Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on military biological activity in Ukrainian biological laboratories We confirm that, during the special military operation in Ukraine, the Kiev regime was found to have been concealing traces of a military biological programme implemented with funding from the United States Department of Defence.Continue Reading
By Yusuf Baba Isa A tragic motor accident on keffi – Lafiya road in Nasarawa State has claimed the life of a Keffi-based senior Guard Commander of Kaduna faction of Jama’tu Izalatul Bidi’ah Wa Iqamatusunnah (JIBWIS), Alhaji Aliyu Umar Bawa. The deceased who was buried in the early hours ofContinue Reading
From last edition as a woman rights activist, what challenges do you face in Benin? In West Africa, and Benin in particular, there are significant challenges in facilitating the participation of women in the political process and having them represented in spheres of decision-making and power. Additionally, ending violence againstContinue Reading
As we have recently observed in media alerts (here and here), the state-corporate media, including and especially BBC News, have been complicit in keeping the public largely ignorant about the case of Julian Assange. Likewise, the case’s likely terrifying implications for further limiting public knowledge about what governments and bigContinue Reading
For his exceptional performance, a former student of Kings College, Lagos, Kelechi Anyanwu, has been offered five scholarships from institutions in United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada. The institutions include University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom, to study Electronic Engineering; University of Guelph, Canada to study Theoretical PhysicsContinue Reading
In their classic book on the news media, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a ‘propaganda model’ of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the ‘mainstream’ media declare that their aim is to educate, inform and entertain the public, their actual societal purpose ‘on matters thatContinue Reading
By Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi *Varsity to become medical simulation facilitator Plateau State Government has intensified efforts towards addressing the incessant encroachment of land belonging to the University of Jos (UNIJOS). This was made known by the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Yakubu Dati, when he led officials ofContinue Reading
By Ishola Michael – Bauchi As a trained teacher who spent better part of his life as a teacher before venturing into journalism, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has expressed his readiness to go back to the classroom to teach in order to promote teaching profession. The GovernorContinue Reading
BY Uji Abdullhi Iliyasu The Senate of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) said a total of 54 students among 8,269 bagged First Class honours in various degree programmes during the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions. Also, out of the 4,767 graduands in the 2019/2020 session, 23 had First Class, whileContinue Reading