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  Sasha Johnson, a prominent British Black Lives Matter activist is in critical condition in hospital after being shot in the head in London, her political party says.   The 27-year-old is in intensive care after being "brutally attacked and sustained a gunshot wound to her head" in the early hours of Sunday, May 23, according to Taking The Initiative party.   In a statement on the group’s Facebook page, the party said that the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday and followed “numerous death threats”.   The statement said: “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has sustained a gunshot wound to her head. She is currently hospitalised and in critical condition. The incident happened in the early hours of this morning, following numerous death threats.     “Sasha has always been actively fighting for black people and the injustices that surround the black community, as well as being both a member of BLM and a me...

  It is without a doubt that with the sporadic rate of depression in a fractured world, many are then left bleak. Most recently with the pandemic and pandemonium around the world, this is even more glaring. Depression is estimated to affect 350 million people in all age groups and is significantly different from being sad. Consider that it drives people to such lengths as having suicidal thoughts and perpetrating unspeakable things. Depression is a progressive mood disorder that affects an individual’s health and quality of life. What causes depression you might ask? One certain thing is that it is not of a single cause thus varying factors such as genetic, biological, environmental all pile up to give the sense of loss that is commonly associated with depression or feeling alone though having company. However faced with challenges, many take strides to live life one step at a time in the constant brewing disorder around us. The theory of pleasure principle by Sigmund Freud is zoom...

  The burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and six other senior officers who lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna on Friday will be held on Saturday in Abuja. Army’s Director of Public Relations Brig. Gen Mohammed Yerima said the burial will commence at the National Mosque and National Christian Centre, Abuja by 10am. The interment for the late COAS and 6 other senior officers will take place at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja by 1pm. The army officers were killed on May 21, 2021 when their plane crashed in near the Kaduna International Airport, an air force spokesman said. Attahiru was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January in a shakeup of the top military command to better fight surging violence and a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency. President Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman Femi Adesina, condoled with families of the deceased, the military, describing the dead military officers as “he...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission has said that subscribers do not have to submit their International Mobile Equipment Identity numbers to the agency as the data will be captured automatically. Responding to reporters story on Friday that the regulatory agency would require subscribers phone IMEIs in three months, the commission said it would rather automatically capture the phone identifying numbers without reference to subscribers. In a statement signed by NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the commission said, “At no time did the commission issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it has no plans to do so. “The reports in question have emanated from a section of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari and which has been uploaded on the commission’s website.” Adinde added, “It is pertinent to state that the commission is in the process of deploying a Devi...

  The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash in Kaduna on Friday. Impeccable aviation sources had earlier told  Saturday Punch  that Attahiru, who was appointed Chief of Army Staff on January 26, died alongside 10 others who were on board the aircraft with him. The incident occurred at about 6pm while it was raining heavily. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-R203, was billed to land at the Nigerian Airforce Base in the Mando area of Kaduna before it diverted and attempted to land at the Kaduna International Airport. The officers were said to be on their way to Kaduna ahead of Saturday’s passing-out parade of soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria. The Nigerian Air Force confirmed that there was an accident involving one of its aircraft in Kaduna but did not provide details. “An air crash involving a @NigAirForce aircraft occurred this evening near the Kaduna International Airport. The immediate cause of the crash is still bei...

  More than 20 countries have wholly or partially lifted travel restrictions for vaccine passport holders ahead of the summer travels. International carriers have applauded the growing number of countries making data and “evidence-driven” decisions to open their borders to vaccinated travellers, urging more countries to fall in line. Among the countries that now accept vaccinated travellers are: British Virgin Islands, Croatia, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, Island, Israel, Seychelles, and lately, Germany. Varying local conditions, however, apply. The vaccine passport – in the form of certificates or digital cards testifying to the low-risk status of their holders – promises to reopen the world and perhaps return lives to normal. But its subtle compulsory vaccination for all air travellers raises fundamental questions of a more divided and discriminatory world. Specifically, vaccine passport policy draws the line between those that have taken the jab and those that have not; between vac...

  Hip Hop mogul, Russell Simmons, is suing his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons and her current husband, Tim Leissner.   According to The Blast, Russell Simmons is suing them for using his shares of his Celsius Energy Drink company to pay for attorney fees for Leissner.   The Def Jam pioneer claims that his shares are being used as collateral to pay a bond in connection with criminal charges filed against Kimora’s new husband by federal authorities.   In the suit filed by Russell Simmons, he claims that he, Kimora and her husband Tim invested millions of dollars into Celsius Energy Drink, but allege that the Kimora and her new beau "conspired with each other, aided and abetted each other and together engaged in fraud by causing an unlawful conversion and fraudulent transfer" of the Celsius shares to themselves without his knowledge or consent.   Russell says that he sent a letter to his ex-wife on May 5, pleading with her to do the right thing in order to av...

