Month: April 2021
Page: 12
One officer was killed and a second injured on Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the U.S Capitol, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress. Acting Chief YOGANANDA PITTMAN said Capitol Police shot dead the driver after he jumped out of […]
The Nigerian air force (NAF) says its alpha jet was not shot down by Boko Haram insurgents. Recall. the aircraft went off the radar on Wednesday during an operation around the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The NAF Director of Public Relations, Air Commodore EDWARD GABKWET said the footage in circulation which is still being […]
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says it will implement the ‘no work, no pay’ on the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if they refuse to resume work. NGIGE who issued the warning on Friday during an interview, said by Tuesday the association will be invited and […]
The G7 group of leading economic powers has raised strong concerned of report on human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. The group, which includes the UK, US and the EU, called for the reported crimes to be investigated and those responsible to be held to account. They also urged Eritrea to withdraw troops […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Rivers State has deployed one thousand one hundred and eighty one marshals for this year’s 2021 Special Easter Patrols in the State. The command said three hundred and fifty seven Regular Marshals and eight hundred and twenty four Special Marshals as well as about twenty patrol vehicles would be […]
At least 50 people have been killed after a train carrying nearly 500 crashed and derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan. The eight-carriage train reportedly hit a construction vehicle that had slipped onto the tracks at the tunnel’s mouth, injuring dozens more people. Rescuers combed badly damaged carriages inside the tunnel to find survivors, some […]
The apex socio-cultural organization of Etche ethnic nationality, the Ogbakor Etche, has condemned a seven-day ultimatum credited to one AZUBUIKE NWALA, against Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE. NWALA was quoted in a statement saying Governor WIKE should within seven days accord a befitting state burial to late Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency lawmaker, JEROME EKE, the lgolo […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered all Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), State Commissioners of Police (CPs) to ensure there is increased security of all public places and critical assets. This is in line with the IGP’s resolve to ensure Nigerians are safe during the Easter celebrations. Source[Channels] Edited by Ayo Odungweru
Forty eight people were killed today after a Taiwan express train derailed in a tunnel. The crash of the train with almost 500 aboard also injured 66 people in the island’s reportedly worst rail disaster in almost forty years. Images from the scene showed carriages in the tunnel ripped apart by the impact, with others […]
The Okwuzi community, Egbema in Ogba/ Egbema /Ndoni Local Government Area are jubilating after the release of an expatriate staff of the company undertaking the construction of Omoku-Egbema dual carriageway project. Speaking to newsmen, the Paramount ruler of Okwuzi community, His Royal Highness, EZE Chukwuma NWANOKA expressed his deep appreciation to Okwuzi patriotic sons. Eze […]
