No fewer than 12 cultists of four different cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Delta, an official has said. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of […]
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As DR Congo marks 60 years of independence from brutal colonial ruler Belgium, some are lamenting how little progress has been made since in a country caught in a “vicious cycle of instability and poverty”. Belgium’s King Philippe took the unprecedented step this week of expressing his “deep regrets” for […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday night declared that there was no differences to be sorted out in the party. Tinubu, also said, “there is no crisis in the party, hence, no fight to reconcile.” He made the declaration shortly after a closed-door […]
Abuja Police has arrested a Chinese couple reported to have locked up their Nigerian domestic workers for about four months. The police rescued eight Nigerian employees from the Chinese apartment after an intel obtained by Human Rights radio station. According to footage by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), […]
A doctors’ organisation in Sierra Leone on Thursday called on medics to launch an indefinite strike in coronavirus patient care in protest at the non-payment of promised compensation and lack of resources. The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association, which has around 350 doctors, said the industrial action would be […]
The genetic variation of the novel coronavirus that dominates the world today infects human cells more readily than the original that emerged in China, according to a new study published in the journal Cell on Thursday. The lab-based research suggests this current mutation is more transmissible between people in the […]
Test monkeys infected with the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic were protected from reinfection for up to 28 days later, a Chinese study out Thursday in the journal Science said. While the monkeys displayed initial immunity, it’s unclear how long such immunity will last in humans – it […]
Chinese tech giant Tencent has been fooled by impostors posing as representatives of the country’s most famous chilli sauce brand, police said, in a saga that nearly pitched the two famous brands against each other in court. The dispute between Tencent — owner of the WeChat app — and legendary […]
US customs officials said Wednesday they had seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to be made by Muslims in labor camps in China’s western Xinjiang region. They were part of an $800,000, 13-ton shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co. US Customs and Border Protection […]
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