Category: NATIONAL
Brexit: EU leaders sign UK withdrawal deal
The heads of the European Commission and Council – Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel – have signed the Withdrawal Agreement, ahead of the UK’s Read More…
What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
“We agree to give these companies ownership of our lives and they are cashing in,” says Edward Armstrong, a freelance copywriter and consultant origiRead More…
NCC says 123m Nigerians now have Internet access
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of Nigerians with access to the internet has increased to 123.5 million in October. TRead More…
EFCC slams Transparency International over Nigeria’s rating on global corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condemned the 2019 Corruption Perception Index, CPI recently released by Transparency InternaRead More…
‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals sRead More…
Will a clause against gender-based violence change Argentinian football?
Ricardo Centurión is toxic. But the winger’s raw skill — his game is full of stepovers and mazy runs – appears to blind fans to his repeated tRead More…
‘National shame’: MP sounds alarm over UK fast fashion factories
Concerns over the ongoing situation of up to 10,000 garment workers in Leicester, who are feared to be trapped in conditions of modern slavery and paRead More…
Growing alarm at desert locust swarms in East Africa
There’s growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region. One swarm in Kenya was reported toRead More…
Police arrest pensioners during protest in Abia
The Police in Abia State, on Thursday arrested two pensioners in Umuahia for allegedly organising a protest against state government’s alleged failRead More…
Archbishop of Canterbury breaks silence on Boko Haram killing of CAN Chairman, other Christians
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby has reacted to the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of NiRead More…