naija news today 040419

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter, on Wednesday, resumed indefinite strike to press home its demands. The union had embarked on a strike in 2018 but suspended it when the Taraba government promised to meet its demands which included the payment of...

The Police Command in Owerri, Imo State, said they have recovered two male corpses, Tramadol tablets and Indian hemp from the scene of what appeared to be a group s*x at a student lodge. They also rescued two unconscious persons – a guy and a young lady – from … Read more via OluFamous.Com...

‘Consent’ condom requires four hands to open package 94 percent of women who are raped experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. One in three will contemplate suicide. And while a condom isn’t going to stop rape, it’s a damn good place to start. Tulipán, an Argentine sex … Read...

Alexandra residents took to the streets on Wednesday 3 April over poor service delivery, claiming also that foreign nationals were the cause of many of their problems. The residents have vowed to … Read more via Daily Maverick – https://ift.tt/2UskYff Get more World News

Timmothy Pitzen — a 6-year-old child who famously went missing in 2011 and was featured on "Live PD " — has allegedly been found in Ohio after escaping his captors. The story’s pretty wild. A teenager claiming to be Timmothy called 911 in north… … Read more via TMZ Celebrity News for...

Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others …...

Two caches of Facebook user data, one of them with 540 million records, were recently found unprotected on Amazon cloud servers, the data-breach-monitoring firm UpGuard said in a blog posting Wednesday (April 3). Facebook didn’t put the … Read more via Tom’s Guide – https://ift.tt/2WHyjxD...

Uganda and other African countries could reap net benefits from Chinese investment, but that favourable outcome hinges on whether host countries adopt effective oversight and accountability mechanisms, according to a US Defence Department think tank..... Read more via Daily Monitor –...

Nigeria’s economy is recovering, the International Monetary Fund has said, giving President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic initiatives a pat on the back. “Executive Directors welcomed Nigeria’s ongoing economic recovery, accompanied by reduced inflation and strengthened reserve buffers,” the …...

Authorities in Switzerland have begun planning legal action against the Nigerian government for seizing and detaining a Swiss-flagged oil tanker in January last year. Reports by various online maritime websites said San Padre Pio and four of its original 16 crewmembers, all of whom … Read...

The application process for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) is officially open to African entrepreneurs from all countries, sectors and age groups. The ANPI is a prize competition founded by the Jack Ma Foundation that will award … Read more via TechMoran –...

According to the SEC filing, MDaaS has just raised about $1.1 million in a new funding round... Read more via Techpoint.Africa – https://ift.tt/2Ugd9Ka Get more: Nigeria Business News

Jumia has gotten the approval to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange following an update on its Form F1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission..... Read more via Techpoint.Africa – https://ift.tt/2HX8C8U Get more: Nigeria Business News

American Rap mogul, Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams, who just turned 50, has revealed he wants to remove his face tattoos. The Cash Money co-founder who has over 15 tattoos on his face alone revealed this while discussing his image on the “Wendy Williams Show.” “I didn’t want to take the [head...

DC Universe has finally shared the long-awaited trailer for “Joker” starring Joaquin Phoenix’s as the feared smiley-faced criminal. “Joker,” which also stars Robert De Niro, is a psychological thriller that is separate from the DC Extended Universe.... via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/2OMMeQv...

Police were called to reports of a 'domestic disturbance' in Bury. Officers arrived to a property in Prestwich, but found there was no incident to worry about.... Read more via “manchester united” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2I99g2A Get More Nigeria Metro News

A woman gave birth in a mango tree while escaping floods in central Mozambique caused by Cyclone Idai. Single mother Amélia delivered her daughter, Sara, whilst clinging to the branches with her two-year-old son..... Read more via Ghana News HomePage – https://ift.tt/2YMZo4A Get more...

Joan Nalubega always had her eyes set on earning a university degree. She grew up in a poor family and was sent to an orphanage, the Kankobe children’s home in central Uganda’s Mpigi District, at the age..... Read more via “sexual health” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2ViNKMF Get more...

#Ugandan man becomes a lawyer, wins a case for his dad, 23yrs after being sued... Read more via Instablog9ja✅(instablog9ja)’s feed | WEBSTAGRAM – https://ift.tt/2FYuv5w Get more World News

Kenya has accused The United Nations of pouring millions of dollars to Somalia’s Al Shabaab. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has said the UN was giving 10 per cent of humanitarian aid to terrorists to grant safe passage of food and other supplies in war-torn regions …...