Uganda: Nine refugees die in cholera outbreak

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Authorities said nine refugees were confirmed dead on Thursday morning and more than 300 people were isolated in several health centres due to a cholera outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak occurred in Hoima District, 230 km northwest of the capital Kampala, where most of the refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are settled. So far thousands of refugees have fled the DRC following tribal clashes in the country’s eastern region. Fred Kugonza, the Hoima District disease surveillance officer, told Xinhua that “the outbreak is still going on although…

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Russian curler stripped of Olympic medal for doping

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Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky was stripped of his Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bronze medal Thursday after admitting doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. The 25-year-old was one of 168 Russian athletes who passed rigorous testing to compete as neutrals in Pyeongchang after Russia were banned over a major doping scandal. “The athlete has admitted the anti-doping rule violation; he is disqualified from the mixed doubles curling event,” the court said in a statement. Krushelnitsky, who won mixed doubles bronze along with his wife, Anastasia Bryzgalova, has protested his innocence…

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‘I Won’t Stop Crushing On KCee Till He Comes To Pay My Bride Price’ – Bobrisky

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Popular Nigerian cross dresser and cosmetic expert Bobrisky is not joking with his obsession for Nigerian musician KCee. Sometime this month, Bobrisky publicly declared his love for KCee abandoning his other crushes Davido and Wizkid. Bobrisky took snapchat to urge KCee to make haste to come pay his bride price. He is also unhappy because KCee has failed to see his sexy lips and declare his love for him. He even wants EMoney to tell his brother that he won’t stop playing his song until the whole family comes to…

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Shehu Sani speaks on governorship ambition, blasts El- Rufai

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Shehu Sani,senator representing Kaduna Central has spoken on his perceived ambition to be next Kaduna governor. Sani debunked claims that his constant criticism of El- Rufai’s government was born out of his ambition to become governor. According to him, he has been speaking out against bad governance for over 25years. The lawmaker speaking with Channels Tv said “I don’t know what criticising has to do with being a governor. “When I criticised Babangida, Abacha and other tyrants of the past,was it whether I wanted to be President. “When things go…

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House Of Reps Accuse INTELS Of Shortchanging Nigerians

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The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the termination of contract between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Integrated Logistics Services (INTELS) Limited on Wednesday accused INTELS of shortchanging Nigerians. The chairman of the committee, Pally Iriase, at a public hearing on the probe alleged that INTELS was not making full remittance of revenue due to the government. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that only the legal supervisor of the company, Irabor Kenneth, honoured invitation to the hearing. Iriase, who is the Deputy Whip of the House, expressed…

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Buhari and the parable of ‘king’ elephant

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o, former Governor Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa State thinks former President Olusegun Obasanjo should be in jail for allegedly inducing legislators towards his reportedly 2007 third term bid? Abdullahi, who suggests that former Military President Ibrahim Babangida should accompany Obasanjo on the late-life trip to prison alleged that Obasanjo dished out N50m, a whopping sum even by the standards of today, to every legislator supporting his inordinate desire to extend his tenure. He also hinted that the dash must have been illegally taken from the vaults of the nation’s Central…

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Buhari presides over Council of State, shakes hands with Obasanjo, Fayose

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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the Council of State meeting. A tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Presidency says the meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The tweet reads, “President @MBuhari is presiding over a Meeting of the National Council of State, ongoing at the State House. #AsoVillaToday” DAILY POST had earlier reported that Buhari is scheduled to host the Council of State meeting today. Those expected to be at the meeting scheduled for the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa are former presidents Shehu…

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The Fulanisation of Nigeria and the perfidy of the British

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Mr. Gwnfor Evans MP, the great Welsh politician, lawyer and author and the leader of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, for no less than 36 years before he passed on in 2005, made the following historic and profound observation many years ago. He said, “‘Britishness’ is a political synonym for ‘Englishness’ which extends the English culture over the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish”. As a student of English and European history and one that was not only trained and educated by the British from the age of seven…

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Robert Mugabe: I resigned ‘for the sake of peace, development’

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Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe has reportedly told the visiting African Union commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat that he stepped down from his post for the sake of “peace and development” following a military intervention in November. Speaking to journalists in Harare after a three day visit to the southern African country on Monday, Mahamat said his mission was to get first-hand information regarding the country’s political transition last year, reported NewsDay. “I met him (Mugabe), we exchanged views, and he also explained why he resigned. It was for peace and…

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Heavy drinking could lead to dementia – study

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Heavy drinkers are at serious risk of dementia, according to a newly published study that analyzed more than a million patients diagnosed with the illness between 2008 and 2013. The study, published Tuesday in the Lancet Public Health journal, included 1,109,343 dementia patients discharged from French hospitals during the period. “Alcohol use disorders were the strongest modifiable risk factor for dementia onset,” the study concluded. Researchers said nearly 40 per cent of the 57,353 cases of early-onset dementia (below 65 years) were directly alcohol-related, and 17.6 per cent had an…

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