Ace sports editor Anietie Iyoho goes home

…to be buried on 22nd June 2024 The media community has again been thrown into mourning with the untimely death of Anietie Iyoho, ace sports editor and prolific writer. Aged 52, Iyoho, until his demise was the Special Assistant to Senator Ita Enang, former Senior Special Assistant to then President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly…

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Over 600 die during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

More than 600 people have died from heat-related illnesses during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures, reports on Wednesday say. On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s state TV reported that temperatures rose to 51.8 degrees Celsius in the shade at the Grand Mosque in the Islam’s holiest city. Medics and officials, speaking on condition…

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800 Sudanese unlawfully deported by Egypt – Group

Egypt has carried out mass arrests and unlawful deportations of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Sudan, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The rights group said it had documented 12 incidents in which Egyptian authorities returned an estimated total of 800 Sudanese nationals between January and March this year,…

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