At least 50 people have been killed and over 2,500 injured after a massive explosion erupted in the Beirut port area, damaging buildings and vehicles in Lebanon. Lebanon’s health minister, Hamad Hassan said that the figures were “preliminary estimates,” while adding that the blasts had caused a ‘very high number of injuries’ and huge damage. …
A minister in the Lord’s Chosen Church has been accused of raping two underaged sisters for years and finally impregnating them under the guise of casting out badluck from them. Pastor Nduka Anyanwu, who ministers in the Lord’s Chosen Church, Canaan Land branch in Oshodi, allegedly impregnated the sisters aged 17 and 13. According to…
A massive explosion erupted in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, August 4. The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital with Local Red Cross reporting hundreds injured and widespread damage. Local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut’s port inside an area where firecrackers were stored, while an Associated Press photographer near Beirut’s port…
Bristow Helicopters has announced the sack of over 100 pilots and engineers in its employ. In a statement released on Tuesday August 4, the company said the workers were layed off due to the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on its operations. The aviation company which described the sack as “painful”, said it engaged with the National…
The Federal government has rescued the 30 Nigerian ladies who went viral over the weekend after pleading for assistance to return home. The ladies in the viral video, pleaded with President Buhari and other well-meaning Nigerians to come to their aid and rescue them. A statement from Gabriel Odu, spokesperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM,…
Governor Aminu Masari has decried the escalated killings by bandits and other criminal elements in Katsina State. Speaking at a luncheon organized by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir with frontline troops in Katsina, Governor Masari alleged that bandits have become emboldened because of insufficient manpower to tackle security challenges. He further disclosed that only 30 Policemen…
Federal Medical Center, Makurdi, Benue state, as well as three medical doctors working in the hospital have been dragged to Federal High Court Makurdi for allegedly causing the untimely death of a woman who was also a staff. Mrs Sabina Uyeh until her death was a Public Relations Officer of the Federal Medical Center. The…
A primary school teacher has invented an affordable cancer-detecting bra to help women with early detection after a woman died from breast cancer. Idris Dangana, 43, a Kano native, was unfulfilled with his job as a teacher and wanted to do more to help his community. Consequently, he decided to quit and develop his interest in learning computer…
The Mexican Army has captured a famous drug cartel leader after years on the run, the country’s security forces have announced. José Antonio “El Marro” Yépez Ortiz, the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL), a Mexican criminal organization from the state of Guanajuato was captured on Sunday, August 2, in a village…
The Anti-Robbery Squad of the Okehi Division of Rivers Police Command on Sunday, August 2, killed three armed robbers during a response to a distress call that some passengers in buses were being robbed at Okehi/Igbodo Express Road in Etche, Etche local government area of the State. According to the spokesperson of the state police command,…