Tag Archives: water

An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 42-year-old housewife, Lola Abdulsalam, in a Correctional facility for allegedly pouring hot water on her co-wife, Bilikisu Abdulsalam.   The police on Friday filed a two-count first information report against Lola, bordering on causing grievous hurt and defamation of character, contrary to sections …

The sun is blindingly bright, the air balmy, the sea a clear turquoise-blue and 18C, with no suspicious murky stripes of pollution. Paddling out into the Atlantic from El Palmar, on south-west Spain’s Costa de la Luz, is a far cry from a January surf experience in the UK. El …

Tocoa, Honduras – The killing of two Honduran water defenders this month has sparked international outrage, with the United Nations calling for an investigation and locals questioning the government’s commitment to protecting environmental activists. Aly Dominguez, 38, and Jairo Bonilla, 28, were members of the Guapinol water defenders movement, organising …

The Milwaukee Bucks won a weird game against the Atlanta Hawks last night. Giannis Antetokounmpo, apparently bored of his usual drive-and-dunk schtick, decided to simply pass the ball and rebound all night. He ended up with 19 boards and 10 assists but only seven points. The Bucks won by nine. …

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has remanded a 49-year-old man,  Lawrence Itakpe, for allegedly killing his wife, Rebecca, at their house in the Ajah area of the state.   Itakpe was arraigned on one count of murder over the incident which occurred on December 5, 2022.   The couple who were …

The suspension of four students of the University of Calabar identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student, has been approved by Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Florence Obi.   The suspension was announced in a press release …

Portable, who recently had his ‘Ika of Africa’ concert, has been headlining shows in different parts of the country, and most recently, he was in the south-west region. Much to the singer’s surprise, he was told he would be performing on a stage mounted on a river in Port Harcourt, …

On Monday, January 2, a video clip showing the singer being interrupted by a female fan while he was in the Dominican Republic surfaced, casting major doubt on the artist’s demeanour in the eyes of many of his admirers. In response to the backlash, the singer took to Twitter to …

The 73-year-old actress, who portrays Kiri, a Na’vi 59 years younger, in the long-awaited sequel to 2009’s Avatar said she used her memories of being ‘self-conscious’ but imaginative at the same age to drive her performance. ‘I usually wore black turtlenecks and an olive-green suede jumper/tunic thing. It was kind of like …

OPEC and its allies decided Sunday to stick with their existing policy of curtailing oil output, just hours before new Western sanctions on Russian crude exports come into force. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and other major oil producers including Russia, said they would continue to restrict supply by 2 …