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Nigerian upper legislative arm has called on South African government to investigate the death of the country’s insurance Deputy Director-General, Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu at Emperor’s Palace Hotel and Convention Centre. the call was made due to incessant killing of the citizen of the country in South Africa and most cases were not investigated but drastic action must be taken to avoid future occurrence. The call was made after the lawmakers deliberated on a point of order by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on the need to investigate the death of Mrs Ndibuisi-Chukwu. Ndubuisi-Chukwu, who was the Deputy Director-General of the Chartered Insurance…

Nigeria’s army chief, 10 others killed in a plane crash. The incident happened when the aircraft landed at Kaduna airport “owing to the unfavorable conditions,” says the military. Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru of Nigeria and other military officials were killed when their plane crashed in the north of the region, officials said. The crash occurred on Friday “due to bad weather” as the plane landed at Kaduna’s international airport, the armed forces said in a statement, adding that the accident “recognized the lives of ten other officers and the crew.” There was no immediate information about what could have triggered…

He’s a US-Nigerian surgeon since he was born and brought up in Nigerian but now based in the US. Dr. Olawale Sulaiman is a committed doctor who uses his skill and talent to give free surgeries to patients regardless of their origin. Sulaiman is a professor of Neurosurgeon and the chairman of the Neurosurgeon department at Ochsner Health facility. He’s based in New Orleans where he works as a major spinal surgeon and in Louisiana where his family has settled. Upon getting opportunities abroad, he swore to always give back to the less privileged back home. Surgeons are busy but…

The South African rand was largely unchanged on Wednesday after inflation data came in slightly below expectations, with markets now turning their attention to the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate announcement on Thursday. By 14:08 GMT, the rand traded at 17.16 per dollar, nearly flat compared to its previous close. Data from Statistics South Africa showed that headline consumer inflation rose to 3.6% year-on-year in October, just under the 3.7% forecast by economists polled by Reuters. The softer-than-expected increase has left analysts divided over whether the central bank will move ahead with a rate cut. “The slight uptick in…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that in 2016, there were 216 million cases of malaria in 91 countries, according to healthline.  Malaria is a life-threatening disease causing 445,000 deaths, it exists in tropical climates where parasites can live. Malaria is a disease that can be contacted through the bite of an infected mosquito. How Malaria Infection Occurs Infected mosquitos carry the plasmodium parasite which is transferred into the human bloodstream after a bite. However, when this parasite gets into the human body, they travel to the liver where they grow into maturity. Which later develops to infest the red blood…

The world suffers from the coronavirus pandemic and global economic tremors, but the billionaires’ riches are booming for the Swiss bankers. Swiss private banks — depositors like Lombards Odier, formerly a Napoleon lender — have seen their customers’ reserves rise this year. More specifically, in a decade, UBS, which operates in Zurich and has the largest private bank globally, recorded its highest trimester revenue. Next week, they will forecast the success of their competitor Credit Suisse. ” [Our clients] did not panic during the sell-down,” Sergio Ermotti, UBS’s chief executive, said. “Instead, they used it to build up positions.” According…

Officials from Eskom have predicted that there would be rolling blackouts (between stages 1 and 3) every single day between December and January, except for six additional days. In addition, this is the most favorable circumstance. As a result of rising demand and unsettling levels of unscheduled blackouts, the situation regarding electricity appears to be highly precarious for the majority of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the country’s minister of energy, recently made a statement about the state of South Africa’s energy grid, but an Eskom employee’s projection contradicts that statement. The forecast indicates that there will…

The Continent and the Craton A craton is simply defined as a big block of the earth’s crust, creating the nucleus of a particular continent. We find the cartons in interiors of the tectonic plates. They comprise old crystalline basement rock covered by young sedimentary rocks. They contain a dense crust and deep-seated lithospheric roots that go many kilometers into the mantle of the earth. Leopold Kober was the first one to put forward the name craton in 1921. Examples of cratons are North China, Sarmatian, Amazonia, North American, the Kaapyaal and Gawler. The North Atlantic Craton. This is an…

Zimbabwe residents appear to be in pain as they pick up what seems to have remained after several attacks from wildlife. Some of them having injuries from attacks of the previous night and are lucky to be on their feet. The wildlife in Zimbabwe has contributed to 36 deaths in 2019, and these numbers seem to rise with time. The records state 311 attacks in 2019, which is a significant rise from 195 of the previous year 2018. Famished Wildlife Animals   Zimbabwe, a country in Africa with a significant number of wild animals. The big five wandering freely in…