GLOBAL COMMUNITY REPORTERS

The Controller General of Prisons, Dr Peter Ekpendu, (mni) has promised to strengthen capacity development of his workforce to enable the Prisons address some of the perennial problems facing the Service. He said this during a national retreat on Development of the Nigerian Prisons Service Training and Capacity Building Strategic plan for 2015 – 2020 held in Rockview Hotel Abuja.

By Victor Azubuike A man identified as Chinedu Peter Ogwa has committed suicide in Wokoma Street in Mile Three Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital The 45 years old Ogwa, who hailed from Ebonyi State, was reported to have dropped a written note for his family after taking a substance that was believed to be responsible for his death. The wife of the victim, Chidinma Ogwa, who spoke to newsmen, said her husband recently developed a frustrated attitude after he complained how he had been abandoned by friends and relatives because of his current situation. Chidinma, while recalling the last time she talked with her husband, said she never had any quarrel with him before he took his life. “On Monday afternoon, he called me to ask what we were having for dinner, I told him not to bother that I’ve prepared dinner already that he should come home. “By the time he returned, I was washing. So he stood by me and started talking about his intention to consume rat poison. I asked ...

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice,she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.

A suspected suicide car bomb in Turkey has killed 13 soldiers aboard a bus and wounded 55 more, Turkish officials say.

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Afeez Hanafi reports that Ibeshe; a drowsy area in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the throes of vicious crime.  For some time, communities in Ibeshe in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have not known peace. Residents sleep with their eyes open.

By Afeez Hanafi A 42-year-old livestock farmer, Segun Onagunwa, has drowned inside a well on his farm on Joe Arubiewe Street, Mosan, in the Egbeda area of Lagos.

In an effort to reform morals, Burundi government has ordered all unmarried couples until the end of the year to legalise their relationships. The government gave the order on Friday follows the launch of a campaign this month by President Pierre Nkurunziza “to moralise society” in the tiny nation which for two years has been in the grip of sometimes violent political upheaval. Interior ministry spokesman Terence Ntahiraja said the country was facing a population explosion which he blamed on “illegal marriages”, polygamy, bigamy and “hundreds of schoolgirls getting pregnant”. He said church and state-sanctioned weddings were the solution and were a patriotic duty. Nkurunziza said Burundians should show their love for each other — and their country — by getting married. The government has since been pressuring unwed couples across the country to tie the knot. The governor of the southeastern province of Rutana has ordered that “persons living in common-law ...

By Inès Magoum  A waste recycling center called "Cash 4 Trash" has recently been opened in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Commissioned with the support of Waste Africa, a non-governmental organization (NGO), the facility will primarily contribute to environmental cleanup. Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, is now home to a waste recycling center. Built in the Nyanya area, the facility was inaugurated on August 20, 2020 by Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, the Minister of Territorial Administration of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The waste that will be recycled in the new Abuja center will be collected from the population. According to the local authorities, everyone will be paid according to the amount of waste they provide. No details have been given, on the amount of the fee per ton. “We want to empower young people while cleaning up the environment,” said Minister Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu. The waste processing unit in Abuja will also help prevent erosion. According to Ramatu...

A woodworker for over 50 years, 67-year-old Mamatta Sadi from Avati County Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region tested his purely hand-made wooden bicycle on the road attracting many onlookers.