At least 52 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organised crime groups at the Altamira prison in northern Brazil on Monday, according to prison officials.
Para state prison authorities said 16 of the victims were decapitated while others were asphyxiated.
The count of victims could rise when authorities have searched all areas involved, state prisons chief Jarbas Vasconcelos said at a news conference.
Vasconcelos said a fight between criminal groups at the Altamira prison erupted around in the morning, when breakfast was being served.
Inmates also set fires that prevented authorities from entering parts of the facility for about five hours, he said.
The killings echoed those of 55 inmates who died in a series of riots in May in several prisons in the neighbouring state of Amazonas.
Two young women have been publicly humiliated for mimicking a mode of greeting used by members of a confraternity. The women were pictured smiling by a poolside as they did the greeting peculiar to the Neo Blackism group. Their pictures later got the of members of the group and they went after the women and punished them.
"Hold and behold, this is what you get when you impersonating what you don't belong. It's actually not a child's play. It's called blackism. Stay off if you don't belong. We are Neo Blackism," the confraternity captioned the photos as they share them on facebook.
Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso has died of cancer. She succumbed at the Nairobi Hospital aged 58.
Governor Laboso was under medication two weeks after arriving from India and London where she had been hospitalised.
Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok had earlier urged residents to stay calm and pray for her recovery.
Joyce's death is yet another tragedy for the Laboso's. On June 10, 2008, her sister Lorna Laboso, who was an assistant minister, and Cabinet Minister Kipkalya Kones died in a plane crash. May her soul rest in peace.
Oh dear, a whale was captured in Bayelsa state today and to kill the giant fish, the youths which caught it had to go and get a saw machine which was finally used in slicing the sea animal. Watch the video below…
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade has declared Tuesday, July 30th 2019, as Public Holiday to enable people of Cross River plant one million trees in the State.
A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayade stated, “This is to remind Cross Riverians and all those who reside or do business in the state, that tomorrow, Tuesday July 30th, 2019 has been declared a public holiday by His Excellency, Senator (Professor) Ben Ayade.
“The holiday is to encourage every Cross Riverian and residents of the state to take part in the Green Carnival during which about one million trees will be planted” he said.
Consequently, the Chief Press Secretary explained that individuals, schools, homes, churches, mosques, ministries, government agencies and departments, banks, hospitals and all business premises must plant trees.
Thousands of Women, under the auspices of PDP Women Liberators (PWL), staged a peaceful protest during the weekend, demanding an apology and stoppage of alleged harassment against ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha’s daughter by the agents of Governor Emeka Ihedioha-led government in Imo State.
Okorocha’s daughter, Uloma, is married to Chief Uche Nwosu, a former Chief of Staff to the Imo State government and the state governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the last 2019 polls.
Speaking on behalf of the PDP Women, Thousands of Women, under the auspices of PDP Women Liberators (PWL), staged a peaceful protest during the weekend, demanding an apology and stoppage of alleged harassment against ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha’s daughter by the agents of Governor Emeka Ihedioha-led government in Imo State.
Okorocha’s daughter, Uloma, is married to Chief Uche Nwosu, a former Chief of Staff to the Imo State government and the state governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the last 2019 polls.
Speaking on behalf of the PDP Women, the leader of the group, Mrs. Adiela Uzoma, expressed disappointment with the action of the governor, regretting that such action has the tendency of portraying the party in bad light before Nigerians.
The Woman leader said, “Nothing has so ridiculed the image of our party than the molestation meted on one of Imo’s brightest female stars, Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, by an aide of our governor, and the leader of our party in this state. We wish to first of all distance ourselves and all PDP women in Imo State from such action.
“We are the nucleus of PDP in this state, as we hold the power button of the party. We wish to clearly state our disappointment with the governor for his silence over this regrettable abuse on women by his agents.
” Even though Uloma Nwosu is not a member of our party, the PDP Women Liberators is built on the vision of promoting the party (PDP) as gender friendly and sensitive. We categorically condemn any action that portrays our Party otherwise.
“We hereby demand that the governor; tenders an unreserved public apology to Mrs. Uloma Nwosu and her family within 72 hours of this publication. And to bring to the book, everyone involved in this abuse of women. We will take step to ensure that such abuse on women is stopped forthwith.
“The governor also should tender an unreserved apology to Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, whom we consider an Amazon of grace and enterprise. He (Ihedioha) should apologize to the family of the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Omorocha and to Chief Uche Nwosu for this unwarranted abuse.”
Winnie Harlow isn't holding anything back when it comes to celebrating a quarter century on Planet Earth.
The Canadian top model rang in her 25th birthday on Saturday with some fun in sun aboard a yacht in Miami with some choice friends that included Pauly D of Jersey Shore fame.
And the excursion came just hours after she rocked out with a few gal pals at the Jennifer Lopez concert, and then met with the Latina superstar at an after-party.
For her bash on the bay, the former America's Next Top Model contestant flaunted her statuesque figure in a barely-there gold bikini.
At times she covered up, ever so slightly, with a sheer creamy-beige blazer of sorts.
A woman has delivered conjoined twins in Genyi Yandev, Gboko Local Government, Benue State. The twins share the same stomach and just two legs.
