PDP BoT knocks APC over insecurity, hardship
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over what it called the increasing spate of insecurity in some parts of the country. This is just as the…
Osimhen nominated for 2023 FIFA Player of the Year award
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2023 Best FIFA Player of the Year award. The Nigerian superstar was nominated alongside Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and Kylian Mbappe in the men’s category of the…
Hackers Attack Manchester Police Database, Steal Card Details
One of the United Kingdom’s largest police forces, Greater Manchester Police, has reportedly fallen victim to a major cyber attack in which thousands of its officers warrant card details were stolen. Officers and staff of the GMP were said to…
Mark Zuckerberg Celebrates Scientists For Innovative Cancer Treatment
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating two scientists for their innovative work in cancer treatment. Immunologists Carl June and Michel Sadelain were announced winners of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize award on Thursday. The immunologists engineered T-cells that successfully target and…
Benue court remands man for alleged organ harvesting
The Benue State Police Command has arraigned a 20-year-old man, Aondoaseer Agbadu, at the Magistrate Court on Thursday over conspiracy on organ harvesting. Agbadu and others were reported to have deceived a 17-year-old, Terungwa Swati to Abuja, where one of…
Tertiary education in Nigeria needs an overhaul- Minister. …Says sub-sector plagued with poor funding, corruption
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, called for a total overhaul of the country’s higher education system. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria also noted that the higher education sub-sector in Nigeria was riddled with challenges such as…
AfDB plans $250m for Nigeria electrification project
The African Development Bank is ready to disburse $250 million into the Nigeria Electrification Project, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said on Thursday. The NEP seeks to bridge the energy access deficit by providing electricity to households, MSMEs, and educational…
In pursuit of foreign policy that aids development
Any useful consideration for a foreign policy that works must begin with an adequate understanding of the world and the international system in its existential reality along with the trends that shape it and how its trajectories will continue to…
Corpses litter houses, streets, sea, everywhere – Libyan aid worker
An aid worker, Emad al-Falah, has painted a graphic picture of the aftermath of the havoc wreaked by flood in Libya, saying dead bodies littered everywhere in the area. This is as search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings, and even…
Tinubu sacks FIRS chairman, appoints replacement
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Muhammad Mamman Nami as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). He has appointed Zaccheus Adedeji as the acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Until his appointment, Adedeji was the…