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   Officials of the Yankari Game reserve have shared images of the rare sightings of a Caracal cat and Leopard spotted at the Reserve in Bauchi state, after they were believed to have gone extinct. More photos below.

London's transport authority has stripped Minicab app Uber  of its licence to work in the capital of England. This was announced by Transport for London (TFL) today, and the reasons given were that Uber is not fit and proper to operate due to concerns over public safety, and also their approach to reporting criminal offences.  A petition with 100,000 signatures was submitted to TfL, calling on Uber to improve workers' rights or 'get out of London' ahead of the licence decision. They are now barred working in London after their current licence expires on September 30. 'TfL considers that Uber's approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility in relation to a number of issues which have potential public safety and security implications.'

  SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the reclusive country, with leader Kim Jong Un promising to make a "mentally deranged" Trump pay dearly for his threats. Kim did not specify what action he would take against the United States or Trump, with whom he has traded insults in recent weeks. South Korea said it was the first direct statement of its kind by a North Korean leader. However, Kim's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said in televised remarks North Korea could consider a hydrogen bomb test of an unprecedented scale over the Pacific Ocean. Ri, who was talking to reporters in New York ahead of a planned address later this week, also said he did not know Kim's exact thoughts. ...

  The likelihood that the U.S. will see a catastrophic earthquake within the next 30 years is very high — and it’s not just the West Coast that’s at risk, experts say. Seismologists have long warned that the U.S. is “overdue” for an earthquake, because a catastrophic one has not occurred in the U.S. since about 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake killed at least 63 people in California, said Robert Yeats, a geology professor at Oregon State University. The most destructive earthquake the U.S. has ever seen was the 7.9-magnitude “Great San Francisco ...

  This is the dramatic moment an RAF drone operated by pilots was used to stop a public execution staged by Islamic State. The footage released for the first time shows crowds of civilians being forced at gunpoint to gather in a Syrian town to watch an execution. As the IS fighters prepared to carry out the execution, a Reaper drone operated by pilots 2,000 miles away at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, unleashes its deadly arsenal, killing a sniper keeping watch on a roof nearby. The IS fighters were unable to continue with the barbaric killing after this as the terrified crowds scattered in panic. The Ministry of Defence last night released the first footage from inside the Qatar military HQ of UK personnel in action against Islamic State to illustrate operations in the warzone. The MoD said it could not target jihadis on the ground directly in the May attack because civilians could have been caught up in the blast. By taki...

Bebuo Bomaji the village of Hon Cletus Obun, the APC State Vice Chairman Central Senatorial district in Cross River state - has been cut off from the rest of the world as a result of flood that caused a landslide that destroyed the sole bridge linking the people with the rest of the world. The landslide destruction is so devastating that pedestrian movements is rendered an impossibility. Crops and economic activities are rendered impossible with a story of doom and helpless defining the people... In a telephone conversation with Hon Cletus Obun, the leading political leader of the area calls for a quick intervention of NDDC and the APC led government to stop the flood that destroyed the only existing bridge making pedestrian and economic activities impossible. Bellow are the pictures of the collapsed bridge Joseph Odok Social Change Agent

Qatar Airways has launched the first-ever double bed within business class. The Q suite allows passengers to recline two middle seats into a fully flat bed and features partition panels to create a private bedroom with two entertainment screens inside. This new initiative marks a world-first for the industry and looks to set a precedent for rival carriers.

A powerful earthquake has shaken central Mexico, killing scores of people and collapsing buildings on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake....

Airtel is definitely a top telecommunication company in Nigeria and they offer cheap internet data plans to subscribers. Airtel has different varieties of data plans which can be used on Android, Laptop, iPhone and Blackberry devices. Airtel data plans are affordable internet data plans compared to 9mobile data plans , Glo data plans and Mtn data plans . Like i stated earlier, Airtel has different varieties of data plans that would meet your needs The varieties are time based data plans, Night and weekend data plans, normal data plans for (daily, weekly, night, weekend, monthly) and FREE Surf - smartSPEEDOO and the Unlimited plans. The plan i love the most and i do recommend for business owners are the Unlimited Plans which raised questions whether the plans are really unlimited. Then i confirmed it that the Airtel Unlimited plans are UNLIMITED. But the constraint there is that after you have reached a certain limit they would throttle you internet speed. You c...

The new look of Lagos state road worthiness. Now it is required you make a payment for the type of vehicle you’re bringing for inspection. There you will be given a slip with your referral code on it. This slip covers you for a period of 30 days for you to take your car for an inspection, find out whatever is wrong with it and fix it. Referral note; The referral note for the road worthiness With this slip you take your car in for inspection and a final slip will be given to you, this would certify that your car is road worthy with a pass boldly written at the end. Inspection report for road worthiness; How the inspection report for the road worthiness looks like; Please don’t fall prey of the latest scam going around ensure you renew with the right organisation.

