In a canoe accident involving seven people in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State’s Kambama ward, seven people died.  ,
When the canoe capsized, leading to the fatal incident, the victims’ identities were said to be on a routine trip across the river.
The death of Gidan Husaini village’s bereaved families was described as a tragic loss for the Shagari local government as well as the entire state and the Muslim Ummah by the Sokoto State Commissioner of Finance, Muhammadu Shagari, during a condolence visit to the bereaved families.
Shagari prayed for the Almighty’s forgiveness and grant them eternal rest while speaking on behalf of the Sokoto State government.
The commissioner cited the occasion to advocate for river travelers’ safety consciousness while highlighting the value of life jackets to stop such fatalities.
He also issued a warning to canoe and boat operators against overloading, stressing that a strict set of safety standards is essential to preventing future accidents.
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A community elder thanked the government for its condolences and prayers, saying the visit had given them comfort during their difficult times.
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Anti-ageing Medik8 SPF hailed for not leaving ‘sticky or residue’ is on sale(Image: Getty)
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This Medik8 Advanced Day Ultimate Protect SPF50+ currently has £12 off(Image: Lookfantastic)
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Sabrina Carpenter is rumoured to be releasing a new song called ‘Manchild’, and fans are wondering if it could be a dig at her previous relationship with Irish actor, Barry Keoghan.
Sabrina Carpenter teases new era with song ‘Manchild’ and it could be about her ex Barry Keoghan(Image: Getty Images)
Sabrina Carpenter is believed to be releasing new music after billboards with the writing ‘Manchild’ and her initials were spotted across different US cities – but is it a diss at her ex, Barry Keoghan?
Just in time for summer, the popular singer might be dropping the summer anthem of 2025 following the success of her hit single titled ‘Espresso’ – which led her to first her first-ever Grammy award.
The singer is currently in the middle of her tour, ‘Short n’ Sweet’, but fans are hoping to hear some new tunes and they might be in luck. Sabrina shook the internet after sharing a vintage-inspired teaser clip on her social media accounts.
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Barry Keoghan (left) and Sabrina Carpenter (right) dated for over a year, but called it quits in December 2024(Image: Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Wearing a white top, a pair of cheeky denim shorts and course, platform high heels, Sabrina is seen hitchhiking in the clip, but is ignored by two cars passing by. The 17-second clip is silent, with no music heard over the scene and ends with Sabrina saying “Oh, boy.”
Following the singer’s post, several billboards have been spotted across different cities in the US, with some saying: ‘I swear they choose me, I’m not choosing them’, ‘Amen’, Hey men!’ and ‘Manchild’.
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Fans have been flooding social media, speculating whether it’s a new song or an album. Others were left wondering if ‘Manchild’ could be a dig at her former partner, Barry, whom she dated back in 2023.
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A fan wrote: “Wishing Sabrina Carpenter release another song criticising men (Barry) so I can relate it to my current situation.” A second fan wrote: “Wake up! sabrina carpenter is about to end men again.”
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Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s relationship timeline
Sabrina and Barry were first romantically linked in 2023 but didn’t make their rumoured relationship public until February 2024. The two made their first public appearance at the Grammy’s 2024 after-party, where they took a picture together covering their faces.
The Prince and Princess of Wales were visiting their home with their children nearby on a day when an intruder is said to have climbed over the wall to enter Windsor Castle, but the intruder was quickly detained by police.
The Prince and Princess of Wales(Image: PA)
An intruder sparked a royal security scare after they allegedly broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle. The man is said to have climbed over the wall to get in the castle grounds on Sunday before he was quickly detained by officers from the Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for security at the royal residence.
A man in his 30s was then handed over to the local police force, Thames Valley, before being arrested on suspicion of trespass and possession of a Class A drug. It has been reported that the Prince and Princess of Wales, were at their Adelaide Cottage home on the Windsor estate at the time with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. However, as the intruder is said to have entered the grounds near Town Gate, it was some distance away from the royals’ home.
A man in his 30s was arrested after the incident at Windsor Castle(Image: Pawel Libera via Getty Images)
The man is also said to have not entered the inner buildings of Windsor Castle. A source told The Sun: “He broke into the castle near Town Gate and was quickly detained by police. It was a crazy thing to do and caused quite a stir but at this stage it appears there was no intent to cause any serious harm.”
A 30-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and of possessing Class A drugs after entering Windsor Castle’s restricted grounds, according to a Met Police spokesperson.
“Officers in the grounds spotted the man just after 13:00hrs on Sunday, 1 June and quickly arrested him. He was then passed into the custody of Thames Valley Police.”
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Meanwhile, Thames Valley Police reported that a man entered Windsor Castle’s restricted grounds shortly after 1pm on Sunday, June 1. Met police quickly arrested him after challenging him. He avoided entering Windsor Castle’s interior.
He was detained on suspicion of trespassing on a public property and possessing class A drugs. Thames Valley Police are looking into his bail, and an investigation is ongoing.
Just last year, the Prince and Princess of Wales suffered another terrifying security breach after masked intruders allegedly smashed down a barrier and scaled a six-foot fence to get access to the Windsor Castle estate.
The two men allegedly entered the estate at night to break into a barn to steal farm vehicles before departing on a pick-up truck and quad bike.
William and Kate were reportedly sleeping with their three children at Adelaide Cottage when King Charles and Queen Camilla were not present at the time.
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The Windsor Castle-centric Adelaide Cottage is a short drive away from the estate’s 655-acre location. The Waleses can almost certainly see King Charles while he is a resident at the castle with relative ease because of this.
An inquest has determined that the daughter of a former Glamorgan and England cricket player could have been saved if she had received the appropriate care.
A post-mortem examination revealed that Bethan James, 21, from Cardiff, had died on February 9, 2020, and had died from a combination of sepsis, pneumonia, and Crohn’s disease.
