The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday raised an alarm over a plot to sabotage the interest of public universities in the country. ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, at an event marking the 2024 ASUU’s Heroes Day in Abuja, also accused the World Bank and the International Monetary …
Read More »Anglican Church leader cornered in child abuse scandal
The head of the Church of England, the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform the police as soon as he became aware of serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps. Some …
Read More »Farmers lament poor funding of Cocoa industry, seek Tinubu’s intervention
The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria has expressed concerns over the lack of funding for the cocoa industry. In an open letter signed and released by the Director General, Cocoa Roundtable Initiative and National President, Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, Adeola Adegoke on Monday, the farmers appealed to President Bola …
Read More »Help grow Nigeria’s future, Tinubu urges graduates
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to graduates of Nigerian universities to exercise patriotism and avoid the temptation of seeking greener pastures outside the country, stating that Nigeria can make its pastures equally as green, or even greener. The President made this appeal in his address at the 29th and 30th …
Read More »CAF boosts prize money for 2024 Women’s Champions League by over 50%
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a substantial increase in the prize pool for the 2024 Women’s Champions League, with the winner now set to receive $600,000—a 52% boost from previous years. The tournament, which begins on November 9 in Morocco, promises financial support for every participating club, …
Read More »Assault: Bolt driver makes u-turn, begs Abia lawmaker
An e-hailing driver, Stephen Abuwatseya has apologised to the House of Representatives member representing ABA North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Alex Ikwechegh who assaulted him after an altercation occurred during a package delivery. In a video statement released to the press on Thursday, Abuwatseya expressed regret for …
Read More »N1.3tn fraud: Okowa spends second night in EFCC custody
The former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, is still being held at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This makes it his second night in the custody of the anti-graft agency. This is as the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress …
Read More »Slavery: UK does not want ‘money transfer’ as reparation
Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday that reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing on the future. There have been calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role …
Read More »#EndBadGovernance: Trial of minors disgraceful, despicable – Bode George
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has condemned the arraignment of no fewer than 76 protesters arrested during the last #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in the country, many of them, being minors, a development that has generated public condemnation. The minors, who were last Friday arraigned by the …
Read More »Britain’s opposition Conservative Party elects new leader
Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat in July that ended its 14 years in power. She defeated fellow right winger, Robert Jenrick, in a vote of the almost 100,000 members of the right-of-centre party, …
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