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Pain and tragedy fills the land of Sierra lone as the bury their family, friends and relation in mass...

Sierra lone is in a race against time to avoid a new landslide an official has said only days after a devastating mudslide on the outskirts of the capital claimed more than 330 lives. Authorities have already been evacuating people around the sites of Monday;s landslide at mount sugar loaf, about five miles outside the capital, Freetown, after examining drone images. Now aerial images of an adjacent hill have revealed area, Tourism and cultural Affairs Minister Slide Yahya Tunis told CNN. After looking at drone image, we have realized that we have a bigger portion of about 29.1 hectares (71 acres) that is likely to collapse Tunis said We don't know how much coverage that will have (on the ground)...This is even more worrisome for us, about 1.9 hectares (4.7 acres) of the hillside collapsed in Monday's landslide, which covered homes in an area spanning 3.6 hectares (8.9 acres), the minister said. More rain is expected to fall in the country over the next few days, which i...

Nigerians in London plan night vigil protest against president buhari

Protesters have been suspended in Nigeria, it has been learnt that citizens of the country resident in london are planning a massive march against the ailing president. The protest according to a report by the Daily Independent, is to hold in London on friday, August 18 and the participant are to march to the Abuja House where Buhari has been since May 7 when he left Nigeria. The report said the protesters would hold a night vigil of in the name of ResumeOrResign at the Abuja House as the London Metropolitan police have given the protesters permit

3 Feared dead in Abuja Flood

Another tragedy struck on thursday in Abuja, following early morning downpour, as a family of three in one of the elite estates located at Lokogoma District of the nation's capital lost three members to the unfortunate incidence. One of the deceased, identified as Kenneth was said to be a resident of IPENT 5 Estate in Lokogoma, he was allegedly taking his two children to a summer lesson around 7am in their Honda SUV Jeep when he ran into the flash flood at Pengassan Estate, phase 2 Junction, which over flooded the car, killing all the three occupants. This tragedy is coming barely 30 days after the flood that claimed another family of three at Dei-Dei area of Abuja. Addressing newsmen, the Director General of FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Idris Abbas stated that his team got to the place late when some resident had already retrieved the bodies of the man and his two children. My team got to the place late when the dead bodies of the man and his children had been res...

NANS fumes over ASUS strikes, vows to shut down Nigeria in 21 Days

The National Association of Nigeria Students has expressed anger over decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embark on indefinite strike. The students called on the federal government to urgently address the plight of the lecturers. The student' union said that the federal Government has 21 days to address the agitating issues it has with ASUU, and threatened that failure to address the issues within the given period of time will leave Nigerian students with no option than to ground all activities in the country. This was contained in as statement the national president of NANs, Chinoso Obasi made  available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. He said it is with deep pain and regret that NANs, received the news of another indefinite strike by ASUS over the federal Government's indifference to their plight.  Nigerian student see the breakdown in negotiations as a further proof that political leaders don't about their future. Consequently, we wish t...

Why East Governors want Ndigbo to stay and don't panic despite the quit Notices, hate song

Tension in North as the October 1 quit notice to Ndigbo draws closer and a song calling igbo genocide circulate in the region, governors of the South East have asked their people in the North region not to be afraid. The south East Governors forum said they they are monitoring situation of things in the North along with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, They said have received assurances from northern's governors, who promised them of the safety of igbo people in northern region. The governors stated this during a meeting of the forum in enugu on Monday, where they also discussed issues of power, and economic integration, among others...The position of the forum is contained in a communique released after the meeting and read by the forum's chairman, Ebonyi state Governor Dave Umahi. Ohanaze Ndigbo briefed us and of course we have been in touch with federal government; we have also been in constant touch with our people in the northern part of the country We have to ensure our people i...