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http://ift.tt/2t5Km9k PHOTO: The Express Tribune A passenger vehicle swerved and flipped across a Japanese highway Saturday and crashed into a bus in the oncoming lane, killing the car’s driver and injuring 45 people in the bus. A camera mounted on the bus captured dramatic footage of the car soaring from the other side of the highway and slamming against its windshield. Police were investigating the cause of the accident, which killed the 62-year-old man who was driving the car alone. Most of the 47 passengers on the bus received slight injuries with six people sustaining fractures, said a spokesman for the local highway police. “They are all non-life threatening injuries,” he told AFP. The accident happened on the Tomei Expressway in Aichi prefecture in central Japan. Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2rLQYMd

http://ift.tt/2ryodRg Grande will perform for a sell-out crowd of 50,000, less than a fortnight after the blast at the Manchester Arena which killed 22 people — a third of them children — and injured 116 more. Nearly two weeks after a deadly suicide bombing at her concert in Manchester, US star Ariana Grande is planning to press ahead with a charity gig later on Sunday despite a terror attack on the streets of London. Grande tweeted “Praying for London” after Saturday’s attack in which seven people were killed and 48 injured, while her manager Scooter Braun said the concert would go ahead “with greater purpose”. “We must not be afraid, and in tribute to all those affected here and around the world, we will bring our voices together and sing loudly,” he said. Manchester police said in a statement Sunday that there would be “additional security” in place at the event and asked people not to bring bags in order to speed up entry as “everyone will be searched”. Grande will per...

http://ift.tt/2ryodRg Grande will perform for a sell-out crowd of 50,000, less than a fortnight after the blast at the Manchester Arena which killed 22 people — a third of them children — and injured 116 more. Nearly two weeks after a deadly suicide bombing at her concert in Manchester, US star Ariana Grande is planning to press ahead with a charity gig later on Sunday despite a terror attack on the streets of London. Grande tweeted “Praying for London” after Saturday’s attack in which seven people were killed and 48 injured, while her manager Scooter Braun said the concert would go ahead “with greater purpose”. “We must not be afraid, and in tribute to all those affected here and around the world, we will bring our voices together and sing loudly,” he said. Manchester police said in a statement Sunday that there would be “additional security” in place at the event and asked people not to bring bags in order to speed up entry as “everyone will be searched”. Grande will per...

http://ift.tt/2rj7Utj Patrick Ugbe, who is currently the Managing Director of Hit Fm 95.9, was said to have been kidnapped at about 8.20 p.m. on Thursday night at Ekpo Iso Street, Ikot Ansa, Calabar. A former Commissioner for Information in Cross River, Mr Patrick Ugbe, has been abducted for by some unidentified gunmen. Ugbe, who is currently the Managing Director of Hit Fm 95.9, was said to have been kidnapped at about 8.20 p.m. on Thursday night at Ekpo Iso Street, Ikot Ansa, Calabar. An eye witness, Mr Ekpo Abasi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Ugbe was kidnapped by five unidentified gunmen who stormed the area in a Toyota Camry car. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident. “We are aware of the incident. The case has been reported to us. “We have dispatched our men and those from the Intelligence Department to hunt for the kidnappers and rescue the victim safely,’’ she said. Aside being Information Commissio...

http://ift.tt/2rhikXt At the MŽdecins Sans Frontires (MSF) isolation ward In Kampungu, in the health district of Luebo, a 43 year old patient who has been laboratory confirmed to have Ebola haemorrhagic fever(EHF) is comforted by MSF Belgium Dr Hilde Declerck. EHF is a febrile haemorrhagic illness which causes death in 50-90% of all clinically ill cases. PHOTO:AFP Nigeria on Monday said it had stepped up health surveillance and vigilance at its entry ports after an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least three people. “The minister has directed the director of health services at the ports to ensure that public health workers are put on the alert,” health ministry spokeswoman Boade Akinola told AFP. “If you go to the ports now, you will see health workers on the ground. They have been deployed to screen people coming into Nigeria for symptoms of haemorrhagic fevers.” On Friday, the World Health Organization said Ebola had killed three in DR Congo,...

http://ift.tt/2qcC9zL Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis reacts as he leaves Downing Street in central London on May 3, 2017 / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis on Friday said European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker had tried to meddle in British politics but “learned his lesson” from the government’s tough reaction. “I think to be honest he has now learned his lesson — he is not going to be meddling in British politics any more or at least if he does he will get the same reaction,” Davis told the Daily Telegraph. Relations between Britain and EU leaders have become increasingly rancorous in the run-up to Britain’s June 8 general election, with Prime Minister Theresa May accusing Brussels of interference ahead of highly complex talks on Britain’s departure from the EU. The diplomatic row erupted earlier this month following a report in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Z...

http://ift.tt/2oXyeFz Members of Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) .PHOTO: LADIDI LUCY ELUKPO Workers in Nasarawa State commenced an indefinite strike on Friday following the state government’s inability to meet their demands. The workers had earlier given the state government up till May 11 to meet their demands or face an industrial action. Mohammed Naibi, the state Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said the strike became imperative after the expiration of the ultimatum given to the state government. Naibi, who expressed delight with the level of compliance with the strike, also said: “ In the past six years, all the civil servants in the state had stagnated with no promotion and annual increment. “Pensioners were also not paid their full entitlements as and when due; these are some of our grievances.” Naibi , however, warned the workers to shun rumours and await directives from the union as it was ready to dialogue with government o...