Death Toll Increases to 30 as Heatwave Sweeps Through Japan

Death Toll Increases to 30 as Heatwave Sweeps Through Japan

Japan’s weather agency has recorded an alarming increase in the atmosphere’s temperature. According to multiple reports, the death toll has increased to at least 30 and no less than 100 rushed to the hospital for  heat strokes, as the temperatures rise to a shocking 41.1c, the first in the country’s history. The Independent UK reports that Japan authorities have warned people to stay away from the sun as much a possible, drink a lot of water and use…

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R&B Singer Tank Marries Longtime Girlfriend Zena Foster

R&B Singer Tank Marries Longtime Girlfriend Zena Foster

R&B star Tank got married to his girlfriend Zena Foster on Sunday, July 22nd. The couple who have two children together tied the knot before 200 friends with actor, Jamie Fox as groomsman. The ceremony took place at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. The reception followed shortly at Los Angeles’ Alexandria Ballrooms. On finding his way back to Zena, splitting after having their daughter, reuniting and getting married, the Maybe I Deserve hit singer shared with People: All the mistakes that we’ve made still…

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NFF crisis: DSS ejects Chris Giwa from office

NFF crisis: DSS ejects Chris Giwa from office

The Department of State Service, DSS, has ejected embattled President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Chris Giwa from the Glass House. Giwa and the staff who were told by the Nigerian Government to occupy the NFF secretariat on July 2 have been asked to vacate the premises immediately, according to TheCable. FIFA, football governing body, had threatened to ban Nigeria if the situation was not resolved and Amaju Pinnick not reinstated as NFF president….

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Big Brother Naija’s Soma survives accident (video)

Big Brother Naija’s Soma survives accident (video)

Big Brother Naija season 2 housemate Somadina Anyama, popularly known as Soma, survived an accident that could easily have become fatal. The entertainer got into the accident early this morning. His car was hit by a bus and it lost control and veered off the road, nearly falling into a ditch. The bus driver drove off immediately, not minding the damage he caused. In a video shared to Instagram, Soma’s car can be seen hanging just…

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Suspected Kidnappers Kill Five, Abduct Others Along Kaduna-Abuja Highway

Suspected Kidnappers Kill Five, Abduct Others Along Kaduna-Abuja Highway

At least five people were killed and some others abducted on Sunday by armed Bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Austin Iwar, confirmed the attack to Channels Television. While sympathizing with resident, the police boss gave the assurance that the force is on the trail of the bandits. An eye witness of the attack said it occurred around 6:00 pm near Gidan Busa village, located between Jere and Kateri communities, along the expressway. He…

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Somalia’s al Shabaab says it storms southern military base, kills 27 troops

Somalia’s al Shabaab says it storms southern military base, kills 27 troops

Fighters of the al Shabaab group attacked a military base with a suicide car bomb in the south of Somalia, killing 27 soldiers, the group said on Monday, a blast heard by residents of a nearby town. The attack follows a June attack on the base by al Shabaab that wounded seven soldiers. The group is battling to topple the central government and impose its rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islam’s sharia…

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Jos Market Fire: I’m Devastated By Losses Hardworking Nigerians Suffer, Says Buhari

Jos Market Fire: I’m Devastated By Losses Hardworking Nigerians Suffer, Says Buhari

Updated July 22, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the victims of the market fire which occurred on Saturday in Jos, Plateau State capital. President Buhari said he was “devastated by the scale of economic losses suffered by hard working and ordinary Nigerians who believe in self-reliance to support themselves.” In the condolence message which was signed on Sunday by the President’s Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari added that every…

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Buhari’s minister fires APC chairman, Oshiomhole

Buhari’s minister fires APC chairman, Oshiomhole

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has faulted the stand of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on the constitution and inauguration of the board members of federal agencies and parastatal under his ministry. The APC chairman, in a letter, had given the labour minister one week within which to constitute the board of the parastatals and agencies under his ministry. The parastatals and agencies are the Nigeria…

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23rd July Newspaper Headlines From Nigeria

23rd July Newspaper Headlines From Nigeria

  1. The immediate past Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Ahmed Imam has left the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State for the Social Democratic Party, SDP. The former speaker, who announced his defection in Lokoja, during the weekend, said he was shut out of APC and never recognized as a party member, let alone as a leader down to his own ward. 2. Gunmen struck again on the…

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