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Annette Nneka Echikunwoke, Africa’s hammer record holder and one of the athletes originally slated to represent Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics, secured a silver medal for the USA yesterday. The Nigerian-American athlete earned a spot on the podium in the hammer throw event, winning silver for the United States on Tuesday after changing her allegiance from Nigeria. Echikunwoke missed the chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics hammer throw event in 2021 because the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) failed to conduct drug tests for her and nine other athletes, resulting in their disqualification from the games three years ago.…

Trinh Van Quyet, a former Vietnamese property and aviation tycoon was jailed for 21 years on Monday (Aug 5) for fraud and stock market manipulation worth US$146 million, state media said. He was among 50 defendants found guilty in what is the latest corruption case targeting the communist country’s business elite. A Hanoi court said Quyet, who owned the FLC empire of luxury resorts, golf courses and budget carrier Bamboo Airways, was given the heaviest sentence because he was the leader of the scam. “Through the stock market, the defendants proceeded with fraudulence … leading to mistrust for investors and…

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had said the police, military and other agencies involved in the management of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest did not use live ammunition during the protests. Egbetokun disclosed this at a meeting of security agencies heads in Abuja. He said, “The police and the military and indeed no other security agency involved in the management of this protest have not deployed excessive use of force. Instead, what we had were attacks on security agents during the protest. From our record, there were no shooting incidents by the police. “The police or military did not…

A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester identified as Ismail Mohammed has been shot dead by an officer of the Nigerian Army. This happened in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyeama Nwachukwu, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday titled “Unfortunate death of a protester by a soldier in Zaria.” The statement read, “On August 6, 2024, troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call that some hoodlums gathered in Samaru in large numbers, burning tyres on the road and pelting stones at security personnel. The troops immediately mobilised and arrived…

No fewer than 109 people were killed during violent unrest in Bangladesh on Monday as the prime minister was forced to flee and resign. The numbers were disclosed by police and doctors, updating an earlier toll. The tally marks the deadliest day since protests began in early July, and brings the total number killed to 409, according to an AFP tally based on police, government officials and doctors at hospitals. On Monday, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi PM resigned after the numerous protests against her government’s anti-citizens policies. An interim government, led by Army Chief Waker-Uz-Zaman. Days before her resignation, the use…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) cleared the air that the national grid did not collapse on Monday. Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager of Public Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby notes that at about 6:10 p.m. yesterday, 5th August 2024, power supply was restored to areas affected by the arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330kV isolator, which caused line tripping and a consequent loss of supply to some areas. However, contrary to media reports, the incident did not cause a system collapse. “The line tripping began earlier at about 2:47 p.m.…

23 residents of Lagos State have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps for harassing ladies. They were apprehended at Terminal One in the Oshodi area of the state. This was disclosed in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter by the state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Tuesday. “23 miscreants harassing and terrorizing ladies at Terminal 1 at Oshodi arrested today at about 0830hrs,” he wrote. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online channel.

Vice President Kamala Harris has named her running mate. She chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, according to the Associated Press and CNN. The announcement comes just over a week before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Harris and Walz will kick off their campaign with a rally in Philadelphia, followed by a tour of swing states. Walz, a two-term Minnesota governor and former congressman, has gained popularity among progressives for his policies and his trend of calling Republican politicians “weird.” The decision came on a condensed timeline after President Joe Biden announced last month that he would not seek re-election…

The US Vice President and Presidential Candidate of Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, is set to name her running-mate on Tuesday. This is before the two step out on a five-day swing through America’s hottest battleground states, three months before the presidential election. Kamala Harris’s campaign has ramped up since she replaced Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, breaking fundraising records and erasing the leads held by Republican rival Donald Trump. According to US Senator and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a rising Democratic star, was considered the favorite to join Harris as her vice-presidential…

The Government of Sri Lanka said Tourists planning to visit the country will now need to apply for a visa on arrival. This is sequel to the temporary suspension of the electronic visa system (e-Visa). This was disclosed in a statement published on the official government electronic visa issuance portal, www.srilankaevisa.lk, VisaNews on Monday. The statement stated that VFS Global, the company managing the e-Visa system had “been notified of certain interim orders issued by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today regarding the agreement under which this platform is operated. “Given these orders, the website is suspended effective 2…