Corps member serving at Leadership newspaper shot during Shi'ites protest

A youth Corps member serving with the Leadership Newspaper in Abuja, was hit by a stray bullet on his chest during the Shi'ites and Police clash in Abuja on Monday July 22nd.



According to the media house, Aliyu who works with its Hausa section, was on his way home when the bloody protest started. A stray bullet hit him on the chest. Thankfully he was rushed to the National Hospital Abuja where he is recuperating.



Narrating how it happened, Aliyu said


‘’I was on my way home in a taxi after close of work when I got hit by a stray bullet which brushed through my chest.I did not even know that I was shot until I started feeling heavy on my chest. Then I was rushed to the hospital, ’’ Aliyu told the newspaper.



A fellow journalist and Youth corper, Precious Owolabi who was serving at Channels TV, was however not lucky. He died after he sustained gunshot injuries in his stomach.

Emotional moment US Army National Guard Sgt surprised his mum at work after being away for a while (video)

The emotional moment a US Army National Guard Sgt surprised his mother at work, after just returning from an assignment abroad, has moved viewers.



In the viral video, the young man named Christopher Williams is seen dressed in his uniform as he walks towards the sightseeing trolley his mother drives in Savannah, Georgia. In the trailer sat his mother and the moment she saw him, she stood and ran towards him screaming, "My baby is home."



She hugged him and refused to let go, then kept planting kisses on his face.



Watch the video below.

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"My baby is home!" Watch the emotional moment U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Williams surprised his mom at the sightseeing trolley she drives in Savannah, Georgia. https://abcn.ws/32KHSzL

Un post condiviso da ABC News (@abcnews) in data: 23 Lug 2019 alle ore 9:00 PDT

"I was deeply offended by the ignorant person saying the pilot was a woman" Freeze says in reaction to comments made after plane crash landed in Lagos

Tragedy was averted yesterday as a plane crash landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos (read here).



According to eyewitness accounts, the incident was brought under control, thanks to the expertise of the female pilot, though the plane lost its tyres after crash-landing.



After the incident, a video shared online showed people commenting on the gender of the pilot. They were commenting in praise and said she did a commendable job.



But OAP Daddy Freeze seemed to have misunderstood and thought they were blaming the mishap on the pilot's gender. He went on to react based on his understanding.



Freeze said it's wrong to judge people based on their gender or tribe.



He said: "The gender of the person officiating should not be an issue unless we're an oversensitive and ignorant people."



He added: "Why must it be that the good pilot was a woman or an Igbo man or a Yoruba girl. Or a Fulani boy or a Hausa teenager.



"Let's remove gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation from where it matters."







Followers reacted to Freeze's video by telling him that he was right but he misunderstod the comments from people about the pilot's gender.



@kingtblakhocafrica wrote: " The ladies aren’t abusing the woman. They said they’re proud of her.. this man dey do too much drugs."



Listen to Freeze's instructive comment in the video below.

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Were you in the cockpit? Why are we so damn ignorant?🙄

Un post condiviso da FRZ (@daddyfreeze) in data: 23 Lug 2019 alle ore 12:11 PDT

Michelle Williams releases new photo to celebrate turning 40

Michelle Williams shared a new photo of herself to mark turning 40.

The former member of the R&B group, Destiny's Child, looked exquisite in an elaborate multicolored dress.

Sharing the photo, she wrote: "Well honey #thisis40"

Ex-Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi's daughter graduates from UK university (photos)

Immediate past governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi and wife, Florence, were in a celebratory mood today July 22nd as one of their daughters, Ajijola, graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Sociology. Congrats to her. See more photos from the grauation below

Repentant Boko Haram members can become President - Nigerian Army General

The General Officer Commanding the 7 Division, Major General Abdulmalik Bulama Biu says that repentant Boko Haram fighters can become the president of Nigeria.



Major General Biu during an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri on Sunday, called on Boko Haram fighters to surrender unconditionally and further pointed out the benefits of surrendering which include leadership opportunities.




He said, “Boko Haram should lay their arms unconditionally and be accepted. Opportunities are out there for them, they can be rehabilitated.

“An ex Boko Haram having laid his arms and turned away from his negativity, stands to be a president of this country; he stands to aspire to any position in this country.

“Why is he wasting his time when he cannot even deliver?

“As a professional soldier we would continue to do what we know best and that is to project our determined effort, we would not be distracted by some of the activities of our detractors and some of the collaborators.

“Nigeria deserves peace, Northeast deserves peace and the people of Borno deserve peace because it is only when there is peace there will be development.”

DR Congo Health Minister resigns over Ebola

DR Congo's Health Minister, Oly Ilunga Kalenga has resigned after the responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak was taken away from him by President Felix Tshisekedi.



Kalenga's resignation letter was shared on Twitter in protest to the decision to remove the Ebola response directly from his supervision and reassigning it to a multi-disciplinary team that would report directly to him. According to him, this might "risk creating harmful confusion and cacophony".




"As a result of your decision to place the response to the Ebola outbreak under your direct supervision ... I hereby submit my resignation as health minister," Ilunga said.

"As in any war, because that is what this is, there cannot be several centres of decision-making for risk of creating confusion," he added.



He criticised the outside pressure to deploy a second Ebola vaccine manufactured by US-based firm Johnson & Johnson.




"It would be fanciful to think that the new vaccine proposed by actors, who have shown an obvious lack of ethics by voluntarily hiding important information from medical authorities, could have a significant impact on the control of the current outbreak," he said.



Kalenga also issued guidance against the use of new vaccines against Ebola, stating that the Merck vaccine currently in use is the only one that has proven to be effective. This is coming after the World Health Organization declared 'Ebola' as a global health emergency.