Newsprex : According to Glo Post on Free data day . Globacom "free data day offer" was rumoured to have been stopped by NCC - Nigerian telecommunications commission, but that wasn't true. However, they have successfully announced September 28, 2017 as another day for "Free data". If you are using Glo network, you can get qualified for this offer by using 250naira for voice calls or 150naira on voice calls plus 100MB in the preceding week . When you are qualified for the bonus, you should then be fully prepared to get your 200MB bonus data on September 18. Meanwhile, the "Free data day" has been greatly advertised on televisions, radio, social media and among others. How are you preparing for the Glo Free data day?

As Posted By Thisdaylive The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Abuja has opened a new visa application centre in Abuja to facilitate procurement of Chinese visas for Abuja residents and environs. The centre, located at Churchgate Plaza, Central Business District, will commence operations from September 20, 2017, according to the Deputy Ambassador, Mr. Lin Jing. Jing said the visa application centre was opened to improve the service standard for applicants but not to harm the procedure. Speaking to journalists at a media briefing yesterday in Abuja, Jing said: “From Wednesday, all ordinary passport holders wishing to visit the People’s Republic of China are requested to apply for visas at Abuja China Visa Application Centre,” He however said diplomats and official passport holders or applicants applying for Hong Kong/Macao Special Administrative Region visa/entry permits are to submit their applications directly to the Chinese embassy. He sai...

Two thousand mega watts of electricity generated into the national is not distributed to consumers, according to Mr. Louis Edozien, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. “The national grid produces about 6,600 mega-watts of electricity from the 750,33KV trading points, but less than 4,600 mega-watts get distributed to the consumers,” Edozien said on Monday in Jos. Edozien, who spoke at the opening of the 3rd National Council On Power (NACOP) meeting, attributed the situation to inadequate distribution lines and distribution sub-stations. “Most of the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) do not have adequate distribution lines and distribution sub-stations; we have discussed the need to acquire more of these facilities so as to boost supply to customers,” he said. While noting that much funds were needed to procure more distribution lines, he regretted that the DISCOs were a bit cash-trapped following most consumers’ inability to pay their electr...

This happened a while back. I think I was in Primary five at the time. My dad told me of how we used to own the property behind our house; demarcated by a fence. I remember wondering how exactly a person can own something and then not own it anymore. I asked if he had sold it to someone else. This was the only logical reason I could come up with. He said he hadn’t but that the property was just taken from us. This got me thinking about how exactly property is owned in Nigeria. Precisely, what do you have to do to fully own property (land as it is popularly known) in Nigeria? In fact, can you fully own property in Nigeria? When there are issues pertaining to ownership of property in Nigeria, how are they resolved? What steps do you take?

Barring any change in stance, Nigeria may soon be thrown into darkness should electricity workers, on the platform of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, make good of threats to join the impending nationwide strike. FINANCAL WATCH learnt The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday said loading of products, including aviation fuel, would stop from today as affiliates of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, begin an indefinite strike. The industrial action is fresh move by the United Labor Congress, ULC, a union that seeks to act as umbrella for both NLC and TUC. However, leaders of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Employees, NUBIFIE, said members may not effectively join the strike today because the union just concluded its delegates conference weekend, warning, however, that members would fully join should the strike persist. But the Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, insisted yest...

In this second part of an interview with the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, he tells PREMIUM TIMES the challenges faced by the service in managing the country’s vast border, and what the Immigration Service is doing in tackling irregular migration and abuse of permits by expatriates. He also speaks on the ongoing recruitment exercise into the Immigration. PT: In recent past there was issue of passport scarcity leading to legislative intervention and huge uproar. What really happened? Babandede: We came at a time when a contract was signed for the supply of booklet by a company. We are operatives. The contracts are usually signed by the Ministry of Interior. Scarcity came because of foreign exchange problem. They had to bring all the booklets from abroad. They were not able to get it. The booklet became scarce. But as a responsible institution we wrote the public about the scarcity and asked Nigerians to bear with us. When ...

YouTube has announced YouTube Go is now officially available for the initial public download in Nigeria. Yes, most Nigerians has been waiting for this service for some time now. For those who are not familiar with the YouTube Go - it's an app from Google in which you can stream that your favorite music video or song on YouTube without giving a glitch about your data. With YouTube Go app it's reduces the amount of data you have to burn just to watch that video. YouTube Go has been designed to take into account the challenges faced by YouTube users in countries like Nigeria, such as data cost and connectivity. With YouTube Go, we are making it possible for everyone in Nigeria to be able to discover videos that they love, regardless of their network status or data consumption preferences.” With more Nigerians coming online every year, and most of them only using their mobiles for internet access, we are working hard to make products that are tailored to Nigerians...

A US air-traffic diagram Sunday showed planes all over the United States, shuttling passengers to their destinations — except in Florida. The entire state, plus big chunks of southern Georgia and South Carolina, were free from airline traffic amid Hurricane Irma. Flights in and out of Florida might not be running until mid-week at the earliest, officials warned.

