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Californias COVID-19 cases have increased more than 500% in the past two weeks. Hospitalizations have doubled since Christmas to more than 8,000 people.

10th Ojukwu memorial: Biafra agitation won’t end soon – Bianca There was a harvest of tributes in celebration of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu at the 10th edition of the memorial of the late Igbo hero, in Owerri, Imo State, yesterday. The event took place at the expansive grounds of the Ojukwu Memorial Library built by…

There have been 15 assaults on Killeen ISD campuses this fall, according to the KISD Police Chief Ralph Disher.

It's a fraught moment for the LAFD. The underrepresentation and harassment of women on the force are among its troubles.

The surging homeless population in Los Angeles now accounts for 54 percent of all fires set this year. During the first quarter of 2021, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) had to fight an [...]

Los Angeles is set ablaze up to 24 times a day. The cause? Thousands of homeless encampments. This ...

Citizen, which was created in New York City in 2017, uses cellphone locations to alert its seven million users of safety hazards and possible criminal activities in their areas, including ones that are unfolding in real time with live discussions and footage from users who are at the scene. In the last few years, the company has expanded to Los Angeles, Baltimore and more than a dozen other locations. Los Angeles County partnered with Citizen during the pandemic to produce an app for contact tr...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 31 March 2021 In the recent past, I have had to be drawn into a number of media interviews on the desirability of zoning political offices and the agitations for a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Over the weekend, I spoke on this issue on Democracy Today on the Africa Independent Television and was also on The Podium, the current affairs programme of Love 104.5 FM, Abuja on Monday, March 29, 2021. As a political scientist and prominent member of Nigeria...

Kanu’s misplaced mission   Mazi Nnamdi Kanu needs no introduction being a newsmaker by social media standards. He is leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which is more of a movement than a geographical expression in practice. His objective is to have a ‘Biafra state’ carved out of the present Nigerian nation and he defines its geographical composition as consisting of all five states in the south-east  zone as well as Rivers, Delta, Kogi and Benue states, despite ...

Top LAFD brass are using free Lyft rides, Google Nest gear and home security systems to entice firefighters unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Both Terrazas and Mayor Eric Garcetti have said they would potentially make the vaccination mandatory if firefighters remain reluctant as time goes by, though neither has yet to indicate he is ready to take that step. “The LAFD will continue to offer the vaccine to its sworn members on a weekly basis,” Terrazas said. “I and our union partners str...