The 20-year-old who drowned in River Thames while trying to rescue a woman who’d fallen from the London Bridge has been named as Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole.
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INDIA: PM Modi Tackle Twitter Critic Amidst Mounting COVID-19 Deaths
As the effect of Covid 19 mishandling made headlines worldwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strategy for tackling the crisis is to ask Twitter to take down the criticism of the government and not surprisingly Twitter complied.
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UK: A Near Death Experience Inspires Viral ‘Life Rules’
An impassioned and humorous social media of British man has gone viral, Jonathan Frostick suffered a near-death heart attack; but while his chest was “constrained” and his ears were “popping,” all he could think about was work schedule, like needing to meet with managers or secure funding for upcoming projects.
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UK: Unequal Commemoration Of African First World War Soldiers Down To Racism
Hundreds of thousands of predominantly black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire have not been formally commemorated in the same way as their Caucasian comrades because of decisions underpinned by “pervasive racism”, an investigation has concluded.
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GEORGE FLOYD: Meet The Real Hero Of the Landmark Justice
She stood firm, and with guts and a steady hand, Darnella Frazier captured the longest and clearest bystander video of George Floyd’s final moments, without which Derek Chauvin might still be a Minneapolis police officer doing what he doing what he has done 19 times in his 22years on the force- abusing his position of authority.
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UK: UN Experts Condemn Reprehensible Race Report
A Human rights panel of the UN has issued a scathing criticism of the UK Government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (Cred) race report, branding it ‘reprehensible’ for trying to ‘rationalise’ and ‘normalise’ white supremacy in Britain by ‘repackaging racist tropes and stereotypes into fact’.
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NIGERIA: TB Joshua Responds To YouTube Channel Shutdown With Prayers
Nigerian televangelist, T.B. Joshua, has called upon his followers to “pray for YouTube” and not to respond with hate after the video streaming platform shut down the church’s channel for posting videos claiming to “cure homosexuality”.
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UK: Passengers Face Six-Hour Long Queue @ Heathrow Over Covid Test
As coronavirus lockdown eases in the UK, there are fears the long-awaited restart of international travel in England risks being derailed by queues of up to six hours at airports.
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NIGERIA: Google Doodle To Celebrate Oliver De Coque’s Posthumous 74th Birthday
During the week, Google celebrated Nigerian highlife musician Oliver De Coque on his 74th posthumous birthday with a Doodle illustrated by Lagos-based artist Ohab TBJ.
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GHANA: Twitter To Setup Shop In Africa
Twitter is looking to hire specialists to join several teams while they also “explore the opportunity to open an office in Ghana in the future.
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