An Israeli strike hit Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli for the first time, a Lebanese security source said, after more bombardment hit Beirut’s suburbs and Israeli troops sought to make new ground incursions into southern Lebanon.The source told Reuters a Hamas official, his wife and two children were killed in the strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli.Hamas-affiliated media said the strike killed a leader of the group’s armed wing.The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike on Tripoli, a Sunni-majority port city.Israel has sharply expanded its strikes on Lebanon in recent weeks after nearly a year...
UPDATE: POLICE REFUNDS ONE MILLION NAIRA EXTORTED FROM CORPS MEMBER.
The Lagos Police Command has facilitated the return of N1m extorted from three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by some officers of Area C Division.An X user Olúyẹmí Fásípè AICMC who reported the incidence on the social media space tagging several authorities claimed officers a extorted N1 million from three unidentified corps members for failing to produce a physical copy of a driver’s license, in Surulere Lagos.However, the corps member who have receipts of the electronic transaction done to the police personnel and as well recorded the incidence unknown to the security operatives via the spy camera...
TOYOTA ENDS INVOLVEMENT IN SPONSORING LGBTQ+ EVENTS AND PARADES
Toyota, the car manufacturer, has revealed a shift in its approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes, announcing that it will no longer sponsor cultural events and parades such as LGBTQ+ Pride in the US.The announcement cames after hard-line right-wing pundit Robby Starbuck took to X/Twitter to condemn the company for its commitment to DEI.The firm was “one of the most-trusted brands in America but [has] gone totally woke”, he wrote. “I don’t think the values at corporate reflect the values many Toyota/Lexus owners have (with the exception of maybe Prius owners who probably like the woke stuff).”In a...
ELON APPEALS US TO EXPEDITE LEGAL IMMIGRATION FOR HARDWORKING IMMIGRANT FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
The CEO of Telsa and owner of X App, Elon Musk has submitted that the United State of America should speed up the legal immigration processing for anyone who is hardworking and talented, irrespective of their legal status and nationality.Musk opined that America should focus on further development and recruiting best hands from all walks of life professionally, employing the best man for the job and legalizing immigrant in the process as long as they have the IQ fit for such purposes instead of focusing on their illegality.“As a reminder, I am very much in favor of expedited legal immigration...
INDIA GOVERNMENT TOLD COURT TO BE LENIENT ON MARITAL RAPE PENALTY
In an ongoing case brought before the Supreme Court by campaigners seeking redress, India’s government has insisted that marital rape should be treated more leniently than other rape offences.The penal code introduced in the 19th century during British colonial rule of India explicitly states that “sexual acts by a man with his own wife… is not rape”.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government enacted an overhauled code in July which retains that clause, despite the decade-long court challenge by activists seeking to make marital rape illegal.India’s interior ministry filed an affidavit to the Supreme Court yesterday stating that while marital rape should...
COMPANY DISMISSES DELIVERY DRIVER FOR OFFERING CHOCOLATE TO A TEENAGER
Szymon Stolarczyk has been dismissed from his job after acknowledging giving a 15 years old chocolate on the street.Stolarczyk who has lost his claim was a delivery driver who had in the company’s van offered a chocolate to a minor, told the Tribunal that the father of the minor was overreacting to what he sees being normal in his country.The incident happened at a housing estate where he and a colleague were making deliveries on 15 December 2023.The driver argued that his former employer, Clare Distribution Services Ltd, went too far in firing him.He had contended that he had never...
ENTERTAINMENT: KIDJO NOMINATES DAVIDO’S ‘JOY’ AS BEST AFRICAN PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Angelique Kidjo has nominated“Joy” featuring Davido for Grammy Consideration in the “Best African Performance/Record of the Year” categoryKidjo’s Grammy submissions: – JOY ft. Davido: – Best African Music Performance – Record of the Year“Sunlight to My Soul” ft. Soweto Gospel Choir: – Best Global Music Performance – Song of the YearThe Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress and activist is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos‘Joy’ music video was released on the 2nd October 2024
ELECTION: EXPLOSION ROCKS TONY OKOCHA-LED RIVERS APC SECRETARIAT
Explosives destroyed buildings and others property at the Tony Okocha-led secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The gate of the secretariat and the doors were shattered by the explosion which happened Saturday morning while local government election is taking place in the state.Windows shattered by the explosives that hit the APC secretariat in Rivers State on Saturday, October 5, 2024Amid controversies surrounding the Rivers local government poll, accreditation and voting has started in many polling centres around Port Harcourt City. Credit: Channels TV
PHOTO STORY: FUBARA FOILS POLICE ATTEMPT TO CART AWAY ELECTION MATERIAL
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state led delegations of the state Independent Electoral Commission office in Port Harcourt at the early hours on Friday, following the alleged attempt to break into the facility to cart away Saturday’s Local Government election materials.
ATIKU DESCRIBES THE RIVERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AS BEACON OF HOPE, THAT OFFERS RENEWED VIGOR TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Ahead of the Local Government election in Rivers State on 5th October, the former president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubarkar admitted that it’s a cause that should not only be supported but embrace in order to make true democracy work in the country.He made this in a statement on Friday night while applauding the effort of the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara effort in ensuring that the election take place, he encouraged indigenes to perform their civic duties.His statement read: “The local government elections in Rivers State tomorrow stand as a beacon of hope, offering renewed vigor to constitutional democracy at the...