She had been previously diagnosed with Crohn’s, according to the inquest at Pontypridd Coroner’s Court.
In the days leading up to her death, the hearing was informed that Ms. James had been hospitalized on numerous occasions.
She died the following day after her condition worsened and she was taken to a hospital on February 8.
Her mother informed the coroner that nowhere was the possibility that her daughter had sepsis.
Bethan received treatment at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, according to the inquest.
Ms. James claimed that knowing that her daughter could have been saved would have saved her life. She also claimed that receiving the appropriate care and treatment for sepsis would have saved her.
Steve James, who was born in Gloucestershire and made his Glamorgan debut in 1985, is Bethan’s father.
Before resigning in 2004 due to a long-standing knee injury, he previously worked as an English journalist for the Times.
Tens of thousands of people came home to check on their homes and reunite with loved ones after Sudan’s army recaptured Khartoum, the country’s capital region, in March.
The shock of returning was tempered by the damage that had been done for nearly two years by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization that has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 2023, which are widely recognized as Sudanese and the UN as the de facto authority there.
Many returnees started becoming sick in a region where the RSF had systematic plundernied hospitals and food and drug stores.
[El-Tayeb Siddig/Reuters] Soldiers in the capital after the Sudanese army resurrected as some displaced residents returned to Khartoum’s devastated state on March 26, 2025.
Omdurman falters
In Omdurman, one of the three cities in the country’s capital, where many of the returnees lived, there were only slightly better living conditions. Due to the RSF’s continued presence in several areas of Omdurman, preventing it from frequent clashes, pillaging, and looting, several of them never came under their control.
According to Dr. Dirar Abeer, a member of Khartoum’s Emergency Response Rooms, neighborhood committees spearheading relief efforts across the country, “thousands of people]return] from Egypt alone.”
According to Dr. Abeer, the crowding contributed to the rapid spread of cholera, a severe, highly contagious diarrhoeal disease that is endemic to Sudan and can be fatal if left untreated.
According to Badawi, a volunteer in Omdurman who declined to give his full name because speaking in a warzone is difficult, “There are a lot of corpses rotting next to]or in] the Nile, and this has partially] caused the spread of infection.”
In Sudan, hundreds have died in the past two weeks from cholera, which has spread throughout several states, including White Nile and Gadarif.
Similar to Khartoum, overcrowding and a lacked essential services in these areas contributed to the spread.
According to Fazli Kostan, the project manager for Doctors Without Borders, which is known by its French names as MSF, basic sanitation and provisions could stop the waterborne disease.
However, he claimed that this is not currently possible because Omdurman’s electricity grids went offline on May 14.
The RSF fired a number of suicide drones that day, which severely damaged major power plants and grids, shutting down water treatment plants, and causing a sharp rise in cases.
People have resorted to drinking contaminated water from the Nile and removing water from the ground after it rains because they lack safe drinking and bathing water, according to Badawi.
Between May 15 and May 25, according to the SAF-backed Ministry of Health, a significant rise in daily cholera deaths occurred in the national capital region, with at least 172 people passing away between May 20 and May 27.
According to the UN, daily cases increased from 90 to more than 815 in the latter half of May.
Patients waited patiently in the streets.
The disease-stricken person frequently flies to the closest hospital, putting strain on an already underdeveloped and underprepared health sector. Local volunteers, however, claimed that many people who don’t have life-threatening symptoms would benefit from staying at home and isolating themselves.
According to them, the overcrowding in hospitals has increased the spread of the disease and increased the strain on the already defunct healthcare system.
The rate of patients coming to the hospitals is much higher than we can handle, according to Kareem al-Noor, a doctor at Omdurman’s al-Nao hospital. “We do not have enough medication or medical tools.”
“The remaining hospitals are full, and people are also waiting for treatment, and there are crowded on the streets,” al-Noor continued.
Dr. Abeer believes that the health authorities, which are funded by SAF, are not adequately combating the epidemic. She believes the current health authorities could be doing more, despite the fact that the RSF had largely destroyed the sector.
Al Jazeera emailed Dr. Montasser Towarra, the spokesperson for the MoH, to inquire about the steps the ministry is taking to assist volunteers and provide basic necessities.
By the time this article was published, he had not responded.
In Omdurman, July 27, 2024, Sudanese women from neighborhood volunteers distribute meals to people who are at risk of starvation and extreme hunger.
The crisis is made worse by hunger.
A serious hunger crisis also exists in Sudan.
Millions of Sudanese have struggled to feed their families as a result of the civil war’s spoiled harvests, the systematic looting of markets, food aid, and the destruction of homes and livelihoods.
About 25 million people, or more than half the population, are currently experiencing severe food shortages, according to the UN.
According to Alex De Waal, an expert on Sudan and famine, hunger can weaken people’s bodies and cause an acute rise in contagious diseases.
He noted that people who are also near starvation have always been more likely to die from diseases, especially children.
De Waal warned that “we could see an excess of hundreds of thousands of deaths]resulting from these factors over the coming year.”
Up to one million children could perish from cholera unless the spread is stopped right away, according to the UN.
De Waal argued that the only way to address the health crisis is to repair basic infrastructures like water and sewers, which would improve sanitation.
He thinks that the army, which is essentially the ruling body, shouldn’t prioritize fixing the army’s fundamental services.
Nabil Abdullah, a spokesperson for the SAF, was contacted by Al Jazeera to inquire about whether the army plans to repair crucial resources like bombed electricity grids.
According to Abdullah, “The Ministry of Health is in charge of these inquiries, not the army.”
Additionally, the MoH’s Tawarra did not respond to these inquiries.
De Waal believes that the army prioritizes combat operations against the RSF.