They have separate heads and hands. She took them to church, where Reverend Teryange Nyaghve prayed for them and asked the congregation to help her in their own little way! Hopefully, the state government will take it up from here.
Business mogul and owner of Real Sapphire Football Club Mr Frank Peters has raised his voice up through the sports director of his club that the frequent intimidation being displayed by some people in NFF will be restricted completely by the club.
Francis Ogete lamented that the negative influence, non challant attitude and self corruption of some personalities of the NFF has only contributed to the fall and death of academies in Nigeria.
How can a registered academy in Nigeria have a problem with the Egyptian FA and the NFF turns her eyes off? We are talking about transfers that involved 5 players. Imagine how much we used to finance these players out of Nigeria only for us to hear that some clubs in Egypt through a scout hijacked them.
How can they play for clubs internationally if they are registered with the NFF under our club, who issued international transfer certificates (ICT) for them.
We are not going to bow to NFF, we will start fishing out the people involved in this dirty deal, we have gone to FIFA already and we are calling on every Nigerian interested in football to call the NFF to order, the sports director said.
We will ensure that this issue gets resolved and we want to clearly send a message to Amaju Pinnick to call his men to order.
Let us inform Nigerians that the academy has invested over N20m on these five players over the years, we will ensure that the investment will count.
Kazeem Balemo, Moses Odo, Ogenetega Laba, Ajibade Abiola and Odo Joshua are the five players.
We presently have confirmed information that two of them are playing in leagues in Egypt while another one is playing in Saudi Arabia.
Mom of two, Adunni Ade yesterday evening took her boys for dinner. From the photos she shared they had a lot to eat and drink! #Mummytime!!! Lol. more photos below…
Bobrisky has always referred to himself as a female! In fact call him a man, and you will see the other side of him, call him a transgender he will pick on you. But shockingly, he shared a video of him cooking late yesterday and in the post, he referred to himself as a transgender. Has bobo gone to slice off his blokos? Trans or cross dresser, anyway he says trans! 😁
Late Archbishop Idahosa who died in March 1998 has been invited as a guest speaker to a church’s revival program which will begin from August 1st 2019 and ends on the 31st of December, 2019. But how will this happen, considering the Bishop waved the world bye in 1998.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been featured on the cover of the highly coveted September 2019 issue of British Vogue alongside 14 other women, personally chosen by The Duchess of Sussex – Meghan Markle, and British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful.
The British Vogue issue was guest-edited by Meghan Markle alongside the magazine’s Edward Enninful for seven months to create an issue that highlights the power of the collective titled Forces For Change.
Forces For Change features 15 “world-leading women who are reshaping public life for global good”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday paid a condolence visit to the family of Precious Owolabi, the National Youth Service Corps member serving with Channels Television, who was killed during a clash between the Nigeria Police Force and members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi'ite.
Osinbajo, in the company of Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, visited the home of Owolabi in Zaria, the state capital.
Osinbajo revealed this via his official Twitter handle. He said: "Nothing will ever compare with the pain of losing a child. This evening, I visited the family of Precious Owolabi and as a nation, we grieve the loss of this bright young man. May the Almighty God comfort the family and loved one."
Also writing about two hours ago on Instagram, the Vice-President shared photos and wrote; ‘’We bless the name of the Lord for the life of Precious Owolabi. We cannot even purport to imagine the enormity of this loss to the family, but we are confident the almighty God will comfort the family and bring back joy and peace to all members of the family.’’
Owolabi and a senior police officer were killed by stray bullets during a clash between police and Shi'ite in Abuja on Monday, July 22, 2019.
Owhhhhh! Bow Wow is facing backlash from some of his followers after body shaming Wendy Williams on Twitter.
The 55-year-old talk show hostess recently called out the 32-year-old rapper on her show after he dissed ex-girlfriend Ciara.
Bow Wow retaliated by posting a bikini photo of Williams to Twitter with a disparaging caption.
The paparazzi photo showed Williams smiling as she walked on a beach in a sexy black bikini with her signature 'W' necklace and a large pare of square pink Gucci sunglasses.
Bow Wow captioned the tweet: 'They say its a hot girl summer' with the emojis of laughing and sick faces, as well as a hazard sign.
Fans quickly hit back in defense of Williams, one posting: 'you literally have a daughter...body shaming aint the move'
Another wrote: 'You need to put "Lil" back in front of your name because clearly, you're still a child.'
Some fought fire with fire, calling him out on his height: 'Babes, you’re 3 foot 5 inches...'
The feud began last week when Williams called Bow Wow out on the Hot Topics segment of her nationally syndicated talk show The Wendy Williams Show.
The rapper recently performed his song Like U, which he originally recorded with fellow artist and ex-girlfriend Ciara.
During the Atlanta performance, he said: 'I had this b***h first. You know that right?'
Nigerians have reacted on social media after spotting a billboard of APC national leader, Bola Tinubu beginning a early presidential campaign against 2023. The slog was “BAT 2023”. But a closer look at the board, shows it was sponsored and not an effort of the APC party leader. But that didn’t bother Nigerians as they went in to give their opinions. See all reactions below…
