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A community in Kenya whose children and residents were sickened by lead from a battery smelting plant has been awarded $12 million (1.3 billion Kenyan shillings) following a civil lawsuit. The case has led the court to serve an order to the government to clean up Owino Uhuru, a village on the outskirts of Mombasa, within four months and gave the relevant agencies 90 days to pay out the compensation money. The ruling comes after years of grassroots work by environmental activist Phyllis Omido, who launched a legal challenge against the government and the smelting plant owners, accusing them of violating of Kenyan environmental and human rights law and exposing the community to lead poisoning. Omido told CNN that Thursday's ruling is a validation of her and the village resident's resolve to receive justice. "Many people did not believe me […]

The new york police have arrested the personal assistant of Gokada founder, Fahim Saleh , in connection of cold-blooded murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur. We earlier reported that Saleh’s decapitated body was found in his $2.25 million luxury home  on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday, July 14. However, Saleh’s personal assistant, Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, is expected to be charged in a criminal complaint with second degree murder and other crimes, the New York Times (NYT) reports. The Detectives believe that Haspil’s motive for allegedly killing Saleh stems from the fact that the Gokada CEO discovered that the assistant had stolen tens of thousands of dollars from him. Saleh did not report Haspil to the authorities but set up what amounted to a repayment plan for him to return the money, one of the officials briefed on the […]

Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot has been confirmed dead in a freak car accident on Tuesday, 15th July, 2020. According to an intelligence report, Tolulope Arotile, 23, died of head injuries sustained after a former school friend accidentally reversed into her while she was trying to greet her, the country's air force said in a statement. Reacting to the case, President Muhammadu Buhari said he received the news with "deep pain" and sent condolences to her family and colleagues, his aide said in a statement. Buhari recalled he had witnessed Arotile skills in flying combat helicopters and saluted her contributions to the nation's battle against terrorism and armed banditry attacks. "The President salutes Arotile's bravery in the field to protect the country from onslaught of bandits and terrorists, assuring that her memory will be indelible, and her efforts remembered," […]