong ticket sales, the jackpot climbed to an estimated $768.4 million at the time of the drawing with a cash option of $477 million,” the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement.
“The lucky ticket holder(s) will have the choice between an estimated annuity of $768.4 million, paid in 30 graduated payments over
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Catch them young

March 27, 2019 9:06 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~ proverbs 22:6
The above biblical passage simply highlights the importance of good parental upbringing of the child.

During the first few years of life, children learn a lot about themselves and the world around them, and parents are their first teachers.

The ages of 1-8 years is the period that a child goes through the most rapid phase of growth and development. Their brains develop faster than at any other point in their lives, so …

IPOB: DSS electrocuted me, witness alleges in court

March 27, 2019 11:09 am
Chidiebere Onwudiwe, a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja that officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) allegedly electrocuted him while was in their custody.

Onwudiwe was testifying as a witness in the trial-within-trial ordered by the court to ascertain the veracity of his claim that DSS officials coerced him to give them a statement.

The witness who was led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor also told the court that he was locked up in an underground cell in a blindfold.
“I was brought from Port

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Israeli military: New airstrikes in Gaza

March 27, 2019 11:01 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is “prepared to do a lot more” after overnight Israeli strikes hit Hamas targets in Gaza, but by sunset on Tuesday an uneasy calm seemed to be holding, following the sharpest escalation in violence since the beginning of the year.

The militant Hamas group — which Israel blamed for triggering the latest round of hostilities by firing a rocket that hit a house north of Tel Aviv in the early hours of Monday morning — first announced that a ceasefire had been agreed late Monday, but renewed rocket fire from Gaza into Israel,
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New York county bans unvaccinated kids from public areas

March 27, 2019 10:48 am

Unvaccinated people under age 18 are banned from public places in Rockland County, New York, as of midnight Wednesday, according to John Lyon, director of strategic communications for County Executive Ed Day.

Day announced the order Tuesday.
The declaration is an effort to contain an outbreak of measles that began in October; 153 cases have been confirmed in the county.
“We’re not punishing the people who are doing the right thing already and following the rules. We just want to encourage everyone to do the right thing so we can stop this outbreak,” Lyon said. The step is “extremely unusual.
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Trump changes course on Obamacare

March 26, 2019 9:26 pm

The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to topple Obamacare once and for all. In a dramatic reversal, the administration now says the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down.

Previously, the Justice Department’s stance was that only portions of the law should be invalidated. A federal judge in Texas declared the entire health care law unconstitutional back in December, and now the administration says it agrees with that position as the case is appealed.

The President has repeatedly said he would protect people with pre-existing conditions — a pillar of Obamacare — but the shift in the …

Two hospitalised as fire ravages Lagos community

March 26, 2019 9:22 pm

A woman and a young boy were injured yesterday when  fire swept through the Hausa community in Orile-Agege, Lagos.

They are at the Agege General Hospital.

The fire, said to have been caused by power surge, raged for several hours, destroying shops, houses and goods.

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Stephanie to receive cash, car gifts over Success video

March 25, 2019 1:44 pm
Stephanie Idolor, the lady who videotaped Success, an angry school pupil sent home over school fees, is to receive N500,000 cash and a car gift from Mr Hilary Obi Ibegbulum,a Principal Secretary to Delta Governor and the State Deputy Speaker.

Popular comedian, Mc Jollof, recently took to his Instagram page with a video in which he revealed that the Delta state deputy speaker, Hon. Friday Osanebi, has requested for Idolor’s account number to credit her with a sum of N500, 000.

Also,  it was gathered that the principal secretary to the governor of Delta state, Hilary Obi Ibegbulem, has made …

Democrazy

March 22, 2019 6:19 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

What we practice in Nigeria today is no longer democracy as we know it to be: government of the people, by the people and for the people.

We have moved further apart, and It’s now “demonstration of crace” as the late Afrobeat King, Fela Kuti puts it.

This crazy demonstration has never been seen elsewhere in the world, only in Nigeria.

Our democratic institutions and processes have been bastardized, yet some of our people are applauding it.

Due process and constitutionality are not even considered in anything again as they do not matter.

I have never heard …

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