The U.S. has withdrawn from the Open Skies Treaty due to non-compliance by Russia, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Sunday, making good on a planned move by the outgoing Donald Trump administration. The move was immediately criticized by a top Democrat, who urged President-elect Joe Biden to reverse the decision next year. “Today, […]
The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the hikes in fuel pump price and the electricity tariff on Sunday ended in confusion as the labour leaders walked out of the parley in anger. The dialogue which was meant to take updates on the implementation of resolutions reached during the three previous […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Okoro-Nu-Odu flyover area in Rumuokoro, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, due to the rise in cult activities and related violence. The governor also warned that government would spare no efforts to deal appropriately with anyone who decided to disturb the peace and security in […]
A court in the United Kingdom has heard that Britain’s ‘worst paedophile’ Richard Huckle (pictured top left), 33, who abused around 200 vulnerable youngsters, was strangled with a cable, stabbed in the brain with a pen and sexually assaulted by a fellow prisoner who wanted him to ‘feel what all those children felt’. Richard Huckle […]
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi on Thursday November 19 disclosed that private universities are now recruiting some of its members due to the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands amid an ongoing strike which has lasted for months. Ogunyemi reiterated that the government cannot threaten the university lecturers […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged filmmakers to always seek proper approval before using corps members’ uniform in their movies. NYSC Assistant Director of Legal Services, Christian Oru, said this in Lagos at a meeting between National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and creative industry stakeholders on enabling laws and strengthening of […]
Ethiopia’s army chief on Thursday accused World Health Organisation boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – the country’s highest-profile Tigrayan abroad – of lobbying to send arms and support to leaders in the dissident region. Gen Birhanu Jula told reporters on Wednesday that the WHO director-general had urged unnamed neighbours to “oppose the war and for [the […]
Jose Mourinho has given himself a new nickname stating that he no longer wants to be called the ‘Special One’. Jose Mourinho has been managing in the Premier League since 2004, and he admits that his nickname of the ‘Special One’ is now outdated. The legendary Portuguese tactician has led Tottenham to second in the […]
The National Examinations Council on Monday released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination results and fixed the national cut-off marks at 142. NECO said that “16,713 candidates were absent due to the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country recently.” According to the organisation, a total of 70,580 candidates sat for the examination nationwide, out of […]