Author: Michael Right

In Seoul, the capital of South Korea, floods brought on by excessive rain has resulted in at least eight fatalities and 14 injuries. Monday night’s torrential rains flooded metro stations, flooded roadways, and caused blackouts throughout the city and neighbouring provinces. The heaviest rainfall in some locations in 80 years, according to Korea’s meteorological agency. The rain was expected to last for several days, according to weather officials. Dozens killed in India and Bangladesh floods Images showed people crossing streets in knee-high water, parked cars submerged up to their windows, and floodwater flowing down metro stairwells. According to local sources,…

24 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in 19 states across the nation. According to the agency’s monkeypox situation report for week 30, there were 157 confirmed cases nationwide between January 1 and July 31 and at least 413 additional suspected cases. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease that affects humans irregularly and is typically seen in isolated communities in Central and West Africa that are close to tropical rainforests. US declares MonkeyPox a National public emergency Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa, where the disease is…

Inter Milan have ended forward Alexis Sanchez’s contract by mutual agreement. Chile’s Sanchez scored 20 goals in 109 appearances for the Serie A side after joining from Manchester United on an initial loan deal in 2019. The 33-year-old helped Inter to their first league title for 11 years in the 2020-2021 season, but has struggled for regular playing time. Werner joins Leipzig, Hudson-Odoi asks to leave Chelsea Sanchez, who also had four seasons at Arsenal, has been linked with a move to French side Marseille. “The club would like to wholeheartedly thank Alexis for these last three seasons and we…

Team Nigeria won the most medals in the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games, which concluded on August 8 in Birmingham. To beat the 1994 Victoria Games, the Nigerian team won 12 gold, nine silver, and 14 bronze medals. Women won all 12 gold medals. List of Gold Medalists Amusan, Oluwatobiloba – 100m Hurdles The reigning world champion is now the Commonwealth Games champion. The 26-year-old won the 100m hurdles in 12.30 seconds, a games record. Nigeria wins Gold, Bronze in women’s Discus Brume, Ese – Long Jump Brume maintained her enviable record of getting a medal in every tournament where…

The organisers of the Summer Amplified Show in Tanzania have arrested the Buga hit maker, Kizz Daniel, for failing to perform at the well-publicised show on Sunday night. ‘The Citizen’, a Tanzania publication, reports that the singer failed to show up at the Summer Amplified concert at the Warehouse Arena (formerly Next Door Arena) in Dar es Salaam. A viral video on Twitter shows the singer wearing a black hoodie while being escorted into a Tanzanian police van. Kizz Daniel invited by Police for stealing Van Earlier, the concert-goers staged a mild protest by throwing bottles at the empty stage after paying as…

Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Jolly Nyame, have been released from Kuje correctional facility in Abuja. This is coming three months after their pardon by the Council of State led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 14, 2022. A source from the correctional facility told our correspondent that the former governors were set free around 2:15pm on Monday. Nigeria tops UK foreign medic list with 4722 Nurses Also released were three other inmates from Suleja Custodial Centre in Niger State. “They were granted pardon base on ill health, age and good conduct and…

The British National Health Service (NHS) Digital says Nigeria leads the list of newly registered medics in the United Kingdom over the last five years, with 4,722 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives. According to data published yesterday by the Daily Mail UK online, one in every three doctors and nurses recruited by the NHS in England last year came from abroad, raising concerns that the health service is becoming overly reliant on foreign recruits. According to a BBC analysis of NHS Digital data, the proportion of healthcare staff recruited from abroad nearly doubled between 2014 and 2021. Nigeria was only surpassed…

President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated the accomplishments of the Nigerian contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The athletes’ victories were described by Buhari as “a fitting parting gift to him.” The President noted in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, that the 94-member team’s outstanding performances brought smiles to the faces of Nigerians. Buhari also praised the coaching staff and team officials for their dedication to the growth of sports in the country. The statement reads: “The President joined millions of other sports loving Nigerians to watch some of the colourful and…

Nigerian singer and music producer, Davido, has been spotted with his two-year-old son, Dawson, and UK-based makeup artist Larissa in London. Davido and Dawson attended a church service in London. It was the first time that he was seen in public for the first time with Dawson, his fourth child. There have been rumors that he is Dawson’s father, but unlike his other children, he never publicly acknowledged it. According to viral reports, the London-based makeup artist Larissa gave birth to him in March, and said the superstar singer was the father. “She gave birth to a Baby boy since…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has stated that the state has obtained intelligence reports indicating that some misguided politicians have begun recruiting cultists, ex-convicts, and thugs in pursuit of their 2023 political ambitions. The governor stated that the state government is aware that hotel and entertainment center owners are in the process of renting out their properties to politicians and political parties as a convenient base for the gathering of these political thugs throughout the state. Governor Wike stated in a state broadcast on Sunday that the state government does not take intelligence reports lightly and will not give…