Freezing temperatures deepened the misery Thursday for survivors of a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 16,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble. The death toll from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake is expected to rise sharply as rescue efforts pass the 72-hour mark that disaster experts consider the most likely period to save lives. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday conceded “shortcomings” after criticism of his government’s response to the earthquake, one of the deadliest this century. Survivors have been left to scramble for food and shelter — and in…
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At least four people were killed Thursday when an earthquake struck the capital of Indonesia’s breakaway eastern region of Papua and crumpled a waterfront restaurant, officials said. The 5.1-magnitude quake hit around 1.28 pm (0628 GMT) on land just southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 22 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. Credit: AFP
A camel was beaten to death after it severed its owner’s head in Rajasthan, India. The owner of the camel, identified as Sohanram Nayak, went to rein in the violent animal, and it attacked him throwing him to the ground according to The Times of India on Wednesday. The camel picked its owner by the neck and threw him on the ground, severing his head. This resulted in the villagers and the victim’s family beating the camel with sticks to calm it down with the fear of hurting another person, which lead to the death of the camel. In the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reported how Sterling Bank’s head office withheld about N258 million in new naira notes in Abuja. The ICPC said that the commercial bank had N258 million worth of new banknotes stashed in its vault, according to a statement on Tuesday. “Operatives of the ICPC, last week Friday, discovered the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty-Eight Million Naira (N258m) stashed in the vault at the head office of Sterling Bank in Abuja,” the statement read in part. “When the ICPC monitoring team visited the bank and discovered the stashed new…
A yet-to-be-identified woman has rained curses on her daughter, Chinyere, as is seen in a video posted by a Facebook user, Charles Ogbu, on Wednesday. The woman, who claimed that her daughter did not speak to her on her traditional wedding day said that her daughter, Chinyere, would suffer and continue to beg for food. The woman who spoke in Igbo said, “I thank you god for giving me the strength to raise Chinyere Judith Benson Nduru Okoye, and on the day that they were to pay her brideprice, Chinyere and her husband didn’t speak to me. “She got married,…
American rapper, Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z, has been named by Billboard as the greatest rapper of all time. In honour of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, Billboard on Wednesday compiled a list of the 50 greatest rappers of all time and Jay-Z topped the list. Coming at no. 10 is Nicki Minaj who is the only female in the top 10 slot, making her the greatest female rapper of all time, according to the list.
….Summons Contractor, Litigants Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed displeasure at the Osun House project abandoned for 12 years by the previous government of All Progressives Congress (APC). Inspecting the multi-billion naira high rise building located at the Central Area Abuja beside Abia House, Governor expressed shock at the dilapidated state of House, wondering why such a revenue yielding project can be abandoned for so long. Accompanied by the Chief of Staff , Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye and other top government functionaries, the Governor directed an urgent meeting with the contractor for immediate briefing on the way forward. ”…
By Mutiu Adelakun It is mostly inappropriate to be discussing a matter before the court. Unfortunately, many ill-trained partisan bigots have lost all sense of professionalism. The consequence is an endless piling up of lies, pretending to be a super- propagandist, no matter how infamous that word may be. So pardon me for joining the fray. The goal is to lay before the public the false allegation of forgery now being repeated by some children of perdition. The first major point to make is that the so called forgery has nothing to do with the school certificates of Governor Adeleke.…
Following nationwide tension caused by persistent fuel shortage and the debacle of currency exchange by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lagos State Government has announced palliative measures to cushion effects of the crises on residents. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, directed 50 per cent fare reduction in all State-owned transportation services, effective Thursday. Passengers using BRT buses, LAGRIDE taxi-scheme, First Mile and Last Mile buses, and Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) will enjoy the palliative for the next one week, using their Cowry Cards. The Governor also gave express permission to all fuel stations operating within Lagos to commence 24-hour…
The Supreme Court has barred the Nigerian government from continuing with the full implementation of the Naira swap policy. Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3, prayed the apex court to halt the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. A 7-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro, in a unanimous ruling, granted an interim injunction restraining the FG, CBN, commercial banks etc, from implementing the February 10 deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes to stop being a legal tender. The court further held that…