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Eleven people were killed when the ceiling of a school gymnasium in northeast China collapsed as a girls’ volleyball team was practicing, according to official media. Many of the victims are youngsters, according to eyewitnesses, though this has yet to be formally confirmed. Anxious parents have flocked to a local hospital for updates. Only eight of the 19 people who were inside the gym in Heilongjiang’s industrial province survived. According to local media, police have detained the owners of a local construction firm. They have been accused of dropping perlite, a type of volcanic glass, on the gym’s roof while…

The Nigeria Police Academy has officially begun the application process for 10th regular cadet degree courses for interested and qualified students. The IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, also warns candidates to be aware of online imposters, fraudsters, and other criminal elements who may try to use the application process to defraud innocent applicants, Chronicle NG reports. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, made the announcement in a statement. The Nigeria Police Force invites competent individuals of Nigerian origin to apply online for admission to the 10th Regular Course Cadet Degree Programme. The online registration procedure will last six (6) weeks (from July 24th…

The Lagos State Government (LASG) denied that the purported media publications about the mass burial of #EndSARS victims, claiming that they were Lekki toll gate protesters, were the handy work of mischief makers. LASG said the 103 bodies are not from the Lekki toll gate memorial ground. Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, Permanent Secretary, LASG Ministry of Health, said this in a statement on Sunday: The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to some social media publications about a purported mass burial plan for casualties of the 2020 #EndSARS incident. Peddlers of the news are deliberately misinterpreting and sensationalizing…

A group of 10 senior secondary school students in Ogun State allegedly kidnapped and attacked a teacher, Kolawole Shonuga, who caught one of them cheating during a school examination. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Isanbi Comprehensive High School in Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state, according to news reports. Shonuga detected Ashimi Adebanjo, 18, cheating while invigilating the joint example for the SS 1 Art class pupils and confiscated his paper, a witness said. The student and his colleagues ganged up on the instructor after school and beat him up outside the school’s gate, a witness said.…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the deaths of two children, aged seven and nine, in a building collapse. Chronicle NG reports that the collapsed building was a single-story hotel fence at No. 38 Community Road and No. 25 Alao Street opposite Iyewa Road, Ikorodu. LASEMA said the hotel fence on community road collapsed on a three-bedroom bungalow in Alao Street, killing the children as a result of the weakened building occasioned by poor drainage.

Ghana’s minister of sanitation and water resources resigned on Saturday following accusations that workers discovered and took stashes of local and international currency from her residence. She claimed this in a letter to the president, denying any wrongdoing. Cecilia Dapaah made news on Friday when two former home employees were charged with stealing money and personal goods from the minister and her husband between July and October 2022. Prosecutors informed the court that the accused used stolen money to buy residences and a vehicle, as well as give part of it to relatives. They have yet to respond to the…

The Cross River Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has shown that eating well-boiled meat does not protect against anthrax. Dr. Obi Ogar, Director of Veterinary Services stated this in an interview with newsmen in Calabar on Saturday. He was responding to assertions in certain circles that properly cooking meat may eliminate the bacterium that causes anthrax. According to media sources, anthrax is a fatal bacterial and zoonotic illness produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It is also seen in cattle, sheep, and goats, and it may harm other species. He said the bacterium could only be destroyed using heat…

China will resume 15-day visa-free entrance for Singapore and Brunei nationals on Wednesday, according to the embassies in both countries, more than three years after the visas were halted to combat the spread of COVID-19. Youth unemployment hits record high above 21% in China Citizens of Singapore and Brunei with regular passports would be allowed to enter the country visa-free for business, sightseeing, visiting family and friends, and transit, the embassies said on their websites. Many of the zero-COVID regulations were dropped in December, but tourist permits were only reissued in March. The most populous country has also sought visa-free…

Elon Musk announced on Sunday plans to replace Twitter’s logo, writing, “And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” The social networking platform’s billionaire owner added in a message on the site at 12:06 a.m. ET (0406 GMT): “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make it go live worldwide tomorrow.” Musk shared a graphic of a blinking “X,” and later in a Twitter Spaces audio discussion, when asked if the bird logo will change, he said “Yes,” adding that “it should have been done a long time ago.” Under…

Eleven people were murdered in a suspected arson assault on a pub in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado on Saturday after an ejected patron set it fire with a Molotov cocktail, according to officials in the state of Sonora. Gunmen kill seven people in Mexican resort According to preliminary investigations, the suspect was young, male and heavily inebriated at the time of the incident in the early hours of Saturday, and had previously been booted out of the pub for being rude to women. He then came back and threw a kind of Molotov cocktail…