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Monday, 12 March 2018 02:03

Lightning strike kills 16, injures 140 during service church

At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country's south, said a provincial governor. The churchgoers were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital, where two are in serious condition, said Rose Mureshyankwano. She said 17 of those injured are still in the hospital while the rest have been discharged. A similar incident occurred on Friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one. Last October, lightning killed 18 people in different parts of the country. Lightning strikes are frequent across Rwanda, which has…

Saturday, 10 March 2018 04:12

Oldest message in a bottle found on beach

A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say.Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a walk around sand dunes on a remote beach in West Australia. Her husband Kym Illman told the BBC they found some paper in the bottle but had "no idea" what it was until they took it home and dried it in the oven. Experts have confirmed it is an authentic message from a German ship. The note in the bottle, which was dated 12 June…

Thursday, 08 March 2018 04:49

Two men docked for drinking alcohol in front of police station

Two men, Mr Wole Broad, 49, and Mr Wale Oludare, 40, were on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly drinking alcohol in front of a police station. The two men were also accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by drinking alcohol in front of Akinpelu Police Station at Oshodi, Lagos. They are facing a two-count charge of felony and breach of peace. Broad, residing at No.17, Olakunle Ajibade St., Ojota, is self-employed, while Oludare, a labourer, resides at No. 8, Akinpelu St. in Oshodi. The duo…

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 04:39

Why this poor country has one of the best internet services

It’s the ultimate First World problem: When your video call freezes for a few seconds, the picture goes all grainy or the person on the other end suddenly sounds like a hyperspeed robot for a few seconds. This is to be expected when FaceTiming across the U.S., let alone to other countries. So when launching a Skype video call to Moldova, Europe’s poorest country with a per capita GDP less than that of the Republic of the Congo, I wasn’t too hopeful. But my Skype call to Moldova was gloriously smooth — in full HD without a single glitch for…

Sunday, 04 March 2018 03:05

Yes, selfies do make your nose look bigger

Get a whiff of this! Selfies act as "portable funhouse mirrors" that distort noses, a new study says. And more people are going under the knife because of it. Does this selfie make my nose look big? Why, yes it does, according to a new study. A full 30 percent bigger than it would look if you didn't have a phone up in your mug. Despite how easy it is to snap those all-pervasive self portraits, the short distance from the camera combines with the wide-angle lens to puff the proboscis, explains the research, published Thursday in the journal JAMA…

Saturday, 03 March 2018 06:19

Baby born with 4 hands, 3 legs in Kaduna

Mrs Malama Hawwa’u Jamilu, 24, is excited with her newborn twins. She has been engaged in fervent prayers, and she was safely delivered of twins on Sunday, 25th February, 2018. However, the joy that greeted the birth was shortened. Local nurses that delivered the twins noticed that one of them was born with four hands and three legs. Like wildfire, the news spread into the community and people began to troop to Kabiru Kafinta’s house, where Hawwa’u and family are residing, to see things for themselves. Strangely, Hawwa’u was not perturbed about the physique of her baby. She said she…

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 04:29

Chinese girl rides bicycle from Morocco to Lagos

A Chinese female cyclist, Huang Shuang, who rode from Morocco to Lagos, Nigeria, within five months, says she is convinced that anybody can achieve anything he or she determines to do. Huang, also known as CICI, said in Lagos on Monday that she was inspired to embark on “cycling around the world’’ after riding around her country. The cyclist said that her experience in China motivated her to begin global cycling in America where she covered about 5,500 km in two months. “I am glad that I have also been able to ride from Morocco to Lagos, Nigeria. This is…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:45

Monkeys ‘swallow’ N70m belonging to Northern senators

After a shocking confession of an official of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, which claimed that a mysterious snake swallowed N36 million naira from the Board’s vault, which she made from the sale of scratch cards, another N70m handed over to Northern Senators Forum has been allegedly swallowed by monkeys in the farm of a ranking senator. This was revealed to newsmen by Mr Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) minutes after Mr Abdullahi Adamu was removed as the chairman of Northern Senators forum. Adamu was accused of mismanaging N70 million belonging to Northern Senators. Sani said it was alleged that…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:34

Three pupils die after eating biscuit in school

There was panic yesterday in Kubwa, a suburb of Federal Capital Territory, following the death of three pupils at Local Education Authority II Primary School. They died after allegedly eating biscuits shared by an unidentified classmate on Tuesday. Two of the deceased, said to be from the same family, were buried yesterday. The victims are Na’imat Yahaya (14 – primary 4); Yahaya Garba (14 – primary 4) and Moses Sunday (primary 1). Unconfirmed reports said the deceased bled through their mouths and ears before they died. The incident caused panic in the community as parents and guardians rushed to withdraw…

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:30

Buhari’s SGF spends N65m on website

Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, in 2017 appropriated and claimed to have spent N65 million on its website. A review of the 2017 budget performance of the OSGF revealed that N65 million was budgeted for the already existing website while the office claimed that N64,855,875, the amount released, had been fully utilised. Quoted as ‘OSGF WEBSITE,’ the budget performance record remarked that the ‘procurement process is ongoing.’ The office of SGF is currently occupied by Mr Boss Mustapha who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2017. The office was formerly occupied by Babachir…

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Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:45

17 killed in garbage dump collapse

Heavy rains triggered the partial collapse of a huge mound of garbage in Mozambique's capital on Monday, killing 17 people who were buried by debris. Authorities believe more bodies could be buried at the Hulene garbage dump on the outskirts of Maputo, and a search was underway. The garbage in the poor, densely populated area where the disaster happened rose to the height of a three-story building, according to the Portuguese news agency Lusa. Lusa and Radio Mocambique both reported 17 deaths. Half a dozen homes were destroyed and some residents in the area fled for fear of another collapse.…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:44

Couple sells own newborn baby for N400,000

After three weeks of investigation, Monitoring Unit of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of Imo State Police Command has nabbed a couple for allegedly selling their daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, a few hours after delivery. The couple – Ifeanyi, 35, and Emmaculata Elijah, 30 – are indigenes of Amakpu- Umuba, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. But they are residents of Irete, in Owerri West LGA of Imo State. Other suspects said to have been involved in the crime are Grace Mezu, 55, of Umuoba Uratta, in Owerri North LGA; Fedalia Ariri, 55, also of Umuoba…

Sunday, 18 February 2018 04:30

Cows invade Akure airport runway, delay aircraft’s landing

An Air Peace flight was prevented from landing Saturday as cows invaded the runway of Akure airport in Ondo state. The airplane, which travelled from Lagos to Akure, was delayed for several minutes, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said. FAAN said normalcy has since been restored at the airport as officers of the aviation security department quickly dispersed the cows from the runway. FAAN apologised to Air Peace Airlines and passengers for the incident. “The Authority will like to assure travellers and the general public that efforts are already ongoing to close the gap that aided this incident,” it…

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 04:04

Senator storms JAMB office with anti-snake venom, charmers over missing money

Staff of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, were on Tuesday morning surprised when senator representing Kaduna Central, Mr Shehu Sani, stormed their office with anti-snake venom and snake charmers, a day after a staff claimed a missing N36 million was eaten by snake. JAMB Registrar, Mr Ishaq Oloyede, went into rounds of laughter when the lawmaker presented him with two packs of anti-snake venom and offered the services of two snake charmers to fish out snakes that swallowed huge amount of money. The exams board said it suspended the staff, Mrs Philomena Chieshe, at its Makurdi office following the…

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