By Sam Carliner A group of legal experts, press freedom activists, journalists, and public figures filled a ballroom at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to organize international opposition to the United States government’s extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. For the Belmarsh Tribunal, United Kingdom parliamentarian Jeremy CorbynContinue Reading
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto lost his Special Adviser on Female Education, Aishat Maina, on Tuesday. Hajiya Maina died in Sokoto on her way out of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential rally for Atiku Abubakar. The deceased was caught in a stampede that occurred at the exit gateContinue Reading
By Ari Rabinovitch TIBERIAS, Israel, Jan 30 (Reuters) – When the floodgates are open, a torrent of water gushes into a dry river bed and races to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, a biblical lake in northern Israel that was being lost to drought and the growingContinue Reading
Rivers State Government has said it spent N3billion to register students in public schools for the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) exams every year. Governor Nyesom Wike, on assumption of office seven years ago, announced scholarship for students in publicContinue Reading
“Self-reliance and strength in science and technology”. That was the phrase General Secretary Xi Jinping used six times in his two-hour speech to China’s five-yearly Communist Party congress last October. It wasn’t a new policy: geopolitical rivalry has put research collaborations with the US under strain, Chinese universities have soughtContinue Reading
The student in a live broadcast on her social media handle, TikTok after defending her National Diploma thanked God and her private parts for making her a graduate. The Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, has launched an investigation into a claim made by a student of the institutionContinue Reading