Fake Vaccination Cards Were Sold To Health Care Workers On Instagram
A New Jersey woman calling herself the AntiVaxMomma on Instagram sold several hundred fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop to New York City-area jab dodgers, including people working in hospitals and nursing homes, prosecutors said Tuesday. For an extra $250, a second scammer would then enter a bogus card buyer’s name into a […]
Supreme Court Refuses To Block Texas Abortion Law On Technical Grounds
A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the […]
Ida Remnants Drench Already Waterlogged Tri-State
The remnants of Hurricane Ida brought drenching rains and sparked historic flooding across New York City and the Tri-State area, leaving seven people dead in New York City and one dead in New Jersey. The heavy rain in a short period of time sparked widespread flash flooding, stranding drivers, flooding subways, and grounding planes. Water […]
8 People Killed In Historic New York City Flooding
The severe weather turned deadly, killing at least eight people in New York City. Water quickly filled basement apartments resulting in tragedy. An 86-year-old woman was just found dead in her Queens apartment early Thursday morning due to flooding. At 10 p.m. Wednesday, police discovered a 50-year-old man, a 48-year-old woman, and a 2-year-old little […]
2023 Presidential Election: Akeredolu Says He Is Not Yet Interested
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has distanced himself from promotional activities linking him with the 2023 presidential election. The governor in a statement by his chief press secretary, Richard Olatunde, said he had nothing to do with the pseudo campaigners. In the last two weeks, campaign posters and fliers encouraging Akeredolu to contest the next […]
Babangida Aliyu: Banditry And Insurgency Will Continue Without Education
A former governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said banditry and insurgency would not end if a large chunk of Nigerians stayed uneducated. Speaking in Abuja at the 2021 Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation 2021 scholars’ Mentorship Forum, Aliyu said lack of knowledge on how to provide information to relevant authorities by communities […]
With No Evacuation Flights, Afghans Weigh Risky Overland Trips To Borders
As the last U.S. troops prepared to leave Afghanistan, Hussain, a U.S. passport holder who worked with the U.S. military, scrambled with his six daughters through Taliban checkpoints to the gates of Kabul airport for several days in a row, hoping to catch a flight to safety. He had called and emailed the U.S. Embassy […]
COVID-19:Pandemic Hits Harder As Nigeria Records 626 New Cases, 14 Deaths Tuesday
The new statistics, NCDC noted, have raised the country’s total infections to 192,431 and the fatality toll standing at 2,469. While the World Health Organisation said the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is ‘stabilizing’ on the continent of Africa, Nigeria was again hard-hit on Tuesday. A total of 14 deaths and 626 new infections […]
Electricity Tariff: ActionAid Approaches NERC To Stop Arranged Increase
ActionAid Nigeria has approached the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop the arranged electricity tariff increase. It likewise asked the NERC to maintain its upsides of straightforwardness, decency, and responsibility by guaranteeing persisting meetings with the majority while ensuring customers’ rights. The country director of the non-governmental organization, Mrs. Ene Obi, made the call […]
Aisha Buhari Cup, Women Football Receives N50m Support From FG
Aisha Buhari Cup, women football invitational competition whose inaugural edition holds in Lagos, Nigerian business city, one month from now has received monetary aid of N50m from the federal government through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, announced this on Tuesday in his office, Abuja, […]
