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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday queried the propriety of three to five judges overturning the decisions made by millions of voters during an election in Kano, Plateau, Zamfara Appeals saying it is unacceptable. Obasanjo made this comment at the high-level consultation on Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa, held at Green Resort Legacy, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State He faulted what he labelled “cathedral pronouncements” by the judges. According to the former president, the powers vested in the few judges is “totally unacceptable”, even as he cautioned political leaders on the dangers of injustice if the trend is not reversed by the Supreme Court. “I believe whatever form of democracy we have or whatever system of government we have, three or four men in the judiciary should not be able to overturn the decisions of millions that have voted. Now, we have to find a way to handle that. I don’t know what the way will be but, for me, I th...

 Two people are dead after a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge, the border crossing between the United States and Canada over Niagara Falls, CNN, CBS and Fox News report, citing law enforcement sources. "The FBI Buffalo Field Office is investigating a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge," field office said in a post on X. "The FBI is coordinating with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in this investigation. As this situation is very fluid, that's all we can say at this time." New York Gov. Kathy Hochul posted on X that she had been briefed on the incident and said state agencies are "on site and ready to assist." In a separate post, Hochul said she was headed to Buffalo to meet with law enforcement and emergency responders. Officials have not said what caused the explosion. Mark Poloncarz, the County Executive of Erie County, the county directly south of Niagara County, said in a post that all West...

 Tragedy struck in Niger State as no fewer than 17 people were reportedly killed in an auto crash at Takalafia village along the Yawuri Motorway in Magama Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the road traffic crash involved an open-body DAF trailer vehicle, whose driver allegedly engaged in overspeeding, which resulted in a loss of control that caused the lone accident. It was further gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred around 3:00 am on Tuesday The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the accident in a statement issued in Abuja, a copy of which was sighted on Wednesday in Minna, the Niger State capital. Kazeem noted that the accident involved 29 people, consisting of 20 male adults, 4 female adults, and 5 male children. He said the injured victims have been evacuated and taken to Kontagora General Hospital for immediate medical attention, pointing out that the dead bodies were deposited in the mortuar...

The Ethiopian bible, written in Ge’ez an ancient dead language of Ethiopia, is nearly 800 years older than the King James Version and contains 81-88 books compared to 66. It includes the Book of ENOCH, Esdras, Buruch and all 3 Books of MACCABEE, and a host of others that was excommunicated from the KJV. This bible has been saved by a British charity which located it at a remote Ethiopian monastery. The incredible Garima Gospels are named after a monk who arrived in the African country in the fifth century and is said to have copied them out in just one day. Beautifully illustrated, the colours are still vivid and thanks to the Ethiopian Heritage Fund have been conserved. Abba Garima arrived from Constantinople in 494 AD and legend has it that he was able to copy the gospels in a day because God delayed the sun from setting. The incredible relic has been kept ever since in the Garima Monastery near Adwa in the north of the country, which is in the Tigray region at 7,000 feet.

 Putin is reportedly set to test the RS-28 Sarmat, nicknamed 'Satan 2,' the world's largest ballistic missile, according to Russian state media. Despite incomplete testing, the missile, with a speed of 15,880mph and weighing 208 tons, is slated for 'combat duty.'  Although the report was censored, cached versions revealed plans for testing the missile over the South Pole. Designed for nuclear strikes against NATO countries, the RS-28 Sarmat has experienced testing delays, with only one confirmed successful test in April 2022. The proposed deployment of the missile on 'combat duty' in December has raised concerns in the West. 

  Troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN DAJI rescued 31 kidnapped persons in different areas of Sokoto State, on Tuesday. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Wednesday. According to the statement, the troops, under the command of the General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto , Major General Godwin Mutkut, have continued to intensify onslaught and conducts series of clearance operation to terrorists enclaves in its areas of operations in the North West. The statement read, "In a recent clearance operation conducted by the troops of OPHD on 21 November 2023 at Tangaza LGA of Sokoto state , cleared Alya Fulani village, Buani forest,  where 30 kidnapped persons were rescued.  "All the discovered terrorists hideouts were destroyed as the terrorists abandoned their captives and fled from their camps before the arrival of the aggressive troops. "The troops also proceeded to Goboro village whe...

 Brad Pitt appeared to hit back last night after his adopted son branded the Hollywood actor a 'world class a**hole' and 'f***ing awful human' in an explosive Instagram post. Pax Jolie-Pitt, 19, called his father a 'terrible and despicable person' who makes his four youngest children 'tremble in fear'   in an explosive rant posted to social media on  Father's Day, 2020. Now, as the contents of the three-year-old post have been made public, sources close to Pitt claimed that the 59-year-old finds it 'depressing to see this dragged up'. The insider told The Sun: 'It's frustrating to see Brad being painted as some kind of ''bad person'' when it's far from the truth.' The source added that Pitt has 'great respect' for each one of his children and says it 'speaks volumes' that he 'chooses to keep a dignified silence' about the situation. Angelina Jolie adopted Pax from an orphanage in Ho Chi ...

 "The Ghanaian music industry really needs help. Our industry has been finding it difficult to break through the international market. All Ghanaian musicians need to come together and act now before it's too late. We can't continue like this. We need to find a way to break through the international market and make some money for our artists. Let's all act." — Ghanaian singer Shatta Wale The Ghanaian dancehall artist and singe released this statement in a Facebook post.  Ghana, much like Cameroon, Zambia, South Africa, and several other African music industries, has made little or no progress from 2020 to 2023. What should they start doing better?

The world has about 7,111 languages according to Ethnologue. A staggering third of these languages are endangered and only spoken by very few people, 1000 speakers at best. What is even more serious is that more than 50% of the world’s population is covered by 23 major languages. Languages appeared about 100.000 years ago and have been evolving ever since. Languages are always in a state of flux; some die out and some branch out and give us more languages. Exceptionally, some languages have survived long periods of time and erosion and made it to the modern world. Here are 10 of the most ancient languages that are still spoken today: 1. Hebrew:   Year: 10th Century BC Country: Israel Number of speakers: 9 million  2. Basque: Year: Unknown  Country: Basque Number of speakers: about 750,000 3. Arabic: Year: 1000 BC Country: Countries of the Arab league Number of speaker: 310 million 4. Tamil:  Year: 300 BC  Country: India and Sri Lanka  Number ...