Daunte Wright Shooting: Protest Erupts After Minnesota Chief Says Officer Meant To Use Taser, Not Gun
Police clashed with protesters for a second night in the Minneapolis suburb where an officer who authorities say apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as “an accidental discharge.” […]
WHO Says Coronavirus Pandemic Is ‘a Long Way from Over’
Confusion and complacency in addressing Covid-19 mean the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization has said. “We, too, want to see societies and economies reopening, and travel and trade resuming,” WHO Director-General Tedros […]
Japan To Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea After Treatment
Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station into the sea, the government said on Tuesday, a move opposed by neighbours including China, which called it “extremely irresponsible.” The first release of water will take place in about two years, giving plant operator Tokyo Electric Power […]
Tapei Says China Sent 25 Warplanes Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone
China sent 25 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Monday, the largest breach of that space since the island began regularly reporting such activity in September, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said. The Chinese flights came a day after the US secretary of state warned Beijing that Washington was committed to the defense of the […]
Multiple Accidents Injure Nine In Lagos
A total number of nine people on Monday were injured in multiple accidents which occurred at the Okegbegun, Sagamu Road area of Ikorodu Lagos State. The accident which occurred inward Ikorodu involved a marked truck, an Accura MDS Wagon car with number plate LAGOS EPE 313 GL, Toyota Venza, with number plate, JJJ 787 AE, […]
Cleric Beat Pupil To Coma In Kwara
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has apprehended an Islamic cleric in the state for allegedly beating one of his pupils into a coma. The incident was brought to public notice by a Human Rights Lawyer, Aishat Temin, who alleged that the cleric, Moshood Alabi beat the pupil to a pulp for […]
COVID-19: USAID Launches $3m Food Security Grant For Nigeria
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria says it has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge for three million dollars in grant and technical assistance to address food insecurity in the country. The USAID Mission Director, Dr. Anne Patterson, in a statement on Monday in Awka, stated that the gesture would be […]
Man In Hospital With COVID Despite Being Fully Vaccinated, Wife Says
Laura Eugene’s husband is in the hospital fighting for his life. She says they got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back on March 6. Eugene says on April 1, her husband started to feel sick. Laura Eugene’s husband is in the hospital fighting for his life. She says they got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine […]
Protests Erupt After Black Man Killed In Minnesota When Police Officer Fires Into His Vehicle
Crowds of mourners and protesters gathered in a Minnesota city where the family of a 20-year-old man say he was shot by police before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing several blocks away. The family of Daunte Wright said he was later pronounced dead. The death sparked protests in Brooklyn Center […]
Prince Harry Is Back In The U.K. Two Days After Prince Philip’s Death
Prince Harry is officially back home in the United Kingdom. People confirmed on Sunday evening that the royal had landed in the U.K. after arranging travel as quickly as possible following the death of his grandfather, Prince Philip. Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, and son, Archie Harrison, did not join him on the trip and instead […]
