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A video revealing the moment a convict, Deobra Redden, attacked a Clark County District Court Judge, Mary Holthus, in Las Vegas, United States of America, is trending on social media.  The video revealed the moment Redden moved from where he was standing and jumped into the judge’s bench to attack her.  The PUNCH reports that the convicted criminal attacked and assaulted the Las Vegas judge during a hearing on Wednesday after she refused to grant him bail.  Witnesses told The Independent that a courtroom marshal was hospitalised with a dislocated shoulder and a gushing cut on his forehead after being hurt while attempting to remove the defendant.  The Las Vegas district court in a statement said, “We commend the heroic acts of her staff, law enforcement, and all others who subdued the defendant.  “The court remains committed to a safe and secure courthouse and courtrooms. We are reviewing all our protocols and will do whatever is necessary to protect the judicia...

The latest attack came barely two weeks after the insurgents perpetrated a similar attack in Chibok, where they killed two persons and looted food stuff in some houses before settling them ablaze. Suspected Boko Haram terrorists in military uniform have killed 12 persons and abducted one in Gatamarwa and Tsiha communities in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The latest attack came barely two weeks after the insurgents perpetrated a similar attack in Chibok, where they killed two persons and looted food stuff in some houses before settling them ablaze. The Police Public Relations officer, Borno State command, ASP Nahum Daso Kenneth, confirmed the attack saying 12 corpses were recovered. “The gunmen shot sporadically at the people in the two communities. So far, 12 corpses were recovered and two were injured,” he said. He said the police commissioner and other security heads had ordered discreet investigation into the matter to bring the perpetrators to book. According to Dail...

An Elephant’s pregnancy is for the duration of 22months. The longest among Mammals. It is almost impossible for elephants to birth twins. This is because mothers rarely have enough milk to feed their babies (calves). However, it is possible but both rarely survives.  A female elephants have 4-5 (most) babies during their life time.  Normally, without being pregnant, an elephant lie to sleep only for 3-4hours a day due to their weights getting up.  A pregnant elephant sleeps while standing most of the time; though they do not sleep deep.  A pregnant elephant feeds for around 20hours a days against their 18 hours of feeding while not pregnant—And while they approached their 20th months of pregnancy, they begin to starve themselves so they can loose weight. This practice is a natural routine for them to be able to give birth easily.  And when the Baby elephants are born, they do not have the necessary build up microorganisms in their guts to digest plant materials ...

The camp of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has slammed the federal government’s suspension of degree certificate evaluation and accreditation from Benin Republic and Togo, calling it a “deceptive” move that ignores a bigger problem. Reacting to the suspension announced on Tuesday, January 2nd, Atiku’s spokesperson, Abdul Rasheeth, took to social media, accusing the government of hypocrisy and selective action. “Universities in Benin and Togo are not the only ones culpable in certificate racketeering,” Rasheeth wrote. “Suspending their accreditation is nothing but deception! This isn’t the first time FG is doing that!” He pointed to Chicago State University (CSU) and its affiliates as a prime example of institutions allegedly involved in “nefarious means and unconscionable methods” of issuing degrees.

Modified by Visblog  The term social capital refers to a positive product of human interaction. The positive outcome may be tangible or intangible and may include favors, useful information, innovative ideas, and future opportunities. Social capital is not held by an individual, but instead appears in the potential between social network connections between individuals. There is something in life called " SOCIAL CAPITAL ." The people you know; the people who know you and how they know you.  Quite unfortunately, people think or behave like social capital is only needed on weddings, urgent issues, crisis and burials. That is why you see someone will not have contacted you in ten years but out of the blue they are sending you a message, "Hello so and so, long time. between, next Sunday is my pre-wedding. I need your support." Social capital is not built overnight; it is reciprocal and does not need money (especially in this virtually connected world) to build. It jus...