A female prison guard, aged 26, has been arrested allegedly having sex with a rapist inmate in Pentonville Prison, north London. The Sun reports that a colleague claimed he found her with rapist Dimeck Amoura, 27. A source claimed they were caught red-handed and told The Sun: “They were actually entwined when staff found them. “Amoura’s a convicted sex offender, a really nasty character.” Amoura was jailed in 2012 for raping a 29-year-old trainee architect at knifepoint as she walked home in Nunhead, South East London. A Metropolitan Police spokesman told Mirror Online: “Police were called at 03:24hrs on Sunday,…
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By Lyn Oyugi I, lyneoyugi@gmail.com Science journalists from 30 African countries will participate in a virtual pre-conference being organised by a media association and a leading conservation organization in Kenya. For one to participate in the event, registration must be done in advance at https://wwf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5wJPZgBjSrGD-QEpSzs89A According to the Chairperson of the Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA), Ms Violet Otindo, the network, which has a large foot print in African science journalism, is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund– Kenya to bring together nearly 200 journalists from African and beyond to discuss conservation, climate change, agriculture and health.…
The Niger Police Command, has confirmed that a petrol tanker, which was headed to Suleija from Minna skidded off the road and rammed into a Mosque at Lambata, Gurrara local government area of the state. The Police Commissioner, Mr Adamu Usman, who confirmed the incident state’s Commissioner of Police, comfirmed the incident on Monday, said the accident occurred at about 22:45 hours. and burnt several other properties. “52 lock shops by the road side and ten houses were razed. “We have since commenced investigation and warned truck drivers to desist from carrying people in truck as such vehicles are not…
The global COVID-19 caseload surpassed the milestone of 27 million, with the dead toll more than 882,000, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. still ranks the first in the tally with a total number of more than 6.27 million infections and a death toll over 188,940. India surpassed Brail to become the world’s second-worst-hit country with its total caseload hitting more than 4.2 million, and its death toll reached 71,642. India is passing through the Unlock-4 phase after the pandemic hit the country over seven months ago. Over the past several weeks, the Asian country’s focus has been…
In its effort to adequately tackle cybercrime and cyber attack in Nigeria, the Federal government has upgraded facilities at the Computer Emergency Response and Readiness Team Centre under the supervision of the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami told the Economic Confidential in an interview, that apart from the upgrade, massive awareness creation about a potential threat is a major key to curb potential cyber-attack. He said: “If you want to reduce the gravity of cybersecurity threats, create awareness. Let the people controlling emergency centres know what they should…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 100 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) in the country, bringing the total cases to 55,005. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov on Sunday. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, have continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. The agency said that three deaths were recorded in the country on Sunday. The NCDC said that so far 43,013 patients have been treated and discharged from its isolation centres across the country. It showed that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has explained that the decision for implementing reforms were necessary, overdue and for people’s good. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Sunday, maintained that subsidy removal in these sectors had long been seen by successive administrations as game changers in search of solutions to move forward with the nation’s development. According to him, these are reforms that are necessary and overdue. “To stop the mismanagement of taxpayers money, eliminate corruption associated with subsidies on petroleum products, power, fertilizer among others, the administration took the decision to implement…
By Tina George, Minna A petroleum tanker exploded at 11pm Sunday night, at Lambata in Niger state, and burnt houses, cars and properties worth millions of Naira. Fire flame from the tanker explosion The incident occurred when the tanker reportedly lost of control and collided with a trailer and exploded in flames. The exploded tanker As at the time of filing this report, the people were still counting their losses as officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, are trying to control the traffic and the fire service are working to put off the fire. Some of the properties…
An auto-crash involving a commercial bus along Ihiala-Onitsha road in Anambra state, on Sunday burnt all passengers on board beyond recognition. Eye-witness says that the vehicle was over-speeding and skidded off the road to avoid a pothole and in the process somersaulted severally before it went up in flames. The Acting Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kamal Musa who confirmed the incident said all the passengers on board were burnt beyond recognition along with the bus. “A lone fatal road traffic crash allegedly caused by tyre burst as a result of excessive speeding leading summersault and…
Right from the time the Federal Government (FG) unveiled its digital economy agenda, the performance and contribution of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased, says Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. Pantami, who is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, told the Economic Confidential in an interview that in the second quarter of 2020, the contribution of ICT to GDP is 17 percent from 13 percent maximum, last year. He also said that with the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to his Ministry, the concept of digital number…