Nine Children Among 10 Killed In Storm-Hit Alabama Crash
Nine children and an adult were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern US, authorities said Sunday. Saturday’s crash on an interstate highway near the city of Greenville involved at least 15 vehicles and was “probably” caused by hydroplaning under torrential rains, Butler County coroner Wayne […]
Ethiopia Elections: Abiy Ahmed Faces First Vote Amid Conflict
Ethiopians are voting in key elections amid rising tensions and a bloody conflict in the northern Tigray region. This pandemic-delayed poll is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s first electoral test since coming to power in 2018. He hopes to secure a popular mandate by winning a majority of the federal parliament’s 547 seats. But the vote […]
Prominent UAE Activist Alaa al-Siddiq Dies In London Car Crash
Alaa al-Siddiq, a prominent dissident Emirati rights activist and critic, has died in a car crash in London. Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organisation that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE . “With deep sadness, ALQST mourns the sudden death of its loved and […]
2nd Niger Bridge To Be Completed In 2022 – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has restated that construction of the Second Niger Bridge would be completed next year. The minister gave the affirmation at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, to mark the sixth anniversary of the present administration. According to Fashola, the […]
NUT In Kebbi Shut Down 7 Schools Indefinitely, Says It Is Unsafe
Not less than seven schools in Kebbi State had been shut down indefinitely in the outcome of the attack on Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, by suspected bandits, according to Alhaji Isah Arzika, State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Arzika told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone, on Saturday, […]
FG Disbursed $5bn In Five Years To Fight Poverty — Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government disbursed over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country. The minister said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) since 2016 has backed his pledge to pull 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by committing […]
Israel Voices ‘Grave Concern’ Over Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi
Israel has said the international community should have grave concerns about the election of Iran’s new president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi. A spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry, Lior Haiat, said Mr Raisi is Iran’s most extremist president yet. He also warned the new leader will increase Iran’s nuclear activities. Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner of Iran’s […]
Nigeria: Abducted Kebbi Students May Have Been Rescued As Scores Of Bandits Killed
Three days after the violent kidnap of more than 80 students, a majority of them girls, and five teachers at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, in northwest Nigeria, federal troops late Saturday night were believed to have rescued the rest of the kidnapped victims. The troops, THISDAY gathered, were able to rescue […]
George Floyd 6-foot Statue Unveiled In Brooklyn
As part of Saturday’s Juneteenth holiday celebrations, a George Floyd statue was unveiled in Brooklyn. The six-foot statue of Floyd was created to honor the man whose police brutality death in Minneapolis last year sparked a movement for social justice. It will be on display at Flatbush Junction for two to three weeks, thanks to […]
Buhari: Those Calling For Restructuring Are Ignorant
President Muhammadu Buhari has said no government will surrender its authority to the people that are not elected, saying those calling for restructuring, secession are ignorant. He made this known at the launching of the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation held at Congo Conference hotel in Zaria on Saturday. He said each […]
