A US bound truck smuggling 170 migrants crashed on a highway in Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday, January 12 injuring 38 of which 8 were children. The trailer was heading to Mexico City when it crashed into a concrete road divider. The truck was disguised with fake logos to look like an official Mexican Food Ministry vehicle, bound for the US. About 132 migrants including the driver fled the scene before authorities arrived while the injured ones were taking into …
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Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Fr. Ejike Mbaka has alleged that the leadership of the Catholic diocese in Enugu state wanted to close his ministry for one month. Mbaka made the claim shortly after resurfacing after initially being declared missing. According to the cleric, the church leadership, led by Bishop Calistus Onaga summoned him over his recent comments concerning Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and his connection to the presidency. Mbaka said the …
The Ministry of Works and Housing, says there is no going back in the proposed plan to shut the third mainland bridge for a period of six months beginning from July 24. According to the Ministry, the repairs are necessary so as to avert a collapse of the bridge. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, July 8, the Controller of Works, Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, said the bridge was last rehabilitated in 2012 …
Human Rights organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, over “their failure to account for the public funds and other resources so far spent and used to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria.” The suit comes after SERAP made a Freedom of Information (FoI) request on 27 March 2020 to the Minister of Health and …
Mohammed Bello, permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology has been issued a query by the federal government over alleged financial misconduct while he was the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development. In the query which was signed by the head of service of the federation Folasade Yemi-Esan, it was alleged that Bello used the entire 2019 first-quarter release of N7 billion to pay for 2018 contracts that were already funded. He was also accused of procuring some equipments …