Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

…Including children who ate a bat An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to doctors in the central African nation and the World Health Organization. The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been just 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The latest disease outbreak in Congo began on January 21, and 419 cases had been recorded as of Monday, including 53 deaths. According…

The United States government has officially released its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) list, with Nigeria and other African nations completely excluded amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation. While 40 countries, including European, Asian, and select Middle Eastern nations secured visa-free entry into the US, no African nation made the cut as the country introduced policy updates on permit privilege eligibility and others. Major US allies like the United Kingdom were also left out, although British citizens remain eligible under specific conditions. According to the US Bureau of Consular Affairs website, the Visa Waiver Programme allows most citizens or nationals…

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised the alarm over threats to her life and the safety of agency staff, calling on authorities to protect them as they navigate hazardous conditions in their duties. The NAFDAC boss also advocated for the death penalty for those involved in the production and sale of fake and counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. Prof. Adeyeye, while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, disclosed that NAFDAC had recently seized illicit drugs worth over N1 trillion in an ongoing crackdown against…

Thousands of people lined the streets of Israel on Wednesday to pay their respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young sons as their funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in the south of the country. Bibas was 32 and her sons, Ariel and Kfir, were 4 years old and just shy of 9 months old when they were taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 2023, terrorist attacks. Clutching her children as fighters barked orders, she looked terrified in a video taken near their home in kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel. Bibas family The boys’…

Former manager and elder brother of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on charges of laundering ₦1.38 billion, $ 1 million and £34,537.59. Jude was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on a seven-count charge. One of the counts read: “That you, Jude Okoye Chigozie and Northside Music Ltd sometime in 2022, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did directly acquire a landed property known as No 5, Tony Eromosele Street…

President Donald Trump has suggested the introduction of a “gold card” visa — a potential opportunity for foreign investors to buy their way to American citizenship. The U.S. currently offers a similar opportunity through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Programme, which was established in 1990 and is administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). According to USCIS’s website, the visa is open to investors who “make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States,” as well as “plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.” But Trump’s recent suggestion would replace…

Vice President of the United States J.D. Vance has reacted after President Donald Trump refused to outright endorse him as his successor. Trump speaking with Fox News host, Bret Baier, said he wasn’t yet ready to endorse Vance for a 2028 presidential run of his own. But he added “No, but he’s very capable.” When asked in an interview with the Daily Mail about Trump’s remarks, Vance laughed it off. “I think he said exactly what he should have said, which is: “It’s too early”,’ he replied. Vance said that his only current focus is “the American people’s business” and…

Veteran Nollywood actress, Iniobong Edo Ekim, popularly known as Ini Edo has announced the passing of her father. The 42-year-old actress shared the heartbreaking news in an Instagram post on Monday February 24th, posting a photo of her late father alongside an emotional tribute. In the post, the grieving movie star described her late father as her greatest cheerleader and first love. She noted that her late father would forever remain in her heart, expressing the deep void his loss has left in her heart.. She wrote, “This post has been the hardest to make… I have lost my greatest…

A newborn baby died in Paris, the French capital on Monday after his 18-year-old American mother threw him out a hotel window, with umbilical cord still attached, According to French prosecutors and a police source, she threw the infant from the second-floor window of a hotel in the 20th arrondissement in eastern Paris, the prosecutor’s office said. “The newborn was given emergency care but did not survive,” prosecutors said. The baby died at 7:45 am (0645 GMT) at the Robert Debre hospital, a police source told AFP. Police had been alerted after an infant wrapped in a cloth, with its…

Nigerian rapper, Michael Stephens, better known as Ruggedman, has revealed that the mother of one of his lovers encouraged her to end their relationship after she met a rich man. He also explained why he is yet to have a child after over 5 decades on earth, saying “I vowed not to have a child out of wedlock.” The ‘Is Police Your Friend’ crooner made these known recently while featuring on the TVC programme ‘Your View’. According to the 51-year-old, he made a decision not to have a child without walking down the aisle with his lover when he was…