   A Christian numerologist claims that the world will end next Saturday, September 23rd, when a planet will, supposedly, collide with Earth. According to David Meade, verses in Luke 21:25 to 26 are the sign that recent events, such as the recent solar eclipse and Hurricane Harvey, are signs of the apocalypse. The verses read: "25: There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "'26: Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.' Sept. 23 is a date that was pinpointed using codes from the Bible, as well as a "date marker" in the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Meade's views are not endorsed by Roman Catholic, Protestant ...

To Render Free Legal Services In Commemoration Of Int’l Day Of Peace The Lagos State Government has completed the construction of the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem has disclosed. Solicitor General & Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Funlola Odunlami (middle); Director, Citizen’s Mediation Centre (CMC), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Odusanya (left) and Director, Administration & Human Resource, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Mariam Amodu during a press conference to commemorate the 2017 United Nations International Day of Peace, Citizen’s Mediation Centre Stakeholders’ Conference and Book launch at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, at the weekend. The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal justice sector reforms designed to solve crime through...

Environment Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued an alert indicating that there is an impending flood going by the progressive increase of water levels, warning people leaving on river banks to move. According to the Niger Basin Authority with headquarters in Niamey, Niger Republic, since 1st September 2017, a yellow alert on water level was reached at the hydrometric station of Niamey, showing that the water is high and about going into the red alert, which will cause flooding. The statement said in this situation of orange alert, it is important to prepare sites for a possible flood situation. “The orange alert level was reached on 07th September 2017. Forecasts and gauges reading from upstream Niamey show that this orange alert situation will last the next three days. It should be noted that at this orange alert level, any progressive increase of w...

Conservationist and development communication specialist, Paddy Ezeala, was a press officer in the Nigeria National Park Service and a Senior Manager, Media and Public Affairs of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), he speaks on the state of National Parks in the country and the way forward How would you describe the state of national parks in the country? If you consider the reasons why national parks were created and why countries all over the world have national parks, those are special areas where aspects of the country are considered very important and deserving of preservation for posterity. They also include important monuments. National parks are very serious establishments and are held sacrosanct. They are not places to go and play or perturb the environment. Nigeria national parks were established on these same foundations.  Most of the places we call national parks today were already existing as for...

  Oil prices were lower on Friday but on course for weekly gains, the third in a row in the case of Brent as the clean-up after hurricane in the United States gathers pace and the outlook for demand rise. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was above 50 dollars on  hitting a four-month high and finished 1.2 per cent higher at 49.89 dollars, the highest since July 31. Brent crude futures were  at 55.24 dollars a barrel just as they hit 55.99 dollars on Thursday. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this week forecast higher demand for its oil in 2018 and pointed to signs of a tighter global market, indicating its production-cutting deal with non- member countries is helping to tackle a supply glut. It was followed by the IEA saying the global oil glut was shrinking, thanks to strong European and U.S. demands as we...

The late summer news has been dominated by hurricanes in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico: first there was Hurricane Harvey, which caused devastating flooding in the US city of Houston, Texas, and now Hurricane Irma has wheeled through the Caribbean and will strike Florida over the weekend. One of the questions that have arisen has concerned the naming of the hurricanes. Why Harvey? Why Irma? The task of naming the storms falls upon the World Meteorological Organisation, the highest authority of weather experts in the world, who meet on a regular basis to discuss the patterns of weather and the effects that extreme weather have. They have created zones in which regional organisations under their auspices pick the names: Atlantic hurricanes such as Harvey and Irma are named by the United States National Hurricane Center. When they name hurricanes and tropical storms, they go through a list of accepted names, both male and female, before choosing one. They begin at A...

On September 12 this year (2017) Nigeria’s power production reached an all-time peak of 7,001 MW, indicating that Africa’s largest economy now has the capacity to produce more power than it can distribute. In May last year, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power Works, and Housing, unveiled what he called an incremental power policy.

The devastation caused by Hurricane Irma has left a Caribbean island uninhabited by civilisation 'for the first time in 300 years'. All of Barbuda's 1,800 residents have been evacuated and more than 95 per cent of its structures have been damaged after the ferocious storm hit its shores last week. The Category 5 hurricane battered the Caribbean with winds of up to 185mph leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Many of Barbuda's residents were relocated to Antigua, which did not suffer as much damage. Barbuda's relocated residents are now living in cramped conditions in Antingua's government buildings and nursing homes.

File Photo Motorists plying Enugu-Onitsha dual carriage are going through difficulties due to the bad state of a section of the road, it was gathered. 25 kilometres of the highway from Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area to Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra, have been washed away by rain. Also affected is the portion of the highway from Ukpo to Amawbia near Awka, and other parts with deep potholes due to high volume of oil tankers and other articulated vehicles using the road. The situation has forced car owners to divert through Umunya-Nteje road, using a belly bridge constructed during the civil war, where representatives of Umunya and Nteje collect N50 levy on every vehicle that pass through. Mr. John Okwuosa, a commercial driver, said that he prefer to pay the levy than go through the failed section of the highway, to save his vehicle from damage. “On two occasions within one month, my bus broke down on Umunya-Nteje end of the Enugu...