Education Minister, Adamu Adamu Negotiations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff of Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Monday in Abuja ended in a deadlock, as both parties agreed to adjourn the meeting until a later date. ASUP had embarked on strike on December 12, over allegations that the Federal Government failed to keep […]
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says it dampens morale of military in fighting terror President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja declared the operations of Amnesty International in Nigeria appeared to be damaging the morale of soldiers fighting terrorism. Expressing worries over the role of the organisation on the war against terror in Nigeria, he said its action has created […]
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Sugarcane (rakke in Hausa, ireke – Yoruba ), belongs to the grass family (Poaceae). It is available at a very cheap price for everyone so anyone can be part of its beneficial properties. Sugarcane can be chewed using the teeth or juiced by crushing the peeled sugarcane in the machine. It first originated in the […]
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Saleh Ndaski, the Head of Nursing Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has called for adequate training and retraining, as well as motivation of nurses for quality healthcare delivery in the country. Ndaski made the call at the annual national conference of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Federal Health Institutions Sector in Abuja. […]
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By Femi Adesina “That’s him, that’s him,” the two old women, wrinkled and bent with age, exclaimed. You could see wonderment and fulfillment in their eyes. And as if on cue, they both began to cry.It was in Bauchi earlier this year. President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting to commiserate with the people on the ravages […]
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President Donald Trump has popularised the term ‘fake news’ and used it to attack the news media AFP/File / MANDEL NGANUS Since US President Donald Trump weaponised the term “fake news” during the 2016 presidential election campaign, the phrase has gone viral. Increasingly it is used by politicians around the world to denounce or dismiss […]
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Renovated mosaics and columns inside the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank biblical city of Bethlehem AFP / THOMAS COEX Masked for centuries by the soot of candles and lately by scaffolding, the mosaics of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity have been restored to their Crusader-era splendour in time for Christmas. Over […]
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a news conference in Sweden/ AFP Jonathan NACKSTRAND UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a “credible” probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. “It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of those that were guilty,” […]
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Georgia on Sunday swore in its first female president, Salome Zurabishvili as opposition parties continue to denounce her election as fraudulent and demand snap parliamentary polls. The inauguration paved the way for a new constitution to come into force, transforming the country into a parliamentary republic with a largely ceremonial president. The event was held […]
Continue ReadingFirefighters carry on rescue works after an explosion at a restaurant in Sapporo, in the northern Hokkaido prefecture on December 16, 2018. – Dozens have been injured and no casualties have been reported. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT An explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan injured 42 […]
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