  The World Bank has revealed a spending plan of $150 billion to support Africa in the next five years. Speaking at the Summit on Financing African Economies on Tuesday, the World Bank’s President, David Malpass, said a large portion of the outlay would take the form of grants and zero-interest long-term loans. He said the spending would consolidate the intervention of the bank in key developmental needs of Africa in the past decade during which it invested $200 billion in the region. He said the support would continue to provide “positive net-flow” to the continent to address developmental challenges. “Africa needs large inflows of long-term resources. In addition to the International Development Association (IDA), another important part of our support to Africa will be mobilization of the private sector, either directly through IFC and MIGA mobilizations or indirectly through the mobilization of funding by IDA and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel...

  Nigerian singer, Opeyemi Babatunde Rahim, popularly known as Lyta, has been called out on social media by the mother of his son, Aari.   Kemi Ayoriunde who welcomed Aari with the singer last year, called him out on her Instastories as she wrote a letter to her future husband.   According to Kemi, Lyta cannot afford N13, 000 for balloons for their son's upcoming first birthday. She mentioned that she would need her husband to be able to provide for their child's monthly upkeep. See her post below  

  50-Year-Old British  supermodel Naomi Campbell  has announced she is a mother. Campbell stunned her fans on Tuesday as she shared a picture cradling her newborn daughter on Instagram and announced she had never felt a ‘greater love’. This is coming about four years after crediting science with giving her the opportunity to start a family ‘whenever she wants. Alongside a picture of her baby girl’s feet, she penned: “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother. “So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.” Naomi had tagged her own mother, Valerie Morris-Campbell in the image, who later reposted the snap captioned: “Congratulations to my daughter Naomi on the birth of her daughter, I’m beyond thrilled as I’ve waited a longtime to be grandmother.   @naomi #proud #mother #grandmother #love #family”. The supermodel has spoken about mother...

  Operatives of the Quick Intervention Team QIT of the Imo state police command, today May 17, arrested Eze Obinna, pictured above, a native of Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, over his involvement in series of recent kidnap incidents in the state.    A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the operatives while acting on the directives of the Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, to rid the state of crime and criminality, as well as rearrest the escapee inmates of the Correctional services, stormed Obinze, Owerri West LGA, Imo State, and arrested the said Eze Obinna who has since his escape from Prison, allegedly formed another deadly kidnap gang and has been terrorizing Owerri and environs.    Ikeowku said the sometme in December 2020, the suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Anti Kidnapping unit, for kidnapping a victim, where he personally transferred the sum of five Mi...

  Tottenham striker Harry Kane has told the club he wants to leave at the end of the season, according to reports on Monday. Kane is unhappy at Tottenham’s lack of progress this season and is willing to leave after 12 years with the north London side, according to Sky Sports. The England captain reportedly wants his future resolved before the delayed Euro 2020 starts on June 11. Kane’s contract with Tottenham has another three years to run and chairman Daniel Levy is known to be a tough negotiator, which could ruin the 27-year-old’s hopes of a quick resolution. Tottenham refused to be drawn into debating Kane’s future in public as they focus on their final two Premier League games, with Europa League qualification in their sights. “We won’t be commenting – our focus is on finishing the season as strongly as possible. That’s what everyone should be focused on,” a club spokesman said. Premier League champions Manchester City, Manchester United and Champions League finalists Chelsea h...

  Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has become the first Nigerian and African female player  to win the UEFA Womens Champions league after helping Barcelona defeat Chelsea in the final on Sunday night, May 16. Oshoala, 26, was introduced in the 71st minute as Barcelona defeated Chelsea in the final of the 2020-21 edition. Lluis Cortes’ women had taken a first-minute lead at the Gamla Ullevi after Melanie Leupolz turned the ball into her own net.    Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati and Caroline Graham Hansen also fired past goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to end Chelsea coach Emma Hayes’ dreams. Barcelona, wanting more goals, then introduced Oshoala for Spanish midfielder Jennifer Hermoso in the 71st minute .   Oshoala scored a fifth goal in the closing stages of the game, but it was ruled offside.   Before the game in Gothenburg, the four-time African Women's Player of the Year claimed that Barca had learned from their final defeat to Lyon in 2019.   ...

  Trevor Noah and Minka Kelly have officially called it quits on their relationship after dating for less than one year.    A source told People on Sunday that the “Daily Show” host, 37, and the “Friday Night Lights” actress, 40, parted ways after first being linked last August.   The pair first sparked romance rumors in August, but neither ever publicly confirmed their relationship even though it was said that they were 'very serious.'    Trevor Noah and Minka Kelly were first seen together in September where they got out of an SUV in New York City and entered Noah's apartment.     In January, Noah reportedly bought a six-bedroom home for the couple despite his previous declaration that he’d never live with a girlfriend.    A source told People at the time of the purchase, “They’re making plans for a future together, and it’s a very stable relationship. They’ve been spending time between coasts over the last year and had been looking fo...