Ekeomah Atuonwu In accordance with a State Government directive, all Chrisland Schools in Lagos reopened on Monday. On April 18, the Lagos State Government ordered the closure of all Chrisland schools due to allegations of sexual abuse against one of its students. However, state officials announced that the schools would reopen following a “review of the ongoing administrative […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Dozens of burnt bodies were buried in mass graves in Nigeria’s Imo state on Tuesday, as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air following the weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery that killed more than 100 people. A group of men, some bare chested and barefoot, dug three graves near the explosion […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, who it describes as the billionaire drug baron behind the N3 billion ($7.18) tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Intelligence Response Team leader Abba Kyari. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Monday that he was arrested “after months […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Despite cleaning operations and road infrastructure repairs in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal province following devastating floods two weeks ago, 62 schools remain inaccessible. The province’s Department of Education has stated that it will provide approximately 100 mobile classrooms to the affected schools. It claims that this is a temporary solution while it rebuilds […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The World Health Organization confirmed the death of a second Ebola patient in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, just days after a new outbreak of the deadly disease emerged. According to genetic testing, an infection confirmed last week was a new “spillover event,” a transmission from an infected animal, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Sunday, charred bodies were found scattered among burnt palms, cars, and vans following a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria’s Rivers and Imo states that killed more than 100 people. The ground was blackened by oil and soot and still emitting smoke in some places […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An ambulance service official told journalists that a blast at a seaside restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed six people. “So far, we’ve transported six dead civilians and seven injured,” said Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Aamin Ambulance Service. Al Shabaab, Somalia’s Islamist group, claimed responsibility for the blast, with military operations spokesperson Abdiasis Abu Musab telling newsmen that they were targeting “security […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Friday that his 650,000 barrel per day oil refinery will be operational next year 2023, before Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s term expires. The refinery is being built in Lagos at a cost of $19 billion, having been delayed for several years, which has increased the cost from Dangote’s earlier estimates […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A former Member of Parliament among others has been sentenced to ten years in prison by an Egyptian court for smuggling antiquities out of the country. Alaa Hassanein, a former MP, and four others face ten years in prison, while Hassan Rateb, a prominent businessman, and 17 others face five years. They were all fined […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Since 2017, 43-year-old Beth Gatonye has taught dozens of visually impaired women – and a few men – the art of massage in order to create jobs for Rwanda’s marginalized community. Even today, demand for massage services offered by her company Seeing Hands is limited to foreigners. “Rwandans say they don’t want a blind person touching […]
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