Nigeria, India, Israel are Trump’s strongholds – Survey
A survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre has listed Nigeria as one of the strongholds of United States President, Donald Trump. This is as the survey found that support for President Trump remains largely negative around the world. The Centre discovered that across the 33 countries surveyed a median of 64 per cent said they do not have confidence in...
BMW Tupac was shot dead in is being sold with bullet holes for $1.75m
The car Tupac Shakur was in when he was shot dead has been put up for sale for $1.75m. The legendary rapper was a passenger in a BMW 750 when he was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996. The shooting took place while Tupac Shakur was being driven by his friend and notorious record producer, Suge Knight after watching a...
North Korean Mother faces jail for saving kids from fire instead of Kim Jong il’s portrait
A North Korean mother has been threatened with jail after saving her two children from a house fire but allowing portraits of North Korea's leaders to burn. The woman has been placed under investigation by the country's Ministry of State Security after a fire broke out in a home shared by two families in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, close...
BMW Tupac was shot dead in is being sold with bullet holes for $1.75m
The car Tupac Shakur was in when he was shot dead has been put up for sale for $1.75m. The legendary rapper was a passenger in a BMW 750 when he was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996. The shooting took place while Tupac Shakur was being driven by his friend and notorious record producer, Suge Knight after watching a...
Job Vacancy: GIG Logistics HND/Bsc Graduates Service Center Agents (10 States)
GIG Logistics (GIGL) was Founded in 2012. We belong to a distinguished class of logistics companies with a clear defined market path in Nigeria. With scores of local branches and a robust global network, we provide domestic intra and inter-state express delivery services. Our footprints are also clearly visible in the areas of freight forwarding, haulage services, mailroom services, warehousing...
DR Congo jail: Inmates starve to death in Makala Prison
At least 17 prisoners have died over the past week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest prison, a charity says. Aid workers say the deaths were caused by a lack of food and medicine, as well as poor hygiene. Makala Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, has received no food supplies in the last two months, state officials say. "It's terrible! People...
Iran Air Crash: Iran accuses US of “big lie” over cause of Ukrainian plane crash
Iran urged the United States on Friday to wait for the results of the investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian airliner and dismissed as "a big lie" allegations coming from US officials that missiles downed the plane, Iranian state media reported, quoting a government spokesman. "No one will assume responsibility for such a big lie once it is known...
SA finance minister calls for cannabis to be legalized
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has called for the legalisation of cannabis trade in order to collect more tax revenue. He made the announcement on Twitter that he will put the idea to the cabinet: https://twitter.com/tito_mboweni/status/1215298577167241221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1215298577167241221&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2Fworld-africa-47639452 He also tweeted a series of pictures showing it already growing: https://twitter.com/tito_mboweni/status/1215284166608216064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1215284166608216064&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2Fworld-africa-47639452 https://twitter.com/tito_mboweni/status/1215293438628896768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1215293438628896768&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2Fworld-africa-47639452 In 2019 South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that the private possession, use and cultivation of...
UK Foreign Secretary calls for “full and transparent” investigation into Ukrainian plane crash
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called for a “full and transparent” investigation into the fatal crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight in Tehran on Wednesday, citing intelligence reports which claim the plane was shot down by Iranian surface to air missiles. "We urgently need a full and transparent investigation to establish what caused the crash," Raab said in...
Billionaire to give away $9 million to Twitter followers to see if money makes them happier
A Japanese billionaire will give away more than $9 million to 1,000 people on Twitter to see if it improves their happiness. All they had to do to get it was retweet him. Online shopping mogul Yusaku Maezawa will divvy up 1 billion yen (around $9 million) among the Twitter users. Winners will end up with a million yen each (roughly $9,100). In...
