A shooting that unfolded on Monday morning at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, has left three children and three staff members dead. The shooting which took place at Covenant School, a Christian school for students in preschool through sixth grade, has about 209 students and about 40 to 50 staff members, officials said. Police said the school does not have a school resource officer. The suspect, a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was shot and killed by authorities in a lobby area on the second floor of the school, according to Police. No one who was shot survived, officials said. The…
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria, on Monday, bounced back from defeat to Guinea-Bissau, with a 1-0 win, in the reverse fixture of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match. The Djurtus shocked everyone on Friday when they recorded a 1-0 victory over the Super Eagles in Abuja. However, a first-half penalty from Moses Simon was enough for Jose Peseiro’s men to win the reverse fixture. Peseiro’s men started the game brightly and nearly took the lead in the third minute through Kenneth Omeruo but his goal bound header was pushed away for a corner-kick by goalkeeper Jonas Mendes. The…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been condemned by the government of the United Kingdom, for saying Nigeria will be ungovernable if the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu is annulled. Fani-Kayode took to his Facebook page, threatening that the country will be ungovernable should Tinubu’s victory be annulled. This comes despite States Security Service (SSS) warning political actors from making inflammatory and inciting statements, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, in an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Sunday, berated the APC for not dissociating itself from Fani-Kayode’s inflammatory statements. “Yes, let’s be specific, there were some…
Creed III actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York for his involvement in domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman on Saturday. He was charged of strangulation, assault and harassment, authorities said. New York City Police said that Majors was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. Police responded around 11 am to a 911 call inside an apartment in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. “The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said in a statement. “Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident the victim sustained minor injuries to her head…
Lt-General Oladipo Diya, a former Chief of General Staff (CGS) in Nigeria, has been confirmed dead. He died at 78. Reports by The Nation confirmed that he died in the early hours of Sunday, according to a statement on behalf of the family by Barrister Prince Oyesinmilola Diya. Diya, a former Ogun Military Administrator was born on 3 April, 1944, and joined the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna and fought during the Civil War. He later attended the US Army School of Infantry, the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1980–1981) and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.…
An alleged friend of American actress Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth, has revealed reason for their split. According to the friend, Reese Witherspoon’s husband Jim Toth’s ‘midlife crisis’ reportedly fueled their ongoing divorce after the actress announced their ‘difficult decision’ to split. Taking to her social media page, the award-winning movie star broke the news to her millions of followers. She said: “We have some personal news to share… It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce. “We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has called on Muslims to use the holy month of Ramadan to seek spiritual guidance and sacrifice to the cause of peace. Abubakar said this in a statement released on Thursday, 23 March, 2023. Abubakar welcomed the Muslim faithful in Nigeria and worldwide to Ramadan, adding that the basic tenets of the holy month were about sacrifice and devotion in worship to God. “It Is quite clear that the essential principles of this holy month are what is needed to heal our wounds, both as…
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Thursday, assured Nigerians that the national carrier, Nigeria Air will fly before 29 May. He gave the assurances during his presentation at the National Aviation Stakeholders Forum 2023, in Abuja. According to him, the federal government is taking all necessary measures to overcome the hurdles introduced by the indigenous airlines that went to court to stop the process. The Minister, however, said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration had supported local airlines more than all previous governments in the country. Sirika said the national carrier would create numerous jobs and better opportunities in…
Rihanna’s Los Angeles residence quickly became a hub of police activity as a man from South Carolina appeared at the Barbadian singer’s door with a proposal. The security staff instantly stopped the unidentified individual and summoned the police. “The man claimed he was there to propose to the singer, and Rihanna’s team called the cops right away,” according to sources close to the situation. The officers arrived promptly and questioned the man’s intentions. After a thorough investigation, the man was let go without any charges filed against him. Although the man was not found to have broken any laws, he…
Interpol has confirmed the arrest of disgraced co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform, Kwon Do-hyeong aka Do Kwon. Do Kwon who is behind the $40billion collapse of the cryptocurrencies, TerraUSD stable coin and its sister coin Luna, has been charged with fraud. Both coins lost their value in a matter of days in May 2022, wiping about $40 billion from the crypto market and setting off panic across the speculative sector. Kwon’s identity was confirmed through a fingerprint match, Interpol’s national central bureau in Seoul told CNN on Friday. The 31-year-old South Korean entrepreneur’s arrest is the latest example of a growing…