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Teenager dies in Abuja Hotel

  A teenager identified as Chinecherem Promise Albert, 16 has been reported dead. He died in the early hours of Monday while performing incantation along with his 19-year-old brother, Chimezie Joshua Albert, a suspected internet fraudster popularly known as 'yahoo yahoo'. A source who spoke with our reporter on the condition of anonymity said the incident happened at one Eunice hotel located at Milverton Avenue Aba, Abia State. Mr. Chimezie was said to have invited his younger brother, Promise to the hotel for incantation. Promise however lost his life in the process. Information gathered that some suspects, including the chief security officer of the hotel Uzoma Okorie, one Charles Ezema, Ozioma Chukwuekele, Chukwuebuka Pius have been arrested for interrogation. Security operatives have sealed off the hotel while mounting a heavy presence there to avoid a possible breakdown of law and order. While the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue, investigations have

US elementary school shooting

 Two days before the start of summer break, an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Gov. Greg Abbott said. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police Chief Pete Arredondo said there also were multiple injuries from a “mass casualty incident” at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The gunman is believed to have acted alone and is dead, he said. Arredondo declined to provide further details or take questions. The suspected shooter is from Uvalde, Abbott said. He was identified as Salvador Ramos, according to officials. “It’s believed that he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle, but that is not yet confirmed according to my most recent report. He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensively, fourteen students and killed a teacher,” he said. The setting of an elementary school called to mind the Sandy Hook shooting

Some facts from around the world

 Fact: The longest road in the world a person can walk is from Cape Town, South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ to Magdan, Russia πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί There are bridges across rivers, no boat or air journey required. The road is over 22 000 km long and it would take 587 days to cover for a person walking 8 hours a day. The road also covers 17 countries, 6 time zones and the traveller will experience all the seasons and weathers of the world in his or her journey.

Life began in Africa

 This is a scientific reconstruction of what the world's first modern human looked like.  It is in a museum in Denmark and estimated to be 160,000 years old and from Morocco.  Now what else is there to say?  The first humanity was Black.  The first humanity was African.  We don't have to run from science.  Embrace it.  Africa is the birthplace of science and Black men and women were the first scientists.  Don't run from it.  Deal with it.  Don't be like Chump and call what you don't like fake news.  Study.  Examine. Investigate. And, most importantly, learn to